California ★ 1926

Top names in California, 1926

Mary led for girls with 1,721 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,485. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,721
2	Betty	1,359
3	Barbara	1,306
4	Dorothy	975
5	Margaret	725
6	Helen	718
6	Patricia	718
8	Virginia	625
9	Ruth	585
10	Shirley	499
11	Gloria	495
12	Frances	440
13	Jean	419
14	Alice	393
15	Doris	366
16	Beverly	362
16	Marjorie	362
18	Lois	352
19	Evelyn	344
20	June	334
21	Marie	305
22	Dolores	303
23	Elizabeth	302
24	Maria	300
25	Norma	280
26	Josephine	263
27	Marilyn	261
28	Eleanor	259
29	Rose	254
30	Phyllis	250
31	Joyce	248
32	Irene	240
32	Lorraine	240
34	Nancy	236
35	Esther	229
35	Mildred	229
37	Lillian	225
38	Carmen	203
39	Martha	194
40	Florence	192
41	Louise	175
42	Marian	173
43	Jacqueline	171
44	Lucille	168
45	Joan	165
46	Grace	159
47	Anna	158
48	Geraldine	156
48	Pauline	156
50	Audrey	154
50	Marion	154
52	Bernice	153
53	Carol	151
54	Juanita	146
55	Jane	136
56	Catherine	134
56	Elaine	134
58	Edith	130
59	Jeanne	128
60	Charlotte	123
61	Katherine	121
61	Sally	121
63	Beatrice	120
64	Elsie	119
65	Ethel	118
65	Peggy	118
67	Ann	115
67	Roberta	115
69	Lucy	112
70	Vera	111
71	Gladys	110
71	Lupe	110
73	Edna	109
73	Thelma	109
75	Julia	105
75	Ruby	105
77	Eva	104
78	Maxine	103
79	Vivian	102
80	Donna	101
81	Kathleen	100
82	Anita	99
83	Nellie	98
84	Rita	97
85	Clara	96
85	Hazel	96
87	Laura	95
88	Ramona	94
89	Jennie	92
90	Jessie	91
90	Rosie	91
92	Bonnie	90
93	Carolyn	89
94	Isabel	86
95	Kathryn	85
95	Wanda	85
97	Ellen	84
98	Angelina	83
98	Bertha	83
98	Consuelo	83

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,485
2	John	1,648
3	William	1,492
4	Richard	1,331
5	James	1,124
6	Donald	982
7	George	951
8	Charles	796
9	Frank	725
10	Jack	670
11	Edward	578
12	Raymond	480
13	Joe	436
14	David	433
15	Paul	428
16	Albert	419
17	Thomas	408
18	Joseph	407
19	Arthur	403
20	Kenneth	391
21	Walter	360
22	Harold	346
23	Henry	338
24	Manuel	319
25	Ralph	303
26	Eugene	299
27	Fred	276
28	Harry	266
29	Ernest	249
30	Louis	246
31	Bill	218
32	Stanley	216
33	Roy	215
34	Jose	209
35	Alfred	208
35	Bob	208
37	Norman	204
38	Howard	196
39	Peter	194
40	Gerald	184
40	Lawrence	184
42	Daniel	182
43	Carl	180
44	Don	173
45	Jesus	170
46	Earl	162
47	Tony	160
48	Ronald	157
49	Gordon	151
50	Leonard	150
51	Ray	144
52	Clarence	141
53	Herbert	136
54	Edwin	130
55	Antonio	126
55	Melvin	126
57	Anthony	118
58	Gilbert	117
59	Leroy	116
59	Lloyd	116
59	Russell	116
62	Jim	115
63	Francis	109
63	Gene	109
63	Victor	109
66	Theodore	108
67	Clifford	106
67	Glenn	106
69	Vernon	105
70	Martin	104
71	Philip	103
71	Wayne	103
73	Andrew	102
74	Jerry	101
75	Samuel	96
76	Marvin	95
77	Warren	94
78	Tom	93
79	Juan	92
79	Wallace	92
81	Johnny	91
82	Leo	90
82	Mike	90
84	Douglas	88
84	Elmer	88
86	Floyd	87
87	Frederick	86
88	Billy	85
88	Bruce	85
90	Benjamin	84
90	Salvador	84
92	Carlos	83
92	Ramon	83
94	Milton	81
94	Rudolph	81
96	Ruben	80
97	Lee	78
98	Dick	75
98	Vincent	75
100	Leland	74