Most popular boys’ names in California, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,485
2	John	1,648
3	William	1,492
4	Richard	1,331
5	James	1,124
6	Donald	982
7	George	951
8	Charles	796
9	Frank	725
10	Jack	670
11	Edward	578
12	Raymond	480
13	Joe	436
14	David	433
15	Paul	428
16	Albert	419
17	Thomas	408
18	Joseph	407
19	Arthur	403
20	Kenneth	391
21	Walter	360
22	Harold	346
23	Henry	338
24	Manuel	319
25	Ralph	303

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	299
27	Fred	276
28	Harry	266
29	Ernest	249
30	Louis	246
31	Bill	218
32	Stanley	216
33	Roy	215
34	Jose	209
35	Alfred	208
35	Bob	208
37	Norman	204
38	Howard	196
39	Peter	194
40	Gerald	184
40	Lawrence	184
42	Daniel	182
43	Carl	180
44	Don	173
45	Jesus	170
46	Earl	162
47	Tony	160
48	Ronald	157
49	Gordon	151
50	Leonard	150
51	Ray	144
52	Clarence	141
53	Herbert	136
54	Edwin	130
55	Antonio	126
55	Melvin	126
57	Anthony	118
58	Gilbert	117
59	Leroy	116
59	Lloyd	116
59	Russell	116
62	Jim	115
63	Francis	109
63	Gene	109
63	Victor	109
66	Theodore	108
67	Clifford	106
67	Glenn	106
69	Vernon	105
70	Martin	104
71	Philip	103
71	Wayne	103
73	Andrew	102
74	Jerry	101
75	Samuel	96
76	Marvin	95
77	Warren	94
78	Tom	93
79	Juan	92
79	Wallace	92
81	Johnny	91
82	Leo	90
82	Mike	90
84	Douglas	88
84	Elmer	88
86	Floyd	87
87	Frederick	86
88	Billy	85
88	Bruce	85
90	Benjamin	84
90	Salvador	84
92	Carlos	83
92	Ramon	83
94	Milton	81
94	Rudolph	81
96	Ruben	80
97	Lee	78
98	Dick	75
98	Vincent	75
100	Leland	74