Most popular boys’ names in California, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,086
2	Robert	903
3	William	902
4	George	646
5	James	593
6	Charles	474
7	Frank	466
8	Joseph	352
9	Jack	349
10	Edward	342
11	Richard	299
12	Donald	253
13	Albert	252
14	Arthur	236
14	Walter	236
16	Henry	231
17	Paul	227
18	Harold	225
19	Raymond	215
20	Thomas	209
21	Joe	208
22	Harry	200
23	Fred	167
24	Ralph	164
25	Ernest	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	160
27	Manuel	139
28	David	136
29	Kenneth	135
30	Alfred	130
30	Carl	130
32	Roy	125
33	Lawrence	123
34	Francis	119
35	Clarence	114
36	Howard	112
37	Eugene	110
38	Norman	107
39	Earl	105
39	Stanley	105
41	Edwin	97
42	Elmer	94
43	Lloyd	91
44	Herbert	89
45	Peter	88
46	Daniel	80
47	Leonard	77
47	Philip	77
49	Tony	76
50	Leo	71
51	Vernon	70
52	Frederick	69
53	Victor	65
54	Melvin	63
55	Andrew	62
55	Chester	62
55	Theodore	62
58	Sam	59
59	Russell	57
60	Anthony	56
60	Gerald	56
62	Clifford	55
62	Samuel	55
62	Warren	55
65	Glenn	54
66	Ray	53
67	Jose	52
68	Bernard	51
69	Milton	50
70	Alvin	49
71	Martin	48
72	Pete	47
73	Lester	46
74	Clyde	45
74	Gordon	45
74	Leslie	45
74	Lewis	45
74	Marvin	45
79	Mike	44
80	Vincent	43
81	Edgar	42
82	Ben	41
82	Bill	41
82	Wilbur	41
85	Floyd	39
85	Leroy	39
85	Willard	39
88	Allen	38
89	Hugh	37
90	Don	36
90	Nicholas	36
92	Tom	35
93	Arnold	34
94	Everett	33
94	Herman	33
94	Michael	33
94	Woodrow	33
98	Alexander	31
98	Eddie	31
98	Phillip	31