Most Popular Baby Names

This dataset contains ranks and counts for the top 25 baby names by sex for live births that occurred in California (by occurrence) based on information entered on birth certificates.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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identifier b0856d07-6f1d-4475-8508-b76a8f09ca39
issued 2017-06-16T22:09:43.832482
modified 2022-02-09T21:19:35.752494
publisher California Department of Public Health
resource-type Dataset
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source_hash 4fca9b3fb23f4a26abecd30133a9f7525f4f830a
source_schema_version 1.1
theme {"Health and Human Services"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • baby-names
  • boy-names
  • california-department-of-public-health
  • cdph
  • chsi
  • ckan
  • female
  • geo
  • geoss
  • girl-names
  • male
  • name
  • national
  • north-america
  • popular
  • sex
  • united-states
  • vital-statistics
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Informatics, Vital Statistics Branch
maintainer_email opendata@cdph.ca.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T14:26:48.538363
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T14:26:48.538368
notes This dataset contains ranks and counts for the top 25 baby names by sex for live births that occurred in California (by occurrence) based on information entered on birth certificates.
num_resources 3
num_tags 20
title Most Popular Baby Names