Most popular boys’ names in California, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	769
2	William	646
3	Robert	602
4	George	488
5	James	414
6	Frank	390
7	Charles	338
8	Edward	306
9	Joseph	287
10	Jack	229
11	Richard	202
12	Albert	201
13	Walter	191
14	Henry	178
15	Thomas	175
16	Donald	172
17	Fred	170
18	Harold	166
19	Raymond	154
20	Paul	151
21	Harry	150
22	Arthur	148
23	Louis	142
24	Joe	141
25	Kenneth	122

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	121
27	Alfred	118
28	Ralph	112
29	Ernest	109
30	Lawrence	98
31	Roy	96
32	Manuel	94
33	Howard	93
34	Stanley	92
35	Carl	89
36	Francis	84
37	Eugene	83
38	Clarence	82
39	Earl	75
40	Elmer	72
41	Anthony	68
42	Edwin	66
43	Frederick	65
44	Andrew	63
44	Herbert	63
46	Tony	62
47	Norman	60
47	Russell	60
49	Leonard	58
50	Ray	56
51	Lloyd	54
51	Peter	54
53	Victor	53
54	Gordon	48
54	Leo	48
54	Philip	48
57	Martin	47
57	Melvin	47
57	Milton	47
57	Vincent	47
61	Daniel	43
62	Floyd	42
62	Theodore	42
64	Everett	40
65	Lester	39
66	Leroy	38
67	Clifford	37
67	Leslie	37
67	Samuel	37
67	Willard	37
71	Glenn	36
71	Warren	36
73	Bernard	35
73	Michael	35
75	Herman	34
76	Chester	33
76	Gerald	33
76	Jose	33
79	Gilbert	32
79	Vernon	32
81	Alvin	31
82	Pete	30
83	Benjamin	29
83	Sam	29
85	Angelo	28
85	Claude	28
85	Clyde	28
85	Don	28
85	Wallace	28
90	Tom	27
90	Wilbur	27
92	Harvey	26
92	Lee	26
92	Mike	26
95	Arnold	25
96	Leland	24
96	Lewis	24
96	Oliver	24
99	Alexander	23
99	Marion	23
99	Wesley	23