California ★ 1929

Top names in California, 1929

Mary led for girls with 1,716 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,424. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,716
2	Barbara	1,378
3	Betty	1,235
4	Patricia	857
5	Dorothy	757
6	Shirley	597
7	Helen	559
8	Dolores	557
9	Margaret	547
10	Virginia	546
11	Beverly	540
12	Gloria	485
13	Joan	483
14	Doris	406
15	Alice	402
16	Frances	401
17	Ruth	398
18	Marilyn	358
19	Jean	345
20	Joyce	343
21	Maria	329
22	Lois	328
23	Nancy	315
24	Evelyn	287
25	Carol	279
26	Phyllis	276
27	June	267
28	Marjorie	265
29	Josephine	256
30	Eleanor	248
31	Lorraine	242
32	Elizabeth	237
33	Norma	236
34	Rose	225
35	Carmen	224
36	Marie	222
37	Esther	220
38	Louise	202
39	Jacqueline	196
40	Irene	192
41	Geraldine	183
42	Florence	175
42	Mildred	175
44	Donna	170
45	Joanne	168
46	Sally	166
47	Anna	161
48	Marian	157
49	Lillian	151
50	Lupe	149
50	Martha	149
52	Janet	143
53	Peggy	138
54	Grace	134
55	Jane	133
56	Ann	132
56	Audrey	132
58	Carolyn	130
59	Charlotte	127
60	Juanita	126
60	Marion	126
62	Anita	122
63	Diane	120
64	Bernice	117
65	Lucille	116
66	Ramona	115
67	Pauline	114
68	Rita	113
69	Beatrice	111
70	Elaine	110
70	Katherine	110
72	Patsy	108
73	Bonnie	105
73	Thelma	105
75	Jeanne	103
75	Roberta	103
77	Catherine	96
77	Laura	96
77	Vera	96
80	Elsie	95
80	Ruby	95
82	Clara	93
82	Pat	93
84	Edna	92
84	Maxine	92
86	Rosie	91
87	Jennie	90
87	Kathleen	90
89	Eva	88
90	Dora	87
91	Vivian	86
92	Consuelo	85
92	Janice	85
92	Rachel	85
95	Isabel	84
96	Edith	83
97	Rosemary	82
98	Connie	81
99	Emma	80
99	Julia	80

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,424
2	John	1,528
3	Richard	1,441
4	William	1,351
5	Donald	1,199
6	James	1,082
7	George	823
8	Charles	730
9	Jack	633
10	Frank	626
11	David	616
12	Edward	491
13	Joe	465
14	Raymond	443
15	Joseph	408
16	Manuel	380
17	Thomas	363
18	Paul	360
19	Kenneth	348
20	Albert	329
21	Harold	323
22	Henry	322
23	Arthur	313
24	Ralph	312
25	Walter	292
26	Eugene	275
27	Bill	257
28	Harry	253
29	Ronald	249
30	Jose	246
31	Fred	244
32	Bob	235
33	Gerald	216
33	Stanley	216
35	Don	212
36	Roy	203
37	Louis	201
38	Herbert	200
39	Daniel	194
40	Norman	192
41	Alfred	188
41	Gilbert	188
43	Lawrence	183
44	Ernest	182
45	Carl	171
46	Jerry	166
47	Tony	163
48	Peter	150
49	Howard	148
49	Jesus	148
51	Ray	135
52	Leonard	133
53	Earl	131
54	Gordon	128
55	Juan	127
55	Victor	127
57	Billy	123
57	Jim	123
59	Lloyd	119
60	Antonio	118
60	Clarence	118
62	Melvin	117
63	Clifford	111
64	Gene	108
65	Anthony	107
65	Edwin	107
67	Francisco	106
68	Glenn	104
68	Raul	104
70	Douglas	103
71	Marvin	101
72	Philip	100
73	Dick	99
73	Theodore	99
75	Leroy	97
76	Jimmy	95
76	Salvador	95
76	Tom	95
79	Martin	94
80	Andrew	93
80	Johnny	93
80	Michael	93
80	Wayne	93
84	Carlos	92
85	Vernon	91
86	Bruce	89
86	Leo	89
88	Eddie	88
88	Larry	88
90	Ramon	86
91	Leland	85
92	Roger	84
92	Rudy	84
94	Luis	83
95	Mike	81
95	Russell	81
97	Vincent	80
98	Ruben	79
99	Alvin	78
99	Elmer	78