Most popular boys’ names in California, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	501
2	William	412
3	Robert	350
4	George	307
5	James	257
6	Frank	253
7	Charles	222
8	Joseph	204
9	Edward	180
10	Jack	144
11	Richard	141
12	Albert	136
13	Harold	124
14	Walter	120
15	Thomas	117
16	Donald	113
17	Raymond	111
18	Henry	108
19	Fred	107
19	Paul	107
21	Harry	100
22	Joe	94
23	Arthur	87
24	Kenneth	81
25	Alfred	80

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Louis	80
27	Ernest	76
27	Howard	76
29	Ralph	72
30	Carl	68
31	Clarence	67
32	David	56
32	Edwin	56
32	Lawrence	56
35	Manuel	54
36	Herbert	51
36	Stanley	51
38	Earl	50
38	Francis	50
40	Eugene	48
41	Peter	47
42	Roy	46
43	Philip	42
44	Leonard	39
44	Ray	39
46	Theodore	37
47	Norman	36
48	Anthony	35
48	Frederick	35
50	Daniel	34
50	Glenn	34
50	Leo	34
53	Floyd	33
53	Lloyd	33
53	Vernon	33
53	Victor	33
53	Wilbur	33
58	Elmer	32
59	Leslie	30
60	Melvin	29
60	Tony	29
62	Andrew	28
63	Clyde	27
63	Gordon	27
63	Russell	27
66	Lester	26
67	Samuel	24
68	Herman	23
68	Jose	23
68	Martin	23
68	Michael	23
72	Clifford	22
73	Gilbert	21
73	Lewis	21
73	Maurice	21
76	Chester	20
76	Laurence	20
76	Milton	20
76	Tom	20
76	Vincent	20
81	Leroy	19
81	Sam	19
81	Willard	19
84	Benjamin	18
84	Bernard	18
86	Alvin	17
86	Everett	17
86	Gerald	17
86	Marion	17
86	Mike	17
86	Phillip	17
86	Rudolph	17
86	Sidney	17
86	Warren	17
95	Antonio	16
95	Claude	16
95	Lee	16
95	Leon	16
95	Pete	16
95	Wesley	16