Most popular boys’ names in California, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,875
2	John	1,489
3	William	1,416
4	George	890
5	James	866
6	Frank	689
7	Jack	650
8	Richard	629
9	Charles	584
10	Donald	532
11	Edward	524
12	Joseph	474
13	Raymond	383
14	Albert	365
15	Harold	337
16	Joe	334
17	Paul	333
18	Thomas	330
19	Henry	293
19	Walter	293
21	Arthur	291
22	Kenneth	286
23	Harry	285
24	David	270
25	Manuel	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	251
27	Ralph	233
28	Eugene	229
29	Warren	214
30	Ernest	209
31	Howard	204
31	Louis	204
33	Alfred	199
34	Roy	187
35	Tony	168
36	Francis	158
37	Lawrence	157
38	Stanley	155
39	Earl	154
40	Carl	140
40	Clarence	140
42	Daniel	129
42	Leonard	129
44	Peter	128
45	Lloyd	124
46	Herbert	122
47	Jose	121
48	Norman	120
49	Theodore	116
50	Melvin	112
51	Anthony	110
52	Ray	102
53	Victor	101
54	Gordon	100
55	Elmer	94
55	Philip	94
57	Edwin	93
58	Bill	92
58	Clifford	92
60	Vernon	91
61	Bob	90
62	Gerald	88
62	Russell	88
64	Antonio	85
65	Jesus	84
65	Vincent	84
67	Milton	81
67	Sam	81
69	Andrew	80
70	Tom	79
71	Frederick	78
72	Gilbert	77
73	Chester	74
73	Leo	74
75	Glenn	72
76	Benjamin	71
77	Leroy	70
78	Douglas	66
78	Lester	66
78	Samuel	66
78	Wallace	66
82	Everett	65
83	Martin	64
84	Alvin	63
85	Bernard	62
85	Don	62
87	Mike	61
88	Leslie	59
89	Leland	57
90	Clyde	56
90	Wesley	56
92	Marvin	55
93	Wayne	53
94	Ben	52
94	Harvey	52
94	Juan	52
94	Michael	52
98	Wilbur	51
99	Floyd	49
99	Jesse	49
99	Nick	49
99	Pete	49
99	Salvador	49