California ★ 1920

Top names in California, 1920

Mary led for girls with 1,554 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,821. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,554
2	Dorothy	1,091
3	Margaret	720
4	Helen	719
5	Virginia	633
6	Betty	599
7	Ruth	545
8	Barbara	522
9	Frances	514
10	Evelyn	386
11	Alice	382
12	Elizabeth	372
13	Marjorie	348
14	Doris	345
15	Jean	327
16	Marie	301
17	June	289
18	Mildred	288
19	Eleanor	273
20	Josephine	269
21	Florence	245
22	Patricia	238
23	Lois	233
24	Rose	229
25	Lillian	223
26	Lorraine	218
27	Jane	213
28	Irene	192
29	Phyllis	187
30	Lucille	181
31	Marian	174
32	Edith	173
33	Anna	170
34	Louise	168
35	Bernice	166
36	Marion	165
37	Esther	162
38	Geraldine	161
39	Edna	159
40	Grace	158
41	Shirley	156
42	Norma	149
43	Maria	143
44	Catherine	136
44	Pauline	136
46	Charlotte	135
46	Thelma	135
48	Gladys	131
48	Katherine	131
48	Martha	131
51	Ann	130
52	Jeanne	127
53	Beatrice	122
54	Dolores	120
54	Elsie	120
56	Hazel	119
57	Ethel	118
57	Gertrude	118
59	Eva	116
60	Carmen	114
61	Anita	106
61	Julia	106
63	Juanita	104
64	Vivian	103
65	Ellen	98
66	Muriel	97
66	Ruby	97
68	Genevieve	96
69	Emma	95
69	Kathryn	95
71	Vera	92
72	Kathleen	91
73	Clara	89
74	Audrey	88
74	Maxine	88
76	Beverly	87
77	Jennie	85
77	Rita	85
79	Alma	83
80	Gloria	82
80	Viola	82
82	Marguerite	81
83	Jessie	79
83	Laura	79
83	Nancy	79
83	Violet	79
87	Isabel	78
88	Anne	77
88	Wilma	77
90	Pearl	76
91	Agnes	75
92	Elaine	74
93	Ida	73
94	Janet	68
95	Angelina	67
96	Annie	66
96	Harriet	66
96	Sarah	66
99	Emily	65
99	Velma	65

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,821
2	John	1,309
3	William	1,211
4	George	899
5	James	834
6	Charles	662
7	Frank	631
8	Richard	555
9	Jack	544
10	Edward	460
11	Joseph	451
12	Donald	435
13	Raymond	327
14	Harold	321
15	Albert	318
16	Joe	310
17	Thomas	309
18	Walter	305
19	Henry	301
20	Arthur	281
21	Paul	279
22	Harry	267
23	Kenneth	253
24	David	251
25	Manuel	239
26	Ralph	237
27	Fred	203
28	Louis	198
29	Ernest	180
30	Eugene	173
31	Alfred	170
32	Roy	161
33	Howard	156
34	Earl	153
35	Lawrence	146
36	Jose	140
37	Stanley	139
38	Herbert	132
39	Carl	130
40	Clarence	128
41	Norman	126
41	Warren	126
43	Leonard	120
44	Peter	117
45	Anthony	111
45	Francis	111
45	Tony	111
45	Vernon	111
49	Edwin	104
50	Melvin	103
51	Bill	101
51	Jesus	101
53	Daniel	100
54	Russell	95
55	Gordon	93
55	Leo	93
57	Lloyd	92
58	Ray	91
58	Theodore	91
60	Victor	90
61	Elmer	87
62	Gerald	85
63	Frederick	82
64	Philip	80
65	Andrew	78
66	Glenn	75
67	Clifford	74
68	Antonio	73
69	Leroy	72
70	Douglas	67
71	Leslie	65
71	Vincent	65
73	Clyde	64
74	Alvin	63
74	Milton	63
76	Bob	62
76	Martin	62
78	Chester	60
78	Sam	60
78	Tom	60
78	Wallace	60
82	Gilbert	59
82	Marvin	59
84	Mike	58
85	Wilbur	55
86	Leland	54
86	Pete	54
86	Salvador	54
89	Floyd	53
89	Lewis	53
91	Everett	52
91	Lester	52
93	Francisco	49
94	Benjamin	48
94	Bruce	48
94	Michael	48
97	Carlos	47
97	Samuel	47
99	Harvey	46
99	Juan	46