Most popular boys’ names in California, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,522
2	John	5,096
3	Richard	4,680
4	James	4,430
5	Michael	4,166
6	William	3,342
7	David	3,312
8	Gary	2,227
9	Ronald	2,191
10	Dennis	2,009
11	Thomas	1,960
12	Charles	1,851
13	Larry	1,784
14	Donald	1,556
15	Kenneth	1,422
16	Paul	1,305
17	George	1,232
18	Steven	1,137
19	Stephen	1,099
20	Frank	1,053
21	Daniel	994
22	Jerry	987
23	Edward	977
24	Joseph	871
25	Mike	814

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	716
27	Bruce	711
28	Raymond	662
29	Steve	659
30	Jack	651
31	Joe	646
32	Jim	636
33	Gregory	623
34	Douglas	618
35	Roger	615
36	Bill	595
37	Gerald	570
38	Lawrence	559
39	Danny	546
40	Patrick	521
41	Wayne	515
42	Arthur	514
43	Timothy	503
44	Mark	498
45	Peter	493
46	Fred	492
47	Alan	478
48	Tom	475
49	Don	435
50	Ralph	424
51	Bob	420
52	Harold	410
53	Anthony	405
54	Roy	400
55	Walter	392
56	Albert	390
57	Philip	376
58	Carl	375
59	Dale	355
60	Jeffrey	354
61	Henry	353
62	Stanley	344
63	Craig	341
64	Johnny	335
65	Russell	327
66	Manuel	322
67	Dan	310
68	Howard	309
69	Ronnie	307
70	Phillip	299
71	Louis	296
72	Ray	295
73	Ernest	282
73	Leonard	282
75	Harry	279
76	Barry	277
76	Glenn	277
78	Gilbert	276
79	Norman	274
80	Eugene	272
80	Jimmy	272
82	Martin	251
82	Tony	251
84	Allen	250
85	Rodney	246
86	Lee	243
87	Alfred	240
88	Andrew	236
89	Keith	225
90	Brian	222
90	Victor	222
92	Jon	219
93	Eddie	218
94	Tommy	214
95	Christopher	213
96	Billy	208
96	Melvin	208
98	Tim	207
99	Eric	196
100	Gene	194
100	Jose	194