How Many People Are Named California?
people named California are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,361,692 people in the US has this name
Based on 264 babies named California in Social Security records from 1918 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name California in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named California alive today is about 13 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
California first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2007, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
California has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,368, in 1918.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,368 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,033 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named California alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named California were born in California than in any other state: about 57 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, California was given about 6.9 times as often in California.
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