The Kern County Public Health Department has released the top local baby names of 2018. Sophia, Emma and Mia topped the list for girls and Noah, Liam and Sebastian were most popular for boys.

Those names track closely with national trends.
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ContributedThe Kern County Public Health Department has released the top local baby names of 2018. Sophia, Emma and Mia topped the list for girls and Noah, Liam and Sebastian were most popular for boys.
Those names track closely with national trends.
According to the babycenter.com web site, the most popular names nationwide last year were Sophia, Olivia, Ava, Emma and Isabella for girls and Jackson, Liam, Noah, Aidan and Caden for boys.
Positive Cases Among Kern Residents: 311,476
Deaths: 2,634
Recovered and Presumed Recovered Residents: 306,372
Percentage of all cases that are unvaccinated: 70.93
Percentage of all hospitalizations that are unvaccinated: 83.11
Updated: 3/16/23