Most popular boys’ names in California, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,385
2	John	1,510
3	Richard	1,502
4	William	1,367
5	Donald	1,171
6	James	1,121
7	George	901
8	Charles	797
9	Frank	720
10	Jack	653
11	David	525
12	Joe	485
13	Edward	478
14	Raymond	474
15	Thomas	420
16	Paul	418
17	Kenneth	416
18	Joseph	376
19	Manuel	372
20	Albert	370
21	Arthur	368
22	Harold	357
23	Henry	327
24	Jose	325
25	Walter	298

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	282
27	Eugene	276
28	Ralph	271
29	Don	252
30	Fred	250
31	Bob	240
32	Harry	237
32	Roy	237
34	Ronald	236
35	Stanley	232
36	Norman	227
37	Alfred	225
38	Ernest	216
39	Louis	215
40	Herbert	201
41	Daniel	200
42	Howard	195
43	Gilbert	192
44	Gerald	183
45	Jesus	173
46	Tony	172
47	Jerry	162
48	Lawrence	147
49	Earl	145
49	Ray	145
51	Leonard	143
52	Carl	139
53	Peter	138
54	Antonio	133
55	Melvin	130
56	Juan	126
57	Ruben	125
58	Billy	124
58	Clarence	124
60	Jim	119
61	Lloyd	116
62	Leroy	115
62	Victor	115
64	Clifford	114
64	Gene	114
66	Douglas	113
66	Glenn	113
66	Gordon	113
66	Mike	113
70	Dick	112
71	Tom	106
72	Marvin	104
73	Philip	103
73	Warren	103
73	Wayne	103
76	Raul	101
77	Anthony	100
78	Bruce	99
79	Francis	96
80	Edwin	95
80	Theodore	95
82	Martin	94
83	Leo	93
83	Salvador	93
85	Johnny	92
86	Russell	91
87	Francisco	90
88	Carlos	89
88	Pedro	89
88	Vernon	89
91	Floyd	88
91	Ramon	88
93	Michael	86
93	Milton	86
95	Alvin	78
95	Andrew	78
97	Samuel	77
98	Dale	76
98	Lee	76
100	Benjamin	74
100	Wallace	74