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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.

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Data title and descriptionAccess dataFile detailsLast updated

1960-2022 Top 25 Baby Names by Sex by Year

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.

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CSV
12/22/23

Data Dictionary - Baby Names

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12/08/23

All resource data

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08/29/24

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