Most popular boys’ names in California, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,308
2	John	1,622
3	Richard	1,575
4	William	1,242
5	James	1,197
6	Donald	1,191
7	Charles	848
8	George	708
9	Ronald	649
10	David	631
11	Frank	628
12	Jack	519
13	Edward	510
14	Kenneth	448
15	Joe	445
16	Raymond	428
17	Thomas	413
18	Paul	343
19	Joseph	337
20	Albert	295
21	Don	294
22	Arthur	281
23	Manuel	277
24	Ralph	270
25	Harold	263

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	262
27	Gerald	260
28	Bill	251
29	Bob	250
30	Jerry	249
31	Walter	241
32	Eugene	228
32	Fred	228
34	Norman	212
35	Gilbert	206
36	Daniel	205
37	Ernest	189
38	Harry	186
38	Louis	186
40	Stanley	183
41	Lawrence	175
42	Carl	174
43	Roy	171
44	Jose	169
45	Alfred	168
46	Ray	162
47	Peter	152
48	Leonard	146
49	Dick	145
50	Jim	143
51	Howard	141
52	Michael	140
53	Larry	134
54	Tony	132
55	Tom	128
56	Gordon	122
57	Roger	121
58	Philip	120
59	Anthony	116
59	Herbert	116
61	Billy	115
61	Eddie	115
63	Jimmy	113
63	Marvin	113
65	Earl	112
66	Bruce	111
66	Leroy	111
66	Victor	111
69	Douglas	108
70	Wayne	106
71	Clarence	103
71	Gary	103
71	Lloyd	103
71	Melvin	103
75	Gene	102
76	Jesus	97
77	Johnny	95
78	Glenn	92
79	Edwin	88
79	Ruben	88
81	Lee	87
81	Russell	87
83	Dale	86
83	Rudy	86
85	Tommy	85
86	Jimmie	82
87	Bobby	78
87	Clifford	78
87	Warren	78
90	Phillip	77
90	Ted	77
90	Vernon	77
93	Raul	76
93	Theodore	76
95	Mike	75
96	Leo	74
96	Wallace	74
98	Milton	73
98	Stephen	73
100	Carlos	72