Most popular boys’ names in California, 1910

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	237
2	William	170
3	James	159
4	Robert	141
5	George	138
6	Frank	113
7	Joseph	101
8	Charles	99
9	Edward	80
10	Jack	60
11	Richard	56
12	Raymond	55
13	Albert	52
14	Harold	51
14	Henry	51
16	Louis	50
16	Walter	50
18	Arthur	48
19	Thomas	47
20	Harry	45
21	Joe	41
22	Paul	37
23	Ernest	36
23	Fred	36
25	Donald	33

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	31
26	Manuel	31
28	Francis	30
29	Alfred	27
30	Carl	26
30	Ralph	26
30	Roy	26
33	Lawrence	24
34	Anthony	23
34	Eugene	23
34	Howard	23
37	Kenneth	22
38	Elmer	21
39	Andrew	20
39	Tony	20
41	David	19
41	Earl	19
41	Leonard	19
41	Melvin	19
41	Victor	19
46	Ray	18
47	Antonio	16
47	Edwin	16
47	Jose	16
47	Samuel	16
51	Glenn	15
51	Stanley	15
53	Clifford	14
53	Frederick	14
53	Norman	14
56	Everett	13
56	Herbert	13
56	Lee	13
56	Lloyd	13
56	Michael	13
61	Clyde	12
61	Patrick	12
61	Peter	12
61	Philip	12
65	Daniel	11
65	Jesus	11
65	Leon	11
65	Lewis	11
65	Milton	11
65	Sam	11
65	Theodore	11
72	Bernard	10
72	Bert	10
72	Cecil	10
72	Chester	10
72	Gene	10
72	Herman	10
72	Leo	10
72	Leroy	10
72	Phillip	10
72	Vernon	10
72	Wilbur	10
83	Bill	9
83	Gilbert	9
83	Gordon	9
83	Mike	9
87	Allen	8
87	Ben	8
87	Gerald	8
87	Harvey	8
87	Juan	8
87	Lester	8
87	Ronald	8
87	Ted	8
95	Carlos	7
95	Jerry	7
95	Leslie	7
95	Martin	7
95	Maurice	7
95	Vincent	7