Most popular boys’ names in California, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,180
2	John	5,847
3	Michael	4,782
4	James	4,758
5	Richard	4,515
6	David	4,062
7	William	3,611
8	Ronald	2,501
9	Gary	2,264
10	Larry	2,225
11	Thomas	2,176
12	Dennis	1,979
13	Charles	1,976
14	Donald	1,763
15	Steven	1,733
16	Kenneth	1,503
17	Paul	1,460
18	Stephen	1,350
19	George	1,335
20	Daniel	1,099
21	Frank	1,057
22	Edward	1,042
23	Gregory	1,026
24	Joseph	1,020
25	Jerry	943

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mike	905
27	Bruce	890
28	Steve	851
29	Terry	787
30	Raymond	775
31	Mark	764
32	Jack	742
33	Douglas	718
34	Joe	712
35	Jim	709
36	Timothy	701
37	Patrick	644
38	Bill	638
39	Roger	621
40	Lawrence	620
41	Danny	602
42	Gerald	599
43	Wayne	583
44	Peter	576
45	Alan	569
46	Anthony	536
47	Arthur	534
48	Tom	532
49	Fred	518
50	Ralph	491
51	Craig	482
52	Jeffrey	474
53	Philip	452
54	Carl	437
55	Albert	427
56	Don	426
57	Walter	424
58	Stanley	420
59	Dale	419
60	Henry	412
61	Harold	411
62	Johnny	378
63	Bob	374
64	Dan	367
64	Phillip	367
66	Manuel	361
67	Glenn	356
68	Russell	355
69	Roy	347
70	Barry	339
71	Brian	322
72	Howard	319
72	Ronnie	319
74	Ernest	318
74	Louis	318
76	Harry	313
76	Jimmy	313
78	Christopher	309
79	Norman	308
80	Leonard	306
81	Allen	302
82	Eugene	301
82	Ray	301
84	Jose	291
85	Tony	278
86	Randy	276
87	Tommy	270
88	Greg	269
88	Lee	269
88	Rodney	269
91	Keith	261
92	Andrew	253
92	Martin	253
94	Eddie	252
95	Gilbert	251
96	Alfred	247
97	Dave	236
98	Clifford	235
98	Jon	235
100	Scott	229