Most popular boys’ names in California, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	614
2	William	528
3	Robert	462
4	George	401
5	Frank	337
6	James	321
7	Charles	284
8	Edward	225
9	Joseph	210
10	Jack	166
11	Richard	165
12	Arthur	156
13	Thomas	152
13	Walter	152
15	Albert	140
15	Harry	140
17	Harold	136
18	Fred	133
19	Raymond	130
20	Henry	129
21	Paul	122
22	Donald	120
23	Ralph	107
24	Carl	101
25	Joe	99

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	98
27	Howard	88
28	Alfred	87
29	Kenneth	83
30	Lawrence	81
31	Roy	79
32	Francis	76
33	Earl	75
34	Ernest	73
35	Eugene	71
36	Clarence	70
37	David	63
38	Herbert	62
39	Manuel	60
40	Anthony	57
41	Lloyd	56
42	Edwin	54
42	Norman	54
44	Stanley	51
45	Daniel	50
45	Ray	50
47	Vincent	48
48	Peter	47
49	Elmer	42
49	Frederick	42
49	Leonard	42
49	Theodore	42
53	Samuel	40
54	Alvin	39
55	Gordon	38
56	Glenn	37
56	Leo	37
56	Philip	37
56	Tony	37
60	Lester	36
60	Vernon	36
62	Andrew	35
62	Chester	35
62	Clifford	35
62	Milton	35
62	Russell	35
67	Melvin	34
68	Gerald	33
69	Leslie	31
69	Victor	31
71	Warren	30
72	Sam	27
73	Floyd	26
73	Leland	26
73	Marvin	26
76	Herman	25
77	Arnold	24
77	Everett	24
77	Lee	24
77	Maurice	24
77	Michael	24
77	Wesley	24
83	Angelo	23
83	Ben	23
83	Edgar	23
83	Martin	23
83	Mike	23
83	Pete	23
83	Rudolph	23
90	Bert	22
90	Jose	22
90	Leroy	22
93	Cecil	21
93	Clyde	21
95	Bernard	20
95	Bruce	20
95	Harvey	20
95	Lewis	20
95	Patrick	20
100	Marion	19
100	Roland	19
100	Wilbur	19