Most popular boys’ names in California, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,976
2	John	4,353
3	James	3,964
4	Richard	3,725
5	Michael	3,202
6	William	2,879
7	David	2,825
8	Gary	1,893
9	Ronald	1,677
10	Charles	1,564
11	Thomas	1,561
12	Dennis	1,438
13	Larry	1,389
14	Donald	1,347
15	Kenneth	1,138
16	George	1,105
17	Paul	1,065
18	Stephen	922
19	Edward	896
20	Jerry	873
21	Frank	846
22	Joseph	791
23	Steven	754
24	Daniel	737
25	Mike	651

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	650
27	Raymond	633
28	Joe	614
29	Jim	581
30	Roger	566
31	Bill	547
32	Douglas	544
32	Terry	544
34	Steve	522
35	Gerald	500
36	Bruce	471
37	Peter	467
38	Arthur	454
39	Wayne	444
40	Lawrence	438
41	Don	416
42	Alan	413
43	Tom	399
44	Bob	398
45	Fred	387
46	Danny	382
46	Ralph	382
48	Anthony	368
49	Patrick	365
50	Harold	363
51	Henry	358
52	Timothy	352
53	Roy	342
54	Walter	331
55	Carl	330
56	Albert	328
57	Mark	327
58	Philip	296
59	Gregory	295
60	Stanley	292
61	Dale	288
62	Manuel	287
63	Russell	286
64	Louis	282
65	Johnny	281
66	Victor	278
67	Phillip	270
68	Harry	269
69	Eugene	267
70	Jimmy	263
71	Norman	259
72	Ronnie	253
73	Ernest	250
74	Leonard	244
75	Craig	243
75	Jeffrey	243
77	Gilbert	226
78	Dan	224
78	Tony	224
80	Jon	221
81	Barry	213
81	Howard	213
83	Ray	212
84	Alfred	208
85	Allen	207
86	Rodney	205
87	Tommy	197
88	Jose	195
89	Martin	192
90	Brian	187
90	Keith	187
92	Gordon	186
93	Billy	185
94	Eddie	184
95	Lee	182
96	Clifford	178
97	Melvin	175
98	Glenn	170
99	Gene	166
100	Frederick	165