Most popular boys’ names in California, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,066
2	Robert	1,036
3	William	1,005
4	George	671
5	James	589
6	Frank	492
7	Charles	484
8	Richard	367
9	Edward	366
10	Joseph	358
11	Jack	326
12	Donald	282
13	Walter	280
14	Albert	268
15	Joe	240
16	Thomas	237
17	Arthur	220
17	Harold	220
17	Paul	220
20	Raymond	214
21	Henry	205
22	Harry	203
23	Ernest	183
24	Fred	180
25	Louis	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	156
27	Kenneth	153
28	Manuel	152
29	Ralph	150
30	Roy	146
31	Alfred	144
32	Lawrence	129
33	Howard	124
34	Francis	121
35	Clarence	120
36	Norman	117
37	Earl	115
38	Carl	114
39	Edwin	112
40	Herbert	109
40	Stanley	109
42	Eugene	104
43	Peter	99
44	Lloyd	98
45	Tony	92
46	Anthony	87
47	Daniel	82
47	Frederick	82
49	Elmer	81
50	Philip	77
51	Clifford	76
52	Ray	75
53	Leonard	73
54	Leo	72
55	Melvin	70
56	Andrew	68
57	Victor	66
58	Gordon	65
59	Lester	62
59	Milton	62
61	Russell	60
62	Chester	58
62	Sam	58
62	Vernon	58
62	Vincent	58
66	Gerald	55
67	Pete	54
68	Glenn	53
68	Warren	53
70	Leroy	50
71	Theodore	49
72	Douglas	48
72	Everett	48
72	Leslie	48
72	Martin	48
76	Jose	47
77	Leland	46
78	Clyde	45
78	Willard	45
80	Tom	44
81	Alvin	43
81	Bill	43
83	Bernard	42
84	Lee	39
84	Wesley	39
86	Benjamin	38
86	Mike	38
88	Floyd	37
89	Ben	36
89	Gilbert	36
89	Harvey	36
89	Marvin	36
89	Wilbur	36
94	Don	35
95	Allen	34
95	Homer	34
97	Jesse	33
97	Phillip	33
99	Antonio	32
99	Herman	32
99	Leon	32
99	Michael	32
99	Wayne	32