Most popular boys’ names in California, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,114
2	John	1,509
3	William	1,429
4	George	959
5	James	925
6	Richard	736
7	Charles	707
8	Frank	694
9	Jack	674
10	Donald	572
11	Edward	510
12	Joseph	466
13	Harold	387
14	Thomas	364
15	Albert	363
16	Raymond	358
17	Arthur	315
18	David	314
19	Walter	312
20	Henry	309
21	Joe	307
22	Paul	306
23	Harry	291
24	Kenneth	288
25	Ralph	258

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Manuel	251
27	Eugene	240
28	Fred	221
29	Howard	219
30	Ernest	201
30	Louis	201
32	Roy	198
33	Alfred	178
34	Stanley	177
35	Lawrence	174
36	Herbert	173
37	Carl	166
38	Tony	162
39	Warren	160
40	Jose	151
41	Clarence	146
42	Daniel	143
43	Earl	140
44	Francis	125
45	Gerald	124
45	Norman	124
47	Edwin	123
47	Leonard	123
49	Peter	122
50	Bill	117
51	Anthony	115
51	Melvin	115
53	Gordon	110
54	Victor	105
55	Leo	103
56	Jesus	102
57	Theodore	101
57	Vernon	101
59	Elmer	99
59	Ray	99
61	Lloyd	98
62	Philip	95
63	Andrew	94
63	Milton	94
65	Glenn	93
66	Russell	91
67	Leroy	86
68	Clifford	84
69	Don	83
69	Frederick	83
71	Bob	82
71	Gilbert	82
73	Vincent	80
74	Antonio	76
74	Wallace	76
76	Floyd	74
76	Sam	74
78	Martin	73
79	Tom	72
80	Marvin	70
81	Bruce	69
81	Chester	69
83	Clyde	68
83	Juan	68
85	Douglas	67
85	Pete	67
85	Wesley	67
88	Lester	66
88	Samuel	66
90	Benjamin	65
91	Mike	63
92	Bernard	62
93	Lee	61
94	Salvador	59
95	Carlos	58
95	Harvey	58
95	Michael	58
98	Wayne	57
99	Allen	55
99	Alvin	55