Most popular boys’ names in California, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,417
2	Richard	1,604
3	John	1,546
4	William	1,318
5	Donald	1,287
6	James	1,182
7	Charles	825
8	George	800
9	Jack	639
10	David	637
11	Frank	584
12	Edward	478
13	Ronald	456
14	Thomas	439
15	Raymond	424
16	Joe	413
17	Joseph	407
18	Kenneth	403
19	Paul	368
20	Albert	324
21	Manuel	312
22	Henry	305
23	Arthur	299
24	Don	285
25	Harold	270

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	270
27	Fred	255
28	Bill	254
29	Walter	242
30	Norman	241
31	Gerald	239
32	Eugene	235
33	Bob	228
34	Jerry	221
35	Harry	218
36	Jose	201
37	Lawrence	200
38	Stanley	198
39	Daniel	196
40	Louis	193
41	Ernest	190
42	Peter	182
43	Alfred	181
44	Howard	178
45	Roy	169
46	Gilbert	162
47	Ray	161
48	Carl	160
49	Tony	157
50	Douglas	136
51	Marvin	133
52	Jim	132
52	Leonard	132
54	Gordon	131
55	Herbert	129
56	Earl	125
57	Billy	122
58	Dick	115
59	Juan	114
60	Jesus	112
61	Lloyd	111
62	Glenn	109
63	Anthony	108
63	Melvin	108
65	Larry	107
65	Roger	107
67	Michael	106
68	Bruce	105
69	Jimmy	104
69	Leroy	104
71	Philip	102
72	Eddie	101
73	Theodore	99
73	Victor	99
73	Wayne	99
76	Clarence	98
77	Leo	97
78	Johnny	95
78	Russell	95
80	Tom	93
81	Edwin	90
81	Ruben	90
83	Bobby	89
83	Salvador	89
85	Rudy	87
86	Antonio	86
86	Dale	86
86	Tommy	86
89	Raul	85
90	Alan	84
90	Clifford	84
92	Carlos	83
92	Vernon	83
92	Vincent	83
95	Gene	81
96	Andrew	80
97	Pete	79
98	Milton	78
99	Allen	77
99	Martin	77