Most popular boys’ names in California, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,585
2	John	1,731
3	William	1,594
4	James	1,208
5	George	1,058
6	Richard	1,016
7	Frank	787
8	Donald	773
9	Charles	767
10	Jack	755
11	Edward	546
12	Joseph	469
13	Joe	451
14	Raymond	448
15	Harold	430
16	David	424
17	Albert	423
18	Thomas	401
19	Kenneth	391
20	Arthur	386
21	Paul	377
22	Manuel	375
23	Henry	371
24	Walter	360
25	Ralph	323

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	285
27	Fred	279
28	Ernest	260
29	Eugene	258
30	Louis	242
31	Roy	241
32	Lawrence	237
33	Alfred	221
34	Jose	220
35	Howard	208
36	Stanley	198
37	Earl	188
38	Clarence	182
39	Norman	174
40	Carl	173
41	Jesus	166
42	Warren	162
43	Tony	157
44	Daniel	155
45	Leonard	150
46	Bill	149
46	Gordon	149
48	Ray	148
49	Edwin	146
49	Peter	146
51	Melvin	142
52	Lloyd	139
53	Glenn	135
54	Bob	130
55	Gerald	126
56	Herbert	124
57	Anthony	122
57	Russell	122
59	Andrew	113
59	Clifford	113
61	Leo	111
62	Don	110
63	Francis	109
63	Gilbert	109
65	Marvin	108
65	Theodore	108
67	Elmer	105
68	Victor	103
69	Philip	99
70	Leroy	96
71	Vernon	93
72	Alvin	92
72	Frederick	92
72	Juan	92
75	Douglas	91
76	Antonio	89
76	Calvin	89
76	Tom	89
79	Salvador	88
80	Wayne	86
81	Milton	84
82	Samuel	82
83	Benjamin	81
84	Jim	80
84	Martin	80
84	Mike	80
87	Vincent	78
88	Lee	77
88	Wallace	77
90	Floyd	76
90	Leslie	76
92	Carlos	73
93	Clyde	72
94	Bernard	71
94	Bruce	71
96	Lester	70
96	Lewis	70
98	Francisco	69
99	Jerry	68
99	Louie	68
99	Pete	68