Most popular boys’ names in California, 1954
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 8,082 |
| 2 | Robert | 6,817 |
| 3 | David | 6,474 |
| 4 | John | 5,957 |
| 5 | James | 5,213 |
| 6 | Richard | 5,057 |
| 7 | Steven | 4,238 |
| 8 | William | 3,942 |
| 9 | Mark | 3,515 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,912 |
| 11 | Gary | 2,849 |
| 12 | Daniel | 2,336 |
| 13 | Ronald | 2,173 |
| 14 | Charles | 2,135 |
| 15 | Paul | 2,123 |
| 16 | Donald | 2,119 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,919 |
| 18 | Stephen | 1,810 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 1,659 |
| 20 | Gregory | 1,646 |
| 21 | Dennis | 1,629 |
| 22 | Joseph | 1,624 |
| 23 | Timothy | 1,564 |
| 24 | Larry | 1,363 |
| 25 | Edward | 1,336 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | George | 1,262 |
| 27 | Bruce | 1,204 |
| 28 | Douglas | 1,145 |
| 29 | Scott | 1,121 |
| 30 | Anthony | 1,086 |
| 31 | Kevin | 1,062 |
| 32 | Frank | 1,025 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1,000 |
| 34 | Raymond | 963 |
| 35 | Craig | 902 |
| 35 | Randy | 902 |
| 37 | Terry | 852 |
| 38 | Brian | 785 |
| 39 | Lawrence | 783 |
| 40 | Peter | 765 |
| 41 | Christopher | 746 |
| 42 | Jerry | 738 |
| 43 | Alan | 656 |
| 44 | Arthur | 638 |
| 45 | Roger | 612 |
| 45 | Wayne | 612 |
| 47 | Danny | 611 |
| 48 | Jack | 596 |
| 49 | Keith | 581 |
| 50 | Gerald | 574 |
| 51 | Dale | 545 |
| 52 | Joe | 521 |
| 53 | Stanley | 515 |
| 54 | Carl | 505 |
| 55 | Steve | 501 |
| 56 | Ralph | 500 |
| 57 | Jose | 499 |
| 58 | Russell | 486 |
| 59 | Philip | 480 |
| 60 | Andrew | 479 |
| 60 | Glenn | 479 |
| 62 | Eric | 475 |
| 63 | Rodney | 471 |
| 64 | Randall | 462 |
| 65 | Rick | 461 |
| 66 | Martin | 456 |
| 67 | Henry | 447 |
| 68 | Albert | 440 |
| 69 | Phillip | 438 |
| 70 | Jon | 418 |
| 70 | Ricky | 418 |
| 70 | Walter | 418 |
| 73 | Manuel | 408 |
| 74 | Jeffery | 400 |
| 75 | Roy | 392 |
| 76 | Victor | 375 |
| 77 | Ernest | 371 |
| 78 | Barry | 370 |
| 79 | Mike | 364 |
| 80 | Johnny | 352 |
| 81 | Fred | 351 |
| 82 | Micheal | 345 |
| 83 | Bradley | 340 |
| 84 | Gilbert | 338 |
| 85 | Harold | 318 |
| 86 | Allen | 316 |
| 86 | Curtis | 316 |
| 88 | Leonard | 313 |
| 89 | Ruben | 310 |
| 90 | Louis | 303 |
| 91 | Frederick | 299 |
| 92 | Eugene | 296 |
| 93 | Samuel | 295 |
| 94 | Vincent | 289 |
| 95 | Brad | 278 |
| 95 | Howard | 278 |
| 97 | Jay | 275 |
| 98 | Dan | 270 |
| 99 | Matthew | 267 |
| 100 | Darrell | 263 |
| 100 | Don | 263 |
| 100 | Gordon | 263 |