Most popular boys’ names in California, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,347
2	John	1,159
3	William	1,000
4	George	736
5	James	655
6	Frank	589
7	Charles	524
8	Richard	438
9	Jack	422
10	Edward	417
11	Joseph	363
12	Donald	328
13	Raymond	321
14	Joe	310
15	Albert	282
16	Arthur	274
17	Harold	264
18	Thomas	263
19	Walter	257
20	Harry	236
21	Paul	226
22	Henry	210
23	Fred	195
24	David	194
25	Kenneth	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Manuel	190
27	Ralph	182
28	Eugene	177
29	Roy	173
30	Ernest	170
31	Alfred	168
32	Lawrence	149
33	Louis	146
34	Carl	145
35	Stanley	142
36	Howard	140
37	Norman	116
38	Tony	115
39	Earl	111
40	Elmer	103
41	Clarence	102
41	Edwin	102
43	Francis	100
44	Herbert	97
45	Melvin	95
46	Leonard	93
47	Peter	92
48	Daniel	90
49	Anthony	88
50	Lloyd	87
51	Clifford	85
51	Jose	85
51	Ray	85
54	Vernon	81
55	Victor	78
56	Andrew	75
56	Leo	75
58	Leroy	74
59	Frederick	72
59	Theodore	72
61	Douglas	69
61	Glenn	69
63	Vincent	68
64	Gordon	67
65	Jesus	66
65	Milton	66
67	Benjamin	64
68	Russell	63
69	Gilbert	62
69	Philip	62
71	Tom	60
71	Warren	60
73	Floyd	58
74	Lester	57
75	Bill	56
76	Don	54
77	Clyde	51
77	Harvey	51
77	Lee	51
77	Martin	51
77	Marvin	51
77	Mike	51
77	Sam	51
84	Chester	49
84	Gerald	49
86	Leslie	48
87	Bernard	47
87	Michael	47
89	Antonio	46
89	Pete	46
89	Wallace	46
92	Wayne	44
93	Maurice	43
93	Salvador	43
95	Alvin	42
95	Samuel	42
97	Bruce	41
98	Juan	40
98	Leland	40
98	Phillip	40