Most popular boys’ names in California, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,199
2	Richard	1,775
3	John	1,479
4	James	1,267
5	William	1,218
6	Donald	1,182
7	Charles	748
8	Ronald	720
9	George	687
10	David	647
11	Frank	606
12	Jack	486
13	Edward	434
14	Paul	411
15	Joe	407
16	Thomas	404
17	Raymond	388
18	Kenneth	385
19	Don	349
20	Joseph	333
21	Gary	287
22	Fred	284
22	Jerry	284
24	Arthur	280
25	Bill	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	266
27	Gerald	261
28	Manuel	258
29	Ralph	254
30	Bob	249
31	Norman	238
32	Walter	235
33	Henry	233
34	Harold	231
35	Daniel	229
36	Larry	223
37	Michael	215
38	Roger	207
39	Jim	201
40	Carl	199
40	Lawrence	199
40	Peter	199
43	Louis	195
44	Harry	193
45	Eugene	190
46	Ernest	184
47	Ray	176
48	Gilbert	175
49	Alfred	164
50	Douglas	154
51	Stanley	153
52	Gordon	150
53	Roy	146
54	Bruce	143
55	Tony	142
56	Howard	139
57	Tom	138
58	Johnny	129
59	Wayne	128
60	Leonard	127
61	Philip	126
62	Jose	122
63	Earl	121
64	Dick	120
64	Leroy	120
66	Marvin	117
67	Dale	114
68	Gene	113
69	Anthony	111
69	Eddie	111
71	Melvin	109
71	Warren	109
73	Clifford	107
74	Billy	101
74	Jimmy	101
76	Dennis	100
77	Patrick	97
78	Victor	96
79	Carlos	95
79	Mike	95
81	Edwin	94
81	Ted	94
81	Tommy	94
84	Rudy	93
85	Glenn	90
85	Lloyd	90
87	Herbert	88
87	Martin	88
87	Theodore	88
90	Phillip	87
91	Alan	86
91	Jesus	86
93	Lee	84
94	Andrew	81
95	Raul	79
95	Russell	79
97	Vincent	78
98	Franklin	76
99	Ronnie	74
100	Allen	73
100	Leo	73
100	Pete	73
100	Ruben	73