Most popular boys’ names in California, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,424
2	John	1,528
3	Richard	1,441
4	William	1,351
5	Donald	1,199
6	James	1,082
7	George	823
8	Charles	730
9	Jack	633
10	Frank	626
11	David	616
12	Edward	491
13	Joe	465
14	Raymond	443
15	Joseph	408
16	Manuel	380
17	Thomas	363
18	Paul	360
19	Kenneth	348
20	Albert	329
21	Harold	323
22	Henry	322
23	Arthur	313
24	Ralph	312
25	Walter	292

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	275
27	Bill	257
28	Harry	253
29	Ronald	249
30	Jose	246
31	Fred	244
32	Bob	235
33	Gerald	216
33	Stanley	216
35	Don	212
36	Roy	203
37	Louis	201
38	Herbert	200
39	Daniel	194
40	Norman	192
41	Alfred	188
41	Gilbert	188
43	Lawrence	183
44	Ernest	182
45	Carl	171
46	Jerry	166
47	Tony	163
48	Peter	150
49	Howard	148
49	Jesus	148
51	Ray	135
52	Leonard	133
53	Earl	131
54	Gordon	128
55	Juan	127
55	Victor	127
57	Billy	123
57	Jim	123
59	Lloyd	119
60	Antonio	118
60	Clarence	118
62	Melvin	117
63	Clifford	111
64	Gene	108
65	Anthony	107
65	Edwin	107
67	Francisco	106
68	Glenn	104
68	Raul	104
70	Douglas	103
71	Marvin	101
72	Philip	100
73	Dick	99
73	Theodore	99
75	Leroy	97
76	Jimmy	95
76	Salvador	95
76	Tom	95
79	Martin	94
80	Andrew	93
80	Johnny	93
80	Michael	93
80	Wayne	93
84	Carlos	92
85	Vernon	91
86	Bruce	89
86	Leo	89
88	Eddie	88
88	Larry	88
90	Ramon	86
91	Leland	85
92	Roger	84
92	Rudy	84
94	Luis	83
95	Mike	81
95	Russell	81
97	Vincent	80
98	Ruben	79
99	Alvin	78
99	Elmer	78
99	Jimmie	78