Most popular boys’ names in California, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,851
2	Robert	6,751
3	David	6,384
4	John	5,954
5	James	5,253
6	Richard	5,228
7	Steven	3,954
8	William	3,858
9	Gary	2,940
10	Mark	2,878
11	Thomas	2,876
12	Daniel	2,265
13	Ronald	2,189
14	Charles	2,120
15	Donald	2,103
16	Kenneth	1,938
17	Paul	1,904
18	Dennis	1,809
19	Stephen	1,806
20	Gregory	1,611
21	Joseph	1,496
22	Larry	1,465
23	Jeffrey	1,428
24	Timothy	1,303
25	George	1,279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	1,273
27	Bruce	1,232
28	Douglas	1,154
29	Frank	1,022
30	Anthony	936
31	Raymond	920
32	Patrick	904
33	Scott	894
34	Randy	893
35	Craig	851
36	Lawrence	843
37	Christopher	798
38	Peter	771
39	Terry	744
40	Jerry	742
41	Brian	739
42	Roger	723
43	Kevin	682
44	Arthur	636
45	Alan	629
46	Jack	611
47	Gerald	591
48	Dale	587
49	Danny	569
50	Wayne	554
51	Joe	543
52	Philip	533
53	Martin	517
54	Rodney	510
55	Ralph	505
56	Keith	501
57	Carl	495
58	Randall	490
59	Steve	477
60	Stanley	447
61	Jose	442
62	Phillip	437
63	Glenn	436
64	Eric	434
65	Henry	433
66	Russell	431
67	Andrew	429
68	Albert	413
69	Roy	403
70	Rick	402
71	Manuel	394
72	Walter	376
73	Victor	375
74	Louis	347
75	Ricky	340
76	Ernest	338
77	Allen	334
78	Harold	333
79	Fred	332
79	Johnny	332
81	Micheal	330
82	Gilbert	324
83	Leonard	314
84	Jon	313
85	Mike	306
86	Curtis	300
87	Barry	299
88	Clifford	295
89	Jay	294
90	Vincent	293
91	Jeffery	290
92	Ruben	288
93	Brad	284
93	Bradley	284
95	Dean	283
95	Frederick	283
95	Samuel	283
98	Don	277
98	Howard	277
100	Eugene	270