Most popular boys’ names in California, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,659
2	John	3,879
3	James	3,599
4	Richard	3,408
5	William	2,818
6	David	2,504
7	Michael	2,418
8	Ronald	1,914
9	Gary	1,760
10	Charles	1,584
11	Thomas	1,478
12	Larry	1,420
13	Donald	1,403
14	Dennis	1,228
15	George	1,099
16	Kenneth	1,085
17	Jerry	963
18	Paul	931
19	Frank	909
20	Edward	838
21	Joseph	743
22	Stephen	706
23	Raymond	674
24	Jack	643
25	Daniel	609

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	595
27	Douglas	568
28	Gerald	566
29	Joe	563
30	Steven	528
31	Jim	519
32	Bill	515
33	Arthur	497
34	Mike	448
35	Fred	446
36	Don	435
37	Peter	427
38	Terry	426
39	Lawrence	412
40	Bruce	396
41	Harold	376
42	Wayne	375
43	Walter	367
44	Ralph	366
45	Bob	362
46	Tom	360
47	Steve	355
48	Albert	342
49	Roy	329
50	Carl	327
50	Henry	327
52	Manuel	316
53	Patrick	313
54	Anthony	312
55	Alan	309
56	Stanley	287
57	Danny	285
58	Eugene	281
59	Johnny	279
60	Phillip	277
61	Philip	274
62	Norman	268
63	Ronnie	264
64	Jimmy	261
65	Ernest	256
65	Louis	256
67	Dale	252
68	Harry	251
69	Ray	244
69	Victor	244
71	Leonard	227
72	Timothy	226
73	Howard	225
74	Martin	222
75	Tony	216
76	Gilbert	211
77	Melvin	210
77	Russell	210
79	Barry	202
80	Billy	201
80	Glenn	201
82	Marvin	199
83	Alfred	190
83	Jeffrey	190
85	Mark	187
86	Tommy	185
87	Gene	181
88	Allen	180
89	Clifford	178
90	Earl	174
91	Bobby	173
92	Gordon	172
93	Frederick	168
93	Lee	168
95	Eddie	166
96	Keith	163
97	Brian	161
98	Dan	157
99	Jose	153
100	Jon	152
100	Warren	152