Most popular boys’ names in California, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,033
2	William	886
3	Robert	840
4	George	631
5	James	530
6	Frank	523
7	Charles	448
8	Joseph	366
9	Edward	344
10	Jack	296
11	Albert	286
11	Richard	286
13	Harold	241
14	Arthur	240
15	Walter	231
16	Thomas	227
17	Donald	223
18	Henry	211
19	Joe	199
20	Paul	196
21	Fred	192
22	Harry	191
23	Raymond	179
24	Louis	168
25	Ralph	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	153
27	Manuel	134
28	Kenneth	132
29	David	130
30	Alfred	126
30	Roy	126
32	Carl	125
33	Lawrence	119
34	Howard	116
35	Francis	115
36	Peter	106
37	Eugene	103
38	Stanley	97
39	Herbert	94
40	Edwin	93
41	Melvin	91
42	Clarence	88
43	Elmer	86
43	Tony	86
45	Earl	85
46	Norman	83
47	Anthony	74
47	Lloyd	74
49	Leo	73
50	Leonard	71
51	Victor	70
52	Andrew	68
53	Philip	67
54	Daniel	66
54	Frederick	66
54	Theodore	66
54	Vernon	66
58	Ray	58
58	Willard	58
60	Vincent	57
61	Chester	56
62	Russell	55
63	Alvin	53
64	Samuel	52
65	Bernard	51
65	Clifford	51
67	Martin	48
68	Gordon	47
68	Sam	47
70	Everett	46
70	Leroy	46
70	Lester	46
70	Milton	46
70	Warren	46
75	Gilbert	45
76	Glenn	44
77	Lewis	43
77	Tom	43
79	Michael	42
80	Benjamin	41
81	Herman	40
81	Jose	40
83	Leslie	39
84	Cecil	38
85	Gerald	37
86	Floyd	36
86	Marvin	36
88	Ben	35
88	Douglas	35
88	Marion	35
91	Allen	34
91	Wayne	34
93	Antonio	33
93	Leland	33
93	Mike	33
96	Arnold	31
96	Harvey	31
96	Lee	31
96	Leon	31
96	Wilbur	31