Most popular boys’ names in California, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,120
2	John	2,420
3	Richard	2,219
4	James	2,101
5	William	1,799
6	David	1,554
7	Gary	1,183
8	Ronald	1,160
9	Michael	1,124
10	Charles	1,051
11	Donald	1,023
12	Thomas	839
13	Larry	826
14	George	807
15	Frank	683
16	Dennis	650
17	Kenneth	643
18	Jerry	639
19	Edward	609
20	Paul	558
21	Raymond	472
22	Gerald	464
23	Joe	443
24	Jack	438
25	Joseph	430

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	390
27	Roger	361
28	Stephen	359
29	Daniel	353
30	Fred	339
31	Arthur	323
32	Jim	320
33	Lawrence	317
34	Don	312
35	Henry	303
36	Bob	299
37	Peter	285
38	Douglas	282
39	Carl	281
40	Ralph	279
41	Wayne	274
42	Walter	270
43	Albert	266
44	Bruce	262
45	Norman	259
46	Mike	256
47	Harold	254
48	Manuel	250
49	Roy	237
50	Tom	233
51	Eugene	224
52	Philip	223
53	Stanley	213
54	Steven	203
55	Alfred	199
56	Leonard	198
57	Anthony	195
58	Terry	193
59	Phillip	187
59	Tony	187
61	Dale	185
62	Ernest	184
63	Patrick	181
64	Harry	176
64	Louis	176
66	Alan	168
67	Howard	166
68	Ray	164
69	Gilbert	163
70	Steve	161
71	Melvin	158
72	Johnny	154
73	Allen	148
74	Leroy	144
75	Ronnie	139
76	Billy	138
77	Victor	135
78	Jimmy	127
79	Gordon	126
80	Russell	125
81	Earl	123
82	Eddie	122
83	Barry	121
83	Lee	121
85	Danny	120
86	Clifford	116
86	Tommy	116
88	Marvin	113
89	Jose	112
90	Bobby	109
91	Edwin	108
91	Gene	108
91	Warren	108
94	Jon	106
94	Timothy	106
96	Frederick	102
96	Lloyd	102
98	Dick	101
99	Allan	98
100	Martin	97