California ★ 1939

Top names in California, 1939

Mary led for girls with 1,698 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,858. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,698
2	Barbara	1,619
3	Patricia	1,509
4	Carol	1,109
5	Linda	847
6	Nancy	831
7	Sharon	793
8	Joan	712
9	Judith	702
10	Betty	658
11	Shirley	611
12	Sandra	594
13	Donna	591
14	Marilyn	584
15	Margaret	583
16	Judy	536
17	Diane	505
18	Carolyn	480
18	Virginia	480
20	Beverly	478
21	Dorothy	471
22	Joyce	435
23	Susan	433
24	Janice	417
25	Helen	398
26	Janet	395
27	Gloria	357
28	Frances	356
29	Carole	334
30	Jean	326
31	Alice	318
32	Sally	288
33	Elizabeth	277
34	Darlene	272
35	Joanne	266
36	Irene	263
37	Kathleen	258
38	Dolores	257
39	Ruth	248
40	Ann	246
41	Norma	240
42	Karen	237
43	Roberta	232
44	Pat	229
45	Evelyn	225
46	Marie	220
47	Bonnie	214
47	Phyllis	214
49	Gail	213
49	Lois	213
51	Martha	197
52	Marlene	195
53	Arlene	194
54	Maria	189
55	Loretta	186
56	Rose	184
57	Elaine	182
58	Eleanor	180
59	Marjorie	179
60	Diana	178
61	Peggy	177
62	Jacqueline	174
62	Joann	174
64	Geraldine	171
64	Sylvia	171
66	Jo	169
67	Anita	168
68	Deanna	166
68	Yvonne	166
70	Esther	165
71	Louise	160
72	Suzanne	159
73	Jane	155
74	Rosalie	154
75	Brenda	151
75	Charlotte	151
77	Connie	150
78	Doris	149
79	Anne	142
80	Carmen	141
81	Juanita	133
82	Josephine	129
83	Anna	128
84	Rita	125
84	Wanda	125
86	Katherine	124
87	Kay	123
88	Charlene	122
88	Patsy	122
90	Marcia	121
90	Sue	121
92	Jeanette	117
92	June	117
94	Lorraine	116
94	Rachel	116
96	Sheila	112
97	Ellen	110
98	Rosemary	106
99	Margie	105
100	Lynn	103

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,858
2	Richard	2,124
3	John	2,027
4	James	1,871
5	William	1,528
6	David	1,397
7	Ronald	1,153
8	Donald	997
9	Charles	959
10	Gary	934
11	Michael	920
12	George	749
13	Thomas	675
14	Larry	663
15	Kenneth	641
16	Frank	605
17	Jerry	585
18	Paul	570
19	Edward	564
20	Dennis	501
21	Jack	452
22	Joseph	430
23	Raymond	429
24	Gerald	417
25	Joe	384
26	Bill	356
27	Roger	332
28	Arthur	330
29	Bob	314
30	Fred	306
31	Norman	305
32	Don	304
33	Daniel	303
34	Wayne	301
35	Ralph	298
36	Douglas	287
37	Jim	281
38	Walter	276
39	Albert	274
40	Henry	268
41	Peter	262
42	Harold	246
43	Lawrence	234
44	Carl	231
45	Manuel	221
46	Stephen	214
47	Bruce	213
48	Philip	211
49	Stanley	209
50	Eugene	205
51	Mike	204
52	Tom	202
53	Roy	201
54	Ernest	200
55	Anthony	191
56	Gilbert	189
57	Alfred	183
58	Leonard	179
59	Ray	176
60	Tony	172
61	Melvin	168
62	Howard	167
63	Alan	165
63	Dale	165
65	Harry	160
66	Louis	158
67	Gordon	153
68	Ronnie	148
69	Patrick	146
70	Johnny	144
71	Allen	140
72	Steven	138
73	Eddie	137
74	Earl	135
75	Clifford	131
76	Leroy	130
77	Marvin	127
77	Phillip	127
79	Danny	123
79	Lee	123
79	Russell	123
82	Jimmy	122
82	Jose	122
84	Victor	121
85	Gene	120
86	Billy	117
86	Terry	117
88	Glenn	116
88	Steve	116
90	Lloyd	107
91	Jesse	101
91	Jon	101
91	Tommy	101
94	Martin	100
95	Ted	97
96	Bobby	94
96	Edwin	94
98	Herbert	93
99	Frederick	90
99	Rudy	90