Most popular boys’ names in California, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,134
2	Richard	1,547
3	John	1,450
4	James	1,239
5	William	1,186
6	Donald	1,158
7	Charles	727
8	George	672
9	Ronald	671
10	David	657
11	Frank	567
12	Jack	519
13	Edward	472
14	Thomas	459
15	Joe	426
16	Kenneth	392
17	Paul	384
18	Raymond	367
19	Joseph	321
20	Don	317
21	Arthur	295
22	Gerald	280
23	Albert	273
24	Fred	253
25	Bill	250

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Henry	250
27	Jerry	248
28	Norman	238
29	Ralph	230
30	Harold	224
31	Manuel	223
32	Walter	221
33	Bob	212
34	Lawrence	206
35	Harry	196
36	Gary	194
37	Louis	191
38	Ernest	183
39	Eugene	178
40	Roy	175
41	Larry	174
42	Peter	173
43	Daniel	172
43	Gilbert	172
45	Alfred	170
46	Michael	162
47	Carl	160
47	Ray	160
49	Jim	159
50	Stanley	156
51	Gordon	146
52	Howard	144
53	Roger	142
54	Tony	140
55	Jose	137
56	Douglas	133
57	Dick	131
58	Leonard	126
59	Leroy	121
60	Victor	117
61	Philip	116
62	Melvin	114
62	Wayne	114
64	Earl	110
65	Tom	107
66	Anthony	105
66	Edwin	105
68	Marvin	103
69	Eddie	102
69	Lee	102
71	Bruce	100
72	Billy	99
73	Dale	97
74	Jimmy	96
75	Johnny	95
76	Herbert	94
77	Gene	93
78	Clifford	92
78	Phillip	92
80	Franklin	91
81	Carlos	88
81	Tommy	88
83	Clarence	87
84	Warren	85
85	Jimmie	83
86	Jesus	82
87	Glenn	81
87	Lloyd	81
89	Alan	79
90	Leo	77
90	Raul	77
92	Martin	76
93	Rudy	75
94	Allen	74
94	Theodore	74
96	Ruben	72
96	Russell	72
98	Mike	71
99	Vincent	67
100	Ben	66