California ★ 1944

Top names in California, 1944

Linda led for girls with 3,003 babies ; Robert for boys with 4,631. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,003
2	Mary	2,975
3	Patricia	2,338
4	Barbara	2,186
5	Carol	2,089
6	Sharon	2,058
7	Sandra	1,646
8	Susan	1,596
9	Judith	1,383
10	Nancy	1,374
11	Donna	1,281
12	Judy	1,232
13	Karen	1,177
14	Carolyn	1,033
15	Kathleen	1,008
16	Margaret	942
17	Diane	927
18	Pamela	833
19	Shirley	789
20	Gloria	767
21	Janet	763
22	Cheryl	759
23	Betty	757
24	Marilyn	721
25	Joan	700
26	Virginia	661
27	Janice	620
28	Joyce	586
29	Bonnie	558
30	Beverly	542
31	Diana	518
32	Carole	480
33	Elizabeth	464
34	Dorothy	461
35	Frances	457
36	Helen	452
37	Martha	426
38	Sally	392
39	Jean	391
40	Ann	369
41	Connie	360
42	Alice	350
43	Christine	347
44	Gail	340
45	Darlene	325
46	Ruth	314
47	Maria	309
47	Suzanne	309
49	Dolores	308
50	Roberta	305
51	Irene	302
52	Jo	292
52	Kathy	292
54	Phyllis	289
55	Charlotte	288
56	Rose	287
57	Marie	286
58	Catherine	282
58	Joanne	282
60	Jane	281
61	Peggy	278
62	Elaine	277
63	Claudia	271
64	Sue	269
65	Kathryn	262
66	Paula	260
67	Victoria	257
68	Anita	256
69	Lynn	252
70	Katherine	249
71	Pat	248
72	Louise	244
73	Rita	239
74	Dianne	235
75	Jacqueline	233
76	Joann	229
77	Sylvia	224
78	Lois	221
78	Marsha	221
80	Lynda	216
81	Norma	215
82	Vicki	213
83	Jeanne	203
84	Charlene	201
84	Sherry	201
86	Evelyn	199
87	Ellen	198
88	Wanda	195
89	Penny	190
90	Julie	185
90	Marcia	185
92	Brenda	183
93	Doris	182
94	Juanita	181
94	Sheila	181
96	Andrea	174
96	Marjorie	174
98	Geraldine	173
99	Anne	170
100	Michele	167

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,631
2	John	4,223
3	James	3,907
4	Richard	3,555
5	William	2,895
6	Michael	2,796
7	David	2,590
8	Ronald	1,956
9	Gary	1,943
10	Charles	1,718
11	Thomas	1,562
12	Donald	1,481
13	Larry	1,370
14	Dennis	1,292
15	George	1,126
16	Kenneth	1,119
17	Jerry	951
18	Paul	944
19	Frank	902
20	Edward	852
21	Stephen	781
22	Joseph	701
23	Daniel	668
23	Raymond	668
25	Steven	644
26	Jack	642
27	Jim	596
28	Joe	563
29	Roger	543
30	Mike	538
31	Gerald	537
32	Bill	511
33	Douglas	480
34	Arthur	460
34	Fred	460
36	Terry	435
37	Lawrence	415
38	Bruce	411
39	Don	408
40	Ralph	407
41	Wayne	392
42	Peter	391
43	Steve	384
44	Tom	376
45	Walter	374
46	Alan	368
46	Albert	368
48	Harold	367
48	Roy	367
50	Patrick	354
51	Carl	346
51	Danny	346
53	Henry	338
54	Anthony	336
55	Bob	331
56	Johnny	317
57	Manuel	310
58	Stanley	294
59	Eugene	274
59	Ronnie	274
61	Norman	267
62	Dale	261
63	Philip	259
63	Ray	259
63	Timothy	259
66	Louis	257
67	Jimmy	255
68	Howard	245
69	Phillip	243
70	Ernest	241
70	Mark	241
72	Harry	229
72	Leonard	229
74	Russell	228
75	Billy	215
76	Jeffrey	211
77	Eddie	207
78	Victor	204
79	Glenn	203
79	Tony	203
81	Melvin	202
82	Gilbert	201
83	Marvin	200
84	Alfred	198
85	Lee	197
86	Gene	196
87	Barry	194
88	Craig	192
89	Allen	190
89	Tommy	190
91	Jose	187
92	Jon	183
93	Gordon	182
94	Clifford	179
94	Martin	179
96	Dan	178
97	Keith	176
98	Brian	171
99	Frederick	165
100	Earl	159