Most popular boys’ names in California, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,546
2	Richard	1,836
3	John	1,746
4	James	1,405
5	William	1,220
6	Donald	1,136
7	David	834
8	Charles	799
9	Ronald	789
10	George	691
11	Frank	598
12	Edward	528
13	Thomas	515
14	Kenneth	483
15	Jack	448
16	Gary	436
17	Paul	405
18	Raymond	387
19	Jerry	382
20	Michael	380
21	Joe	375
22	Joseph	372
23	Larry	344
24	Don	317
25	Bill	290

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bob	282
27	Gerald	279
28	Henry	272
29	Albert	266
30	Walter	258
31	Arthur	254
32	Ralph	253
33	Fred	245
34	Manuel	242
35	Daniel	227
36	Carl	226
37	Lawrence	221
37	Roger	221
39	Jim	214
40	Norman	209
40	Peter	209
42	Harold	206
43	Harry	192
44	Gilbert	191
45	Ernest	187
46	Eugene	185
46	Stanley	185
48	Louis	176
49	Alfred	164
50	Roy	158
51	Wayne	157
52	Tony	153
53	Anthony	151
53	Gordon	151
55	Philip	148
56	Ray	147
57	Bruce	146
58	Dale	145
59	Eddie	143
59	Howard	143
61	Douglas	138
62	Dennis	134
63	Tom	126
64	Johnny	124
65	Leonard	123
66	Leroy	121
67	Marvin	120
68	Jimmy	117
69	Jose	116
70	Clifford	112
70	Mike	112
70	Phillip	112
73	Lee	110
74	Alan	109
75	Billy	107
76	Victor	105
77	Earl	104
78	Tommy	103
79	Gene	102
80	Melvin	101
81	Stephen	99
82	Dick	98
82	Russell	98
82	Warren	98
85	Patrick	97
86	Martin	95
86	Ronnie	95
88	Ted	93
89	Bobby	92
90	Ruben	90
91	Rudy	85
92	Edwin	84
92	Glenn	84
94	Allen	83
95	Frederick	82
95	Lloyd	82
97	Jesse	80
98	Floyd	74
98	Theodore	74
100	Francis	73
100	Vernon	73