John in California
Babies in California
318,091
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#79
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named John in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 463 | 79 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 491 | 83 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 482 | 85 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 496 | 85 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 522 | 81 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 623 | 68 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 640 | 74 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 684 | 72 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 796 | 59 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 739 | 68 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 770 | 69 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 926 | 52 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 917 | 52 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 908 | 55 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 909 | 54 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 961 | 54 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 1,032 | 49 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 1,144 | 49 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 1,155 | 51 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 1,340 | 41 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,523 | 1,347 | 40 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,463 | 1,423 | 38 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 1,444 | 39 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 1,435 | 38 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 1,579 | 34 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 1,659 | 29 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 1,761 | 25 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 1,731 | 26 |
| 1997 | 5 | 3,021 | 1,841 | 25 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 1,954 | 26 |
| 1995 | 8 | 2,263 | 2,088 | 25 |
| 1994 | 16 | 1,471 | 2,335 | 23 |
| 1993 | 13 | 1,714 | 2,457 | 23 |
| 1992 | 14 | 1,621 | 2,623 | 21 |
| 1991 | 14 | 1,604 | 2,716 | 21 |
| 1990 | 23 | 1,168 | 2,895 | 19 |
| 1989 | 18 | 1,295 | 2,974 | 18 |
| 1988 | 21 | 1,099 | 2,951 | 17 |
| 1987 | 20 | 1,076 | 3,003 | 14 |
| 1986 | 27 | 851 | 2,848 | 15 |
| 1985 | 21 | 983 | 3,026 | 14 |
| 1984 | 23 | 901 | 3,082 | 10 |
| 1983 | 22 | 903 | 3,026 | 12 |
| 1982 | 26 | 809 | 3,131 | 10 |
| 1981 | 17 | 1,062 | 3,216 | 9 |
| 1980 | 28 | 753 | 3,023 | 9 |
| 1979 | 17 | 1,016 | 3,019 | 7 |
| 1978 | 20 | 866 | 2,926 | 9 |
| 1977 | 30 | 651 | 2,818 | 10 |
| 1976 | 15 | 989 | 2,832 | 8 |
| 1975 | 17 | 906 | 2,844 | 7 |
| 1974 | 21 | 753 | 3,019 | 6 |
| 1973 | 18 | 803 | 3,175 | 6 |
| 1972 | 19 | 781 | 3,543 | 6 |
| 1971 | 22 | 739 | 4,290 | 4 |
| 1970 | 30 | 649 | 5,183 | 4 |
| 1969 | 30 | 630 | 5,325 | 4 |
| 1968 | 35 | 549 | 5,575 | 4 |
| 1967 | 32 | 562 | 5,649 | 3 |
| 1966 | 36 | 530 | 5,755 | 4 |
| 1965 | 30 | 584 | 6,367 | 3 |
| 1964 | 28 | 617 | 7,319 | 3 |
| 1963 | 27 | 629 | 7,038 | 3 |
| 1962 | 25 | 649 | 6,807 | 3 |
| 1961 | 27 | 621 | 6,845 | 3 |
| 1960 | 25 | 625 | 6,530 | 3 |
| 1959 | 15 | 812 | 6,174 | 4 |
| 1958 | 12 | 889 | 6,080 | 4 |
| 1957 | 12 | 881 | 6,315 | 4 |
| 1956 | 15 | 756 | 6,187 | 4 |
| 1955 | 11 | 824 | 6,033 | 4 |
| 1954 | 17 | 628 | 5,957 | 4 |
| 1953 | 6 | 1,114 | 5,954 | 4 |
| 1952 | 11 | 748 | 5,900 | 3 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 5,581 | 3 |
| 1950 | 9 | 779 | 5,348 | 3 |
| 1949 | 21 | 477 | 5,348 | 3 |
| 1948 | 5 | 1,081 | 5,424 | 2 |
| 1947 | 12 | 638 | 5,847 | 2 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 5,096 | 2 |
| 1945 | 5 | 922 | 4,353 | 2 |
| 1944 | 6 | 797 | 4,223 | 2 |
| 1943 | 9 | 622 | 3,879 | 2 |
| 1942 | 7 | 669 | 3,422 | 2 |
| 1941 | 8 | 556 | 2,627 | 2 |
| 1940 | 5 | 679 | 2,420 | 2 |
| 1939 | 9 | 449 | 2,027 | 3 |
| 1938 | 7 | 513 | 2,009 | 2 |
| 1937 | 7 | 511 | 1,844 | 3 |
| 1936 | 6 | 525 | 1,746 | 3 |
| 1935 | 6 | 502 | 1,533 | 3 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 1,479 | 3 |
| 1933 | 8 | 414 | 1,450 | 3 |
| 1932 | 7 | 446 | 1,622 | 2 |
| 1931 | 9 | 397 | 1,546 | 3 |
| 1930 | 11 | 377 | 1,558 | 3 |
| 1929 | 12 | 355 | 1,528 | 2 |
| 1928 | 9 | 432 | 1,510 | 2 |
| 1927 | 12 | 366 | 1,615 | 2 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 1,648 | 2 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 1,702 | 2 |
| 1924 | 11 | 388 | 1,731 | 2 |
| 1923 | 8 | 425 | 1,673 | 2 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 1,509 | 2 |
| 1921 | 5 | 546 | 1,489 | 2 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 1,309 | 2 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 1,159 | 2 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 1,148 | 2 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 1,066 | 1 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 1,086 | 1 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 1,033 | 1 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 769 | 1 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 614 | 1 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 501 | 1 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 214 | 1 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 237 | 1 |