Most popular boys’ names in California, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,375
2	John	2,627
3	Richard	2,487
4	James	2,361
5	William	1,969
6	David	1,771
7	Gary	1,491
8	Ronald	1,401
9	Michael	1,379
10	Charles	1,140
11	Donald	1,120
12	Larry	1,026
13	Thomas	979
14	George	879
15	Dennis	867
16	Kenneth	765
17	Frank	725
18	Jerry	711
19	Paul	679
20	Edward	661
21	Raymond	500
22	Joseph	475
23	Stephen	467
24	Gerald	461
25	Jack	443

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	440
27	Joe	417
28	Roger	409
29	Daniel	392
30	Arthur	372
31	Fred	365
32	Douglas	325
32	Lawrence	325
34	Don	324
35	Jim	321
35	Peter	321
37	Wayne	313
38	Steven	306
39	Bob	297
40	Mike	289
41	Albert	285
41	Carl	285
43	Henry	284
44	Walter	282
45	Ralph	281
46	Harold	278
47	Tom	269
48	Anthony	265
49	Norman	264
50	Bruce	263
51	Philip	256
51	Roy	256
53	Stanley	237
54	Patrick	222
55	Manuel	221
56	Ronnie	220
57	Terry	214
58	Eugene	211
59	Gilbert	209
60	Dale	205
60	Steve	205
62	Howard	204
63	Leonard	197
64	Ernest	195
65	Melvin	190
66	Ray	187
67	Phillip	185
68	Louis	183
69	Harry	178
70	Victor	174
71	Alfred	172
72	Gordon	171
73	Alan	165
74	Barry	158
74	Jimmy	158
74	Timothy	158
77	Billy	157
78	Tony	154
79	Clifford	152
80	Johnny	150
80	Lee	150
82	Gene	141
83	Allen	140
84	Leroy	138
84	Martin	138
86	Earl	135
87	Jeffrey	131
88	Danny	129
88	Eddie	129
90	Russell	126
91	Tommy	122
92	Jon	120
93	Marvin	119
94	Lloyd	118
95	Andrew	116
95	Glenn	116
97	Brian	114
98	Jose	113
99	Mark	108
100	Bobby	104
100	Edwin	104
100	Vernon	104