Most popular boys’ names in California, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,956
2	Michael	5,364
3	John	5,348
4	James	4,656
5	David	4,506
6	Richard	4,170
7	William	3,421
8	Steven	2,451
9	Thomas	2,432
10	Gary	2,209
11	Ronald	2,161
12	Charles	2,036
13	Stephen	1,911
14	Larry	1,840
15	Dennis	1,760
16	Donald	1,695
17	Kenneth	1,575
18	Daniel	1,495
19	Mark	1,397
20	Paul	1,385
21	George	1,252
22	Edward	1,123
23	Joseph	1,118
24	Gregory	1,087
25	Bruce	1,069

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	1,011
27	Timothy	943
28	Douglas	886
29	Jerry	849
30	Patrick	829
31	Raymond	764
32	Lawrence	743
33	Steve	685
34	Terry	643
35	Jeffrey	636
36	Jack	624
37	Roger	615
38	Craig	606
38	Danny	606
40	Anthony	602
41	Arthur	579
41	Christopher	579
41	Peter	579
44	Mike	554
45	Joe	553
46	Gerald	546
47	Wayne	539
48	Alan	517
49	Ralph	481
50	Philip	477
51	Brian	447
52	Henry	443
53	Stanley	421
54	Glenn	420
55	Dale	411
56	Phillip	404
57	Albert	402
58	Manuel	392
59	Carl	383
60	Jim	380
60	Roy	380
62	Harold	376
63	Walter	364
64	Bill	362
65	Randy	359
66	Louis	347
67	Ernest	345
67	Fred	345
69	Don	337
69	Johnny	337
69	Randall	337
72	Martin	328
73	Russell	326
74	Eric	324
75	Scott	323
76	Tom	319
77	Allen	308
77	Rodney	308
79	Dan	306
80	Jose	301
81	Keith	299
82	Victor	295
83	Andrew	289
84	Eugene	287
85	Leonard	279
86	Harry	272
86	Howard	272
88	Ray	269
89	Barry	261
90	Gilbert	260
91	Frederick	259
91	Tony	259
93	Norman	255
94	Alfred	247
94	Ronnie	247
96	Chris	238
97	Jimmy	237
98	Clifford	235
99	Kevin	233
99	Lee	233