Most popular boys’ names in California, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,019
2	John	3,422
3	James	3,273
4	Richard	2,951
5	William	2,540
6	David	2,304
7	Michael	1,959
8	Gary	1,793
9	Ronald	1,740
10	Charles	1,427
11	Thomas	1,282
12	Donald	1,260
13	Larry	1,258
14	Dennis	1,241
15	Kenneth	1,029
16	George	990
17	Jerry	875
18	Frank	800
19	Paul	776
20	Edward	716
21	Douglas	706
22	Stephen	639
23	Raymond	611
24	Joseph	574
25	Jack	543

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	529
27	Gerald	523
28	Joe	487
29	Jim	485
30	Roger	484
31	Bill	480
32	Fred	423
33	Lawrence	408
34	Arthur	407
35	Bruce	390
35	Peter	390
37	Steven	385
38	Mike	380
39	Walter	370
40	Bob	360
40	Wayne	360
42	Harold	352
43	Don	345
44	Carl	341
44	Tom	341
46	Ralph	329
47	Terry	315
48	Anthony	309
49	Stanley	308
50	Albert	307
51	Henry	302
52	Steve	295
53	Manuel	284
54	Patrick	282
55	Norman	281
56	Philip	271
56	Roy	271
58	Eugene	255
59	Ray	254
60	Phillip	252
61	Ronnie	251
62	Dale	247
63	Harry	242
64	Ernest	234
65	Alan	230
66	Louis	220
67	Howard	216
68	Leonard	215
69	Johnny	210
70	Barry	209
70	Victor	209
72	Russell	201
72	Tony	201
74	Danny	199
75	Jimmy	195
76	Melvin	192
77	Alfred	189
77	Allen	189
77	Gordon	189
80	Gilbert	188
81	Tommy	185
82	Lee	178
83	Timothy	175
84	Clifford	174
84	Martin	174
86	Eddie	170
87	Gene	162
88	Glenn	161
89	Billy	160
90	Leroy	159
91	Mark	157
92	Marvin	153
93	Jeffrey	151
94	Dan	149
95	Brian	147
96	Jon	146
97	Lloyd	145
98	Earl	143
99	Andrew	139
100	Jose	138