Most popular boys’ names in California, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,062
2	Robert	6,576
3	John	5,900
4	David	5,847
5	James	5,151
6	Richard	5,022
7	William	3,803
8	Steven	3,643
9	Gary	3,130
10	Thomas	2,895
11	Mark	2,444
12	Charles	2,118
13	Daniel	2,088
14	Ronald	2,024
15	Stephen	1,968
16	Dennis	1,915
17	Donald	1,881
18	Kenneth	1,817
19	Paul	1,721
20	Larry	1,629
21	Gregory	1,580
22	Timothy	1,329
23	Joseph	1,326
24	Edward	1,256
25	Bruce	1,253

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	1,233
27	Jeffrey	1,205
28	Douglas	1,032
29	Frank	1,002
30	Patrick	892
31	Anthony	883
32	Christopher	849
33	Lawrence	840
34	Raymond	803
35	Craig	782
36	Randy	767
37	Peter	747
38	Jerry	723
39	Scott	686
40	Alan	668
41	Terry	654
42	Roger	619
43	Arthur	601
44	Jack	596
45	Danny	571
46	Gerald	562
47	Wayne	552
48	Brian	541
49	Dale	530
50	Kevin	529
51	Randall	523
52	Keith	517
53	Joe	486
54	Ralph	481
55	Stanley	479
56	Eric	478
57	Albert	459
58	Martin	456
59	Philip	451
60	Steve	436
61	Henry	433
62	Phillip	428
63	Glenn	415
64	Russell	409
65	Carl	403
66	Andrew	402
67	Victor	397
68	Manuel	385
69	Jose	370
70	Roy	358
71	Johnny	355
72	Walter	351
73	Rodney	339
74	Leonard	334
75	Harold	332
76	Allen	318
76	Ernest	318
78	Louis	312
78	Micheal	312
80	Fred	308
81	Rick	307
82	Gilbert	306
83	Frederick	301
84	Howard	300
85	Barry	295
86	Eugene	286
87	Samuel	283
88	Clifford	282
89	Jay	274
90	Mike	272
91	Norman	268
92	Lee	261
93	Dan	255
94	Jon	254
94	Ricky	254
96	Don	252
97	Alfred	250
98	Ruben	246
99	Glen	241
100	Chris	240
100	Curtis	240