California ★ 1937

Top names in California, 1937

Mary led for girls with 1,712 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,885. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,712
2	Barbara	1,601
3	Patricia	1,252
4	Carol	1,015
5	Shirley	733
6	Nancy	677
7	Betty	661
8	Joan	627
9	Donna	601
10	Beverly	577
11	Margaret	567
12	Marilyn	558
13	Virginia	454
14	Dorothy	450
15	Diane	437
16	Helen	433
17	Joyce	428
18	Carolyn	418
19	Sharon	416
20	Gloria	380
21	Janet	376
22	Frances	374
23	Sandra	370
24	Janice	344
25	Dolores	313
26	Alice	310
26	Linda	310
28	Darlene	277
29	Carole	269
30	Elizabeth	268
30	Joanne	268
32	Jean	265
33	Ruth	264
34	Ann	257
35	Marlene	255
36	Norma	253
37	Sally	249
38	Judith	247
39	Roberta	233
40	Marie	221
41	Arlene	219
42	Rose	217
43	Evelyn	211
44	Eleanor	207
45	Irene	204
46	Doris	199
47	Phyllis	197
48	Pat	196
49	Lois	192
50	Judy	190
51	Jacqueline	189
52	Gail	188
53	Martha	186
54	Joann	184
55	Susan	183
55	Sylvia	183
57	Kathleen	181
57	Peggy	181
59	Anita	180
60	Geraldine	179
61	Elaine	178
62	Yvonne	170
63	Deanna	168
64	Loretta	165
65	Bonnie	163
66	Diana	156
67	Karen	155
67	Maria	155
69	Esther	146
70	Connie	145
71	Marjorie	144
72	June	141
73	Jane	140
74	Charlotte	138
74	Jeanette	138
74	Josephine	138
77	Anna	135
77	Carmen	135
79	Louise	129
80	Katherine	127
81	Suzanne	122
82	Catherine	119
82	Charlene	119
84	Jo	116
85	Rachel	114
85	Rita	114
87	Juanita	112
88	Patsy	111
89	Anne	109
90	Marcia	108
91	Wanda	106
92	Lorraine	103
92	Lupe	103
94	Kay	102
95	Lillian	101
96	Sue	100
97	Marian	98
98	Kathryn	97
99	Jeanne	96
100	Laura	95

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,885
2	Richard	1,975
3	John	1,844
4	James	1,546
5	William	1,402
6	David	1,140
7	Donald	1,111
8	Ronald	974
9	Charles	931
10	George	713
11	Gary	650
12	Edward	609
13	Frank	608
14	Kenneth	605
15	Thomas	600
16	Michael	541
17	Jack	498
18	Paul	486
19	Larry	481
20	Jerry	475
21	Raymond	460
22	Gerald	399
23	Joe	395
24	Joseph	377
25	Don	337
26	Fred	329
27	Bob	313
28	Bill	308
29	Arthur	288
30	Jim	287
31	Albert	273
32	Daniel	260
32	Harold	260
34	Henry	256
35	Ralph	253
36	Norman	244
37	Roger	242
38	Manuel	239
39	Walter	233
40	Carl	228
40	Lawrence	228
42	Peter	216
43	Eugene	212
44	Dennis	198
45	Roy	197
46	Bruce	193
47	Alfred	189
48	Ray	187
49	Gilbert	186
49	Wayne	186
51	Anthony	183
52	Ernest	182
53	Stanley	179
54	Harry	174
54	Howard	174
56	Douglas	172
57	Louis	167
58	Tom	164
59	Philip	162
60	Gene	154
60	Tony	154
62	Gordon	152
63	Leroy	145
64	Dale	142
64	Johnny	142
66	Melvin	140
67	Leonard	139
68	Eddie	133
69	Marvin	130
69	Warren	130
71	Earl	129
72	Phillip	128
73	Billy	127
74	Mike	126
74	Stephen	126
76	Jimmy	120
77	Clifford	115
78	Alan	114
78	Tommy	114
80	Lee	112
81	Glenn	110
81	Martin	110
81	Patrick	110
84	Russell	108
85	Terry	107
86	Allen	106
86	Lloyd	106
88	Dick	104
88	Jose	104
88	Victor	104
91	Ted	102
92	Danny	92
92	Edwin	92
94	Bobby	91
94	Ronnie	91
94	Theodore	91
97	Allan	88
97	Ruben	88
99	Andrew	86
99	Jesse	86