Most popular boys’ names in California, 1948
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 5,889 |
| 2 | John | 5,424 |
| 3 | Michael | 4,772 |
| 4 | James | 4,658 |
| 5 | David | 4,121 |
| 6 | Richard | 4,000 |
| 7 | William | 3,431 |
| 8 | Ronald | 2,345 |
| 9 | Thomas | 2,326 |
| 10 | Gary | 2,203 |
| 11 | Steven | 2,014 |
| 12 | Larry | 2,000 |
| 13 | Charles | 1,926 |
| 14 | Dennis | 1,858 |
| 15 | Stephen | 1,723 |
| 16 | Donald | 1,654 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,450 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,367 |
| 19 | Daniel | 1,366 |
| 20 | George | 1,242 |
| 21 | Joseph | 1,126 |
| 22 | Gregory | 1,053 |
| 23 | Frank | 1,049 |
| 24 | Mark | 1,042 |
| 25 | Edward | 1,035 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Bruce | 924 |
| 27 | Jerry | 861 |
| 28 | Steve | 822 |
| 29 | Timothy | 814 |
| 30 | Mike | 809 |
| 31 | Raymond | 783 |
| 32 | Douglas | 752 |
| 33 | Terry | 709 |
| 34 | Patrick | 671 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 630 |
| 36 | Danny | 628 |
| 37 | Jack | 610 |
| 38 | Joe | 598 |
| 39 | Jim | 590 |
| 40 | Roger | 579 |
| 41 | Arthur | 572 |
| 42 | Peter | 566 |
| 43 | Alan | 548 |
| 44 | Gerald | 543 |
| 45 | Wayne | 535 |
| 46 | Craig | 534 |
| 47 | Jeffrey | 514 |
| 48 | Bill | 505 |
| 49 | Anthony | 504 |
| 50 | Tom | 494 |
| 51 | Ralph | 483 |
| 52 | Christopher | 440 |
| 53 | Philip | 438 |
| 54 | Stanley | 428 |
| 55 | Carl | 423 |
| 56 | Dale | 421 |
| 56 | Henry | 421 |
| 58 | Fred | 413 |
| 58 | Harold | 413 |
| 60 | Roy | 408 |
| 61 | Albert | 401 |
| 62 | Phillip | 397 |
| 63 | Walter | 393 |
| 64 | Russell | 391 |
| 65 | Don | 385 |
| 66 | Johnny | 369 |
| 67 | Manuel | 350 |
| 68 | Brian | 338 |
| 69 | Glenn | 318 |
| 69 | Randy | 318 |
| 71 | Ernest | 311 |
| 72 | Barry | 308 |
| 72 | Bob | 308 |
| 74 | Louis | 303 |
| 75 | Martin | 302 |
| 76 | Jose | 301 |
| 77 | Dan | 297 |
| 78 | Harry | 293 |
| 79 | Howard | 290 |
| 80 | Ronnie | 284 |
| 81 | Scott | 282 |
| 82 | Alfred | 280 |
| 83 | Allen | 279 |
| 84 | Eric | 278 |
| 85 | Rodney | 275 |
| 85 | Victor | 275 |
| 87 | Gilbert | 271 |
| 88 | Tony | 266 |
| 89 | Andrew | 265 |
| 89 | Randall | 265 |
| 91 | Jimmy | 264 |
| 91 | Leonard | 264 |
| 93 | Keith | 259 |
| 94 | Eugene | 258 |
| 95 | Ray | 257 |
| 96 | Frederick | 255 |
| 97 | Samuel | 249 |
| 98 | Norman | 247 |
| 99 | Lee | 243 |
| 100 | Chris | 235 |