Most popular boys’ names in California, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,259
2	John	1,673
3	William	1,616
4	James	1,060
5	George	970
6	Richard	880
7	Donald	753
8	Frank	710
9	Charles	700
10	Jack	655
11	Edward	540
12	Joseph	473
13	Harold	456
14	Thomas	429
15	Raymond	413
16	Paul	409
17	Joe	406
18	Albert	396
19	David	366
20	Walter	358
21	Kenneth	351
22	Henry	346
23	Arthur	339
24	Harry	336
25	Manuel	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	309
27	Fred	273
28	Eugene	261
29	Roy	243
30	Ernest	232
31	Louis	229
32	Alfred	213
33	Howard	198
34	Jose	196
35	Stanley	180
36	Carl	173
37	Lawrence	172
38	Norman	156
39	Tony	152
40	Earl	151
41	Bill	143
41	Peter	143
43	Clarence	141
44	Warren	139
45	Herbert	127
45	Leonard	127
47	Daniel	125
47	Gordon	125
49	Anthony	124
49	Jesus	124
51	Ray	122
52	Edwin	121
53	Francis	120
54	Russell	116
55	Leo	115
55	Theodore	115
57	Clifford	114
57	Wallace	114
59	Lloyd	112
60	Bob	110
60	Frederick	110
60	Melvin	110
63	Philip	108
64	Gerald	105
65	Don	104
66	Antonio	102
67	Elmer	99
67	Victor	99
69	Vernon	98
70	Samuel	97
71	Juan	94
72	Andrew	92
72	Tom	92
74	Glenn	90
75	Bernard	88
76	Martin	87
77	Gilbert	86
77	Marvin	86
79	Douglas	85
80	Vincent	83
81	Leroy	82
82	Salvador	80
83	Mike	76
84	Bruce	74
85	Sam	72
86	Alvin	70
86	Francisco	70
88	Benjamin	69
88	Leslie	69
90	Harvey	68
90	Milton	68
92	Chester	67
92	Wayne	67
94	Pete	66
94	Wesley	66
96	Floyd	65
96	Lester	65
98	Leland	64
99	Carlos	63
99	Jim	63
99	Lee	63