San Francisco Baby Names

The top San Francisco baby names among Nameberry visitors from that city are Felix and Clara.

San Francisco’s Number 1 girl name Clara is an international feeling choice that currently ranks at Number 99 on the US Top 1000 baby names. While Clara is popular in a number of other cities, San Francisco is the only city out of 12 in which it takes the top spot.

The cheerful Felix is at Number 192 in the official US charts, but it is only in San Francisco that it is Number One. It does however rank in the Top 10 in Chicago baby names and Minneapolis baby names among others.

San Francisco has a lot in common with Washington DC when it comes to names. Both cities include Theodore, Felix, Silas, August, Hugo, and Silas in their Top 10 for boys. In terms of girl names, San Francisco namers have similar tastes to Denver, where Cora, Margot, and Nora notably rank.

Boy names that are unique to San Francisco’s Top 10 include the similar sounding though unrelated Caius and Kai, while for girls Margot is particularly favored.

Comparing San Francisco's top names to the official list of popular California baby names, no names are shared between Top 10s. Compared with the top Los Angeles baby names, parents in both California cities enjoy Silas, Felix, Finn, Theodore and August, while for girls, Isla, Eloise, Daphne, Maeve, and Violet are joint favorites.

Here are the Top 10 San Francisco baby names by visitors to Nameberry from that city.

San Francisco offers a lot of places, people, and themes to inspire baby names themed to the city. Here are some prime examples.

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