Major in California
Babies in California
788
since 1948
Rank in California · 2025
#1,119
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
2013
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Major in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 18 | 1,119 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 20 | 1,038 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 39 | 685 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 45 | 637 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 41 | 673 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 47 | 611 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 39 | 683 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 49 | 589 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 56 | 560 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 59 | 546 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 55 | 569 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 51 | 604 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 61 | 511 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 58 | 518 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 17 | 1,132 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 19 | 1,068 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 15 | 1,233 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 2,246 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 10 | 1,619 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 6 | 2,049 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 5 | 2,187 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 9 | 1,434 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,729 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,938 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,660 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,929 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,690 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,338 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,070 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 1,095 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 5 | 856 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 5 | 765 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 758 |