Most popular boys’ names in California, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,262
2	Richard	1,739
3	John	1,533
4	James	1,286
5	William	1,251
6	Donald	1,138
7	Charles	772
8	Ronald	756
9	David	709
10	George	675
11	Frank	585
12	Jack	470
13	Joe	449
14	Thomas	444
15	Edward	440
16	Raymond	416
17	Gary	412
18	Paul	405
19	Kenneth	378
20	Joseph	350
21	Jerry	344
22	Don	324
23	Gerald	310
24	Albert	281
24	Fred	281

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	276
27	Bill	275
28	Bob	274
29	Arthur	269
30	Henry	266
31	Walter	259
32	Ralph	254
33	Larry	244
33	Norman	244
35	Manuel	237
36	Harold	231
37	Roger	221
38	Lawrence	210
39	Daniel	203
40	Stanley	198
41	Ernest	197
42	Eugene	196
43	Roy	187
44	Jim	180
44	Louis	180
44	Peter	180
47	Gilbert	174
48	Carl	173
49	Alfred	172
50	Harry	171
51	Tony	170
52	Douglas	167
53	Howard	151
54	Dennis	148
55	Tom	147
56	Ray	142
57	Wayne	137
58	Leonard	136
58	Philip	136
60	Leroy	134
61	Bruce	132
62	Victor	129
63	Anthony	126
64	Dale	123
65	Gene	122
65	Johnny	122
65	Warren	122
68	Marvin	121
69	Gordon	120
70	Jimmy	117
70	Jose	117
72	Dick	114
73	Glenn	113
74	Eddie	110
75	Phillip	108
76	Mike	107
77	Melvin	106
78	Russell	105
78	Ted	105
80	Earl	103
81	Ruben	97
82	Clifford	96
83	Alan	93
83	Lee	93
85	Rudy	90
86	Martin	87
87	Allen	86
88	Billy	84
89	Lloyd	82
89	Stephen	82
89	Tommy	82
92	Carlos	81
92	Clarence	81
92	Floyd	81
95	Edwin	80
96	Patrick	79
97	Herbert	77
97	Ronnie	77
99	Andrew	75
100	Pete	73