Most popular boys’ names in California, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,631
2	John	4,223
3	James	3,907
4	Richard	3,555
5	William	2,895
6	Michael	2,796
7	David	2,590
8	Ronald	1,956
9	Gary	1,943
10	Charles	1,718
11	Thomas	1,562
12	Donald	1,481
13	Larry	1,370
14	Dennis	1,292
15	George	1,126
16	Kenneth	1,119
17	Jerry	951
18	Paul	944
19	Frank	902
20	Edward	852
21	Stephen	781
22	Joseph	701
23	Daniel	668
23	Raymond	668
25	Steven	644

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	642
27	Jim	596
28	Joe	563
29	Roger	543
30	Mike	538
31	Gerald	537
32	Bill	511
33	Douglas	480
34	Arthur	460
34	Fred	460
36	Terry	435
37	Lawrence	415
38	Bruce	411
39	Don	408
40	Ralph	407
41	Wayne	392
42	Peter	391
43	Steve	384
44	Tom	376
45	Walter	374
46	Alan	368
46	Albert	368
48	Harold	367
48	Roy	367
50	Patrick	354
51	Carl	346
51	Danny	346
53	Henry	338
54	Anthony	336
55	Bob	331
56	Johnny	317
57	Manuel	310
58	Stanley	294
59	Eugene	274
59	Ronnie	274
61	Norman	267
62	Dale	261
63	Philip	259
63	Ray	259
63	Timothy	259
66	Louis	257
67	Jimmy	255
68	Howard	245
69	Phillip	243
70	Ernest	241
70	Mark	241
72	Harry	229
72	Leonard	229
74	Russell	228
75	Billy	215
76	Jeffrey	211
77	Eddie	207
78	Victor	204
79	Glenn	203
79	Tony	203
81	Melvin	202
82	Gilbert	201
83	Marvin	200
84	Alfred	198
85	Lee	197
86	Gene	196
87	Barry	194
88	Craig	192
89	Allen	190
89	Tommy	190
91	Jose	187
92	Jon	183
93	Gordon	182
94	Clifford	179
94	Martin	179
96	Dan	178
97	Keith	176
98	Brian	171
99	Frederick	165
100	Earl	159