Most popular boys’ names in California, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,269
2	John	1,148
3	William	1,034
4	George	760
5	James	683
6	Frank	585
7	Charles	579
8	Edward	462
9	Jack	453
10	Richard	415
11	Joseph	395
12	Donald	328
13	Albert	288
14	Raymond	286
15	Harold	260
16	Harry	259
17	Arthur	258
18	Walter	254
19	Joe	248
20	Thomas	241
21	Henry	240
22	Paul	238
23	Fred	200
24	David	197
25	Manuel	182

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	180
27	Ernest	171
28	Ralph	170
29	Kenneth	165
30	Howard	159
31	Alfred	157
32	Roy	151
33	Eugene	148
34	Carl	134
35	Stanley	133
36	Earl	129
36	Francis	129
38	Victor	124
39	Lawrence	122
40	Tony	117
41	Herbert	115
42	Clarence	109
42	Norman	109
44	Lloyd	104
45	Edwin	98
45	Peter	98
47	Anthony	97
48	Daniel	96
49	Elmer	92
50	Leonard	90
51	Jose	86
51	Melvin	86
53	Frederick	84
54	Andrew	83
55	Russell	79
56	Philip	78
57	Clifford	77
58	Gerald	76
58	Ray	76
60	Warren	75
61	Glenn	74
61	Gordon	74
61	Lester	74
64	Chester	72
64	Leo	72
66	Leroy	65
67	Vernon	64
68	Milton	62
68	Tom	62
70	Bernard	57
70	Theodore	57
70	Vincent	57
73	Samuel	56
74	Leslie	55
75	Martin	54
75	Sam	54
77	Clyde	50
77	Floyd	50
79	Douglas	49
79	Lewis	49
81	Alvin	48
82	Don	47
82	Pete	47
84	Bill	46
85	Bob	45
86	Jesus	44
87	Bruce	42
87	Phillip	42
87	Wayne	42
87	Wilbur	42
91	Harvey	40
91	Mike	40
91	Sidney	40
94	Hugh	39
94	Wesley	39
94	Willard	39
97	Ben	38
98	Benjamin	37
98	Nick	37
98	Wallace	37