Most popular boys’ names in California, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,490
2	John	1,615
3	William	1,465
4	Richard	1,260
5	James	1,171
6	Donald	1,047
7	George	940
8	Charles	810
9	Frank	735
10	Jack	712
11	Edward	543
12	Raymond	505
13	David	493
13	Joe	493
15	Joseph	448
16	Paul	421
17	Kenneth	420
18	Thomas	402
19	Harold	374
20	Arthur	372
21	Henry	364
22	Albert	360
23	Manuel	352
24	Walter	318
25	Harry	311

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	311
27	Eugene	308
28	Jose	287
29	Fred	255
30	Louis	252
31	Bill	243
32	Stanley	242
33	Ernest	231
34	Norman	230
35	Bob	221
36	Daniel	218
36	Roy	218
38	Gerald	206
39	Howard	202
40	Tony	201
41	Alfred	199
42	Lawrence	197
43	Ronald	187
44	Don	178
45	Earl	166
46	Jesus	164
47	Peter	161
48	Carl	152
48	Gilbert	152
50	Leonard	150
51	Herbert	147
52	Ray	145
53	Lloyd	139
54	Melvin	133
55	Gordon	132
56	Clarence	129
57	Victor	121
58	Jerry	119
59	Tom	118
60	Juan	117
61	Anthony	116
61	Francisco	116
63	Jim	113
64	Francis	110
65	Warren	109
66	Antonio	108
66	Leroy	108
68	Wayne	106
69	Marvin	105
70	Gene	104
70	Glenn	104
70	Philip	104
73	Edwin	103
74	Theodore	102
75	Clifford	101
75	Dick	101
77	Leo	99
78	Andrew	95
79	Wallace	94
80	Vernon	93
81	Alvin	91
82	Russell	88
83	Ruben	86
83	Salvador	86
85	Jimmie	85
86	Floyd	83
87	Frederick	82
88	Mike	80
88	Raul	80
88	Vincent	80
91	Johnny	79
91	Ramon	79
91	Samuel	79
94	Carlos	78
95	Billy	77
95	Milton	77
97	Martin	76
98	Bruce	74
98	Dale	74
100	Douglas	73
100	Elmer	73
100	Michael	73