Every available 2-character California license plate
California allows personalized plates of 2 to 7 characters. There are 1,196 legal 2-character combinations (letters and digits, minus the all-numeric ones the DMV rejects). We checked all of them against the live CA DMV system on August 23, 2026. Just 4 are still available.
Letter + number (4)
Click any plate for a live re-check and a direct link to claim it on the DMV. Availability changes constantly; a plate on this list can be gone tomorrow.
Short plates get claimed fast. Hear about the next one first.
Our sweep re-checks the DMV every night. Get an email when a 2-character or 3-letter plate becomes available.
Why 2-character plates are nearly gone
Two characters is the shortest plate California issues, and the supply is fixed: 26 letters and 10 digits give 1,296 combinations, and the DMV rejects the 100 all-numeric ones outright. The rest have been picked over for decades: initials, brands, numbers with a letter attached. What’s left is what you see above.
A personalized plate application costs $103 and the fee is non-refundable, so check before you apply. Every plate on this page links to a live availability check that runs against the DMV’s own system.