Most popular boys’ names in California, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,928
2	John	2,009
3	Richard	1,975
4	James	1,777
5	William	1,565
6	Ronald	1,201
7	David	1,195
8	Donald	1,125
9	Charles	975
10	Gary	879
11	George	777
12	Michael	701
13	Frank	682
14	Thomas	675
15	Kenneth	626
16	Larry	588
17	Edward	575
18	Jerry	544
19	Paul	521
20	Jack	505
21	Raymond	465
22	Joe	450
23	Joseph	409
24	Gerald	373
25	Bill	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Don	341
27	Fred	335
28	Dennis	308
29	Arthur	307
30	Albert	303
31	Norman	301
32	Daniel	298
33	Ralph	295
34	Bob	292
35	Lawrence	290
36	Douglas	281
36	Jim	281
38	Roger	277
39	Walter	267
40	Wayne	265
41	Henry	252
42	Carl	249
43	Harold	241
44	Manuel	240
45	Peter	230
46	Anthony	222
46	Gilbert	222
48	Louis	215
49	Roy	202
50	Tom	201
51	Ernest	188
52	Stanley	187
53	Bruce	186
54	Dale	184
55	Eugene	183
56	Howard	181
57	Ray	180
58	Mike	179
59	Harry	170
60	Alfred	169
61	Stephen	168
62	Tony	164
63	Alan	155
64	Johnny	153
65	Leonard	151
66	Philip	150
67	Victor	147
68	Gordon	144
69	Eddie	143
69	Jimmy	143
71	Phillip	140
72	Billy	138
72	Melvin	138
74	Allen	134
75	Patrick	128
76	Earl	127
76	Terry	127
78	Gene	126
79	Warren	124
80	Ronnie	121
81	Leroy	119
82	Bobby	117
82	Russell	117
84	Jose	116
85	Lee	115
85	Marvin	115
87	Frederick	113
88	Clifford	112
89	Rudy	110
90	Tommy	109
91	Glenn	107
91	Martin	107
93	Jesse	105
94	Dick	104
95	Jon	103
95	Steve	103
97	Edwin	102
97	Vernon	102
99	Lloyd	99
100	Danny	93