Most popular boys’ names in California, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,627
2	David	7,461
3	Robert	6,704
4	John	6,080
5	James	5,318
6	Mark	4,784
7	Richard	4,614
8	Steven	3,485
9	William	3,419
10	Thomas	2,624
11	Daniel	2,496
12	Ronald	2,219
13	Paul	2,186
14	Gary	2,069
15	Kenneth	2,046
16	Timothy	2,005
17	Donald	2,004
18	Charles	1,992
19	Scott	1,899
20	Kevin	1,890
21	Jeffrey	1,841
22	Gregory	1,751
23	Joseph	1,645
24	Brian	1,642
25	Anthony	1,513

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	1,457
27	Mike	1,438
28	Stephen	1,386
29	Steve	1,321
30	Dennis	1,313
31	Edward	1,296
32	Douglas	1,181
33	Randy	1,154
34	George	1,127
35	Frank	1,124
36	Christopher	1,106
37	Patrick	1,043
38	Eric	1,009
39	Bruce	968
40	Raymond	917
41	Craig	907
42	Jerry	890
42	Keith	890
44	Peter	857
45	Rick	762
46	Joe	751
47	Danny	736
48	Terry	734
49	Matthew	723
50	Ricky	722
51	Russell	693
52	Jeff	690
53	Alan	685
54	Jim	680
55	Dale	679
56	Arthur	643
57	Andrew	621
58	Martin	620
59	Lawrence	618
60	Jose	578
61	Bill	563
62	Tom	560
63	Chris	555
64	Tony	553
64	Wayne	553
66	Tim	549
67	Jack	521
68	Jon	520
69	Ralph	506
70	Rodney	504
70	Roger	504
72	Phillip	499
73	Randall	496
74	Gerald	495
74	Greg	495
76	Jeffery	480
76	Philip	480
78	Manuel	474
79	Victor	471
80	Dan	465
81	Carl	456
81	Roy	456
83	Glenn	451
84	Albert	446
85	Don	439
86	Vincent	434
87	Henry	416
88	Jay	407
89	Dean	405
90	Dave	391
90	Johnny	391
92	Curtis	390
92	Darrell	390
94	Carlos	384
95	Gilbert	375
96	Leonard	374
97	Bradley	362
98	Bryan	361
99	Ron	355
100	Micheal	354