Most popular boys’ names in California, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,821
2	John	1,309
3	William	1,211
4	George	899
5	James	834
6	Charles	662
7	Frank	631
8	Richard	555
9	Jack	544
10	Edward	460
11	Joseph	451
12	Donald	435
13	Raymond	327
14	Harold	321
15	Albert	318
16	Joe	310
17	Thomas	309
18	Walter	305
19	Henry	301
20	Arthur	281
21	Paul	279
22	Harry	267
23	Kenneth	253
24	David	251
25	Manuel	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	237
27	Fred	203
28	Louis	198
29	Ernest	180
30	Eugene	173
31	Alfred	170
32	Roy	161
33	Howard	156
34	Earl	153
35	Lawrence	146
36	Jose	140
37	Stanley	139
38	Herbert	132
39	Carl	130
40	Clarence	128
41	Norman	126
41	Warren	126
43	Leonard	120
44	Peter	117
45	Anthony	111
45	Francis	111
45	Tony	111
45	Vernon	111
49	Edwin	104
50	Melvin	103
51	Bill	101
51	Jesus	101
53	Daniel	100
54	Russell	95
55	Gordon	93
55	Leo	93
57	Lloyd	92
58	Ray	91
58	Theodore	91
60	Victor	90
61	Elmer	87
62	Gerald	85
63	Frederick	82
64	Philip	80
65	Andrew	78
66	Glenn	75
67	Clifford	74
68	Antonio	73
69	Leroy	72
70	Douglas	67
71	Leslie	65
71	Vincent	65
73	Clyde	64
74	Alvin	63
74	Milton	63
76	Bob	62
76	Martin	62
78	Chester	60
78	Sam	60
78	Tom	60
78	Wallace	60
82	Gilbert	59
82	Marvin	59
84	Mike	58
85	Wilbur	55
86	Leland	54
86	Pete	54
86	Salvador	54
89	Floyd	53
89	Lewis	53
91	Everett	52
91	Lester	52
93	Francisco	49
94	Benjamin	48
94	Bruce	48
94	Michael	48
97	Carlos	47
97	Samuel	47
99	Harvey	46
99	Juan	46
99	Wesley	46