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.
Resources
3 resources available
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Data Dictionary - Baby Names
CSV -
1960-2024 Top 25 Baby Names by Sex by Year
CSV -
All resource data
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Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Informatics, Vital Statistics Branch",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@cdph.ca.gov"
}
|
| description | 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. |
| distribution |
[
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"title": "Data Dictionary - Baby Names",
"format": "CSV",
"mediaType": "text/csv",
"describedBy": "https://data.ca.gov/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a99404d8-e3b6-455c-9916-41075f001862&limit=0",
"downloadURL": "https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/4a8cb74f-c4fa-458a-8ab1-5f2c0b2e22e3/resource/c2f005e6-fc0e-4594-8297-d23b59f9b0ad/download/data-dictionary-baby-names.csv",
"describedByType": "application/json"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "1960-2024 Top 25 Baby Names by Sex by Year",
"format": "CSV",
"mediaType": "text/csv",
"description": "This data table reports 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.",
"downloadURL": "https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/4a8cb74f-c4fa-458a-8ab1-5f2c0b2e22e3/resource/f3fe42ed-4441-4fd8-bf53-92fb80a246da/download/20251112_babyname.csv"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "All resource data",
"format": "ZIP",
"mediaType": "application/zip",
"downloadURL": "https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/4a8cb74f-c4fa-458a-8ab1-5f2c0b2e22e3/resource/10a32c9a-bf33-4545-9176-a8eac80b7ed9/download/most-popular-baby-names-2005-current-xvvqsbk7.zip"
}
]
|
| identifier | ecf5bb45-f5bb-409d-a2c7-c58b294f9426 |
| issued | 2017-06-16T22:09:43.832482 |
| keyword |
[
"CDPH",
"CHSI",
"baby names",
"boy names",
"california department of public health",
"female",
"girl names",
"male",
"name",
"popular",
"sex",
"vital statistics"
]
|
| license | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| modified | 2025-12-10T20:14:41.430588 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "California Department of Public Health",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| theme |
[
"Health and Human Services"
]
|
| title | Most Popular Baby Names |
