Most popular boys’ names in California, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,460
2	Richard	1,601
3	John	1,558
4	William	1,321
5	Donald	1,282
6	James	1,169
7	Charles	842
8	George	777
9	Frank	681
10	David	638
11	Jack	637
12	Edward	563
13	Joe	513
14	Raymond	478
15	Thomas	441
16	Joseph	396
17	Paul	390
18	Kenneth	387
19	Ronald	346
20	Harold	343
21	Albert	339
22	Arthur	324
23	Manuel	323
24	Henry	318
25	Ralph	294

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	262
27	Don	261
27	Fred	261
29	Jose	257
30	Eugene	251
31	Bill	242
32	Louis	240
33	Bob	235
34	Gerald	228
35	Norman	219
36	Ernest	217
37	Harry	214
38	Daniel	212
39	Gilbert	207
40	Roy	205
41	Alfred	203
42	Stanley	200
43	Jerry	199
44	Howard	197
45	Lawrence	194
46	Tony	182
47	Peter	179
48	Leonard	158
49	Ray	152
50	Juan	146
51	Herbert	144
52	Earl	140
53	Jim	136
54	Billy	135
55	Gordon	133
56	Carl	132
57	Jesus	130
58	Douglas	127
59	Victor	126
60	Lloyd	117
60	Philip	117
62	Dick	116
63	Antonio	114
64	Wayne	113
65	Gene	112
66	Leo	110
66	Tom	110
68	Michael	109
68	Warren	109
70	Edwin	108
70	Leroy	108
72	Bruce	107
72	Larry	107
74	Clarence	106
74	Dale	106
74	Roger	106
77	Anthony	105
77	Eddie	105
79	Ruben	102
80	Johnny	101
81	Clifford	99
82	Jimmy	97
82	Melvin	97
84	Bobby	95
85	Salvador	94
86	Marvin	93
87	Russell	92
88	Carlos	91
89	Francis	89
89	Jimmie	89
89	Tommy	89
92	Mike	88
93	Ramon	86
93	Roberto	86
93	Theodore	86
96	Francisco	85
96	Glenn	85
96	Martin	85
99	Floyd	84
99	Raul	84