Most popular boys’ names in California, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,858
2	Richard	2,124
3	John	2,027
4	James	1,871
5	William	1,528
6	David	1,397
7	Ronald	1,153
8	Donald	997
9	Charles	959
10	Gary	934
11	Michael	920
12	George	749
13	Thomas	675
14	Larry	663
15	Kenneth	641
16	Frank	605
17	Jerry	585
18	Paul	570
19	Edward	564
20	Dennis	501
21	Jack	452
22	Joseph	430
23	Raymond	429
24	Gerald	417
25	Joe	384

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	356
27	Roger	332
28	Arthur	330
29	Bob	314
30	Fred	306
31	Norman	305
32	Don	304
33	Daniel	303
34	Wayne	301
35	Ralph	298
36	Douglas	287
37	Jim	281
38	Walter	276
39	Albert	274
40	Henry	268
41	Peter	262
42	Harold	246
43	Lawrence	234
44	Carl	231
45	Manuel	221
46	Stephen	214
47	Bruce	213
48	Philip	211
49	Stanley	209
50	Eugene	205
51	Mike	204
52	Tom	202
53	Roy	201
54	Ernest	200
55	Anthony	191
56	Gilbert	189
57	Alfred	183
58	Leonard	179
59	Ray	176
60	Tony	172
61	Melvin	168
62	Howard	167
63	Alan	165
63	Dale	165
65	Harry	160
66	Louis	158
67	Gordon	153
68	Ronnie	148
69	Patrick	146
70	Johnny	144
71	Allen	140
72	Steven	138
73	Eddie	137
74	Earl	135
75	Clifford	131
76	Leroy	130
77	Marvin	127
77	Phillip	127
79	Danny	123
79	Lee	123
79	Russell	123
82	Jimmy	122
82	Jose	122
84	Victor	121
85	Gene	120
86	Billy	117
86	Terry	117
88	Glenn	116
88	Steve	116
90	Lloyd	107
91	Jesse	101
91	Jon	101
91	Tommy	101
94	Martin	100
95	Ted	97
96	Bobby	94
96	Edwin	94
98	Herbert	93
99	Frederick	90
99	Rudy	90