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California Name Popularity

    

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How popular is California?

Ranking 8,185th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name California is rare.

California, would be a stand out, distinctive name selection.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #4,370 in 1918.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2007 with 16 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed California in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2003.

Approximately during the years 2010-2013, and 2014-2017 the name California took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will California be?

California's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name California has dropped.

The name California is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Californ. (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 13 8,185
2017 16 7,140
2016 13 8,461
2015 11 9,580
2014 9 11,133
2013 15 7,817
2012 10 10,575
2011 10 10,536
2010 8 12,481
2009 15 8,119
2008 9 11,759
2007 16 7,794
2006 15 7,937
2005 10 10,258
2004 9 10,846
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2002 7 12,429
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2000 5 15,438
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.