California ★ 1949

Top names in California, 1949

Linda led for girls with 6,272 babies ; Robert for boys with 5,956. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,272
2	Mary	3,220
3	Susan	3,180
4	Patricia	2,925
5	Kathleen	2,348
6	Barbara	2,295
7	Nancy	2,063
8	Sandra	2,029
9	Sharon	1,860
10	Carol	1,779
11	Karen	1,734
12	Pamela	1,393
13	Donna	1,369
14	Christine	1,345
15	Deborah	1,331
16	Diane	1,237
17	Margaret	1,196
18	Janet	1,144
19	Judith	1,089
20	Cynthia	1,009
21	Judy	971
22	Janice	921
23	Cheryl	916
24	Gloria	877
25	Carolyn	842
26	Shirley	838
27	Elizabeth	752
28	Marilyn	727
29	Catherine	726
30	Kathy	691
31	Diana	688
32	Virginia	654
33	Joyce	625
34	Kathryn	616
35	Beverly	606
36	Brenda	591
37	Bonnie	570
38	Maria	569
39	Laura	559
40	Gail	558
41	Betty	554
42	Joan	549
43	Katherine	536
44	Martha	529
44	Peggy	529
46	Rebecca	521
47	Victoria	482
48	Lynn	476
49	Paula	472
50	Suzanne	465
50	Teresa	465
52	Frances	442
53	Cathy	438
54	Connie	433
55	Vicki	431
56	Ann	423
57	Sally	417
57	Theresa	417
59	Helen	415
60	Alice	412
61	Irene	396
61	Joanne	396
63	Marsha	387
64	Ruth	384
65	Jane	382
66	Dorothy	381
67	Rita	379
68	Terry	370
69	Stephanie	368
70	Julie	351
71	Jacqueline	348
72	Jean	344
72	Yolanda	344
74	Lynda	338
74	Sylvia	338
76	Phyllis	336
77	Michele	335
78	Jo	334
78	Sherry	334
80	Denise	331
81	Elaine	326
82	Darlene	324
83	Anita	323
83	Roberta	323
85	Rose	320
86	Marie	316
87	Christina	312
88	Jeanne	301
89	Charlene	299
90	Claudia	297
91	Leslie	296
91	Wendy	296
93	Valerie	291
94	Yvonne	282
95	Dolores	271
95	Sheila	271
97	Norma	270
98	Ellen	269
99	Marcia	267
100	Janis	261

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,956
2	Michael	5,364
3	John	5,348
4	James	4,656
5	David	4,506
6	Richard	4,170
7	William	3,421
8	Steven	2,451
9	Thomas	2,432
10	Gary	2,209
11	Ronald	2,161
12	Charles	2,036
13	Stephen	1,911
14	Larry	1,840
15	Dennis	1,760
16	Donald	1,695
17	Kenneth	1,575
18	Daniel	1,495
19	Mark	1,397
20	Paul	1,385
21	George	1,252
22	Edward	1,123
23	Joseph	1,118
24	Gregory	1,087
25	Bruce	1,069
26	Frank	1,011
27	Timothy	943
28	Douglas	886
29	Jerry	849
30	Patrick	829
31	Raymond	764
32	Lawrence	743
33	Steve	685
34	Terry	643
35	Jeffrey	636
36	Jack	624
37	Roger	615
38	Craig	606
38	Danny	606
40	Anthony	602
41	Arthur	579
41	Christopher	579
41	Peter	579
44	Mike	554
45	Joe	553
46	Gerald	546
47	Wayne	539
48	Alan	517
49	Ralph	481
50	Philip	477
51	Brian	447
52	Henry	443
53	Stanley	421
54	Glenn	420
55	Dale	411
56	Phillip	404
57	Albert	402
58	Manuel	392
59	Carl	383
60	Jim	380
60	Roy	380
62	Harold	376
63	Walter	364
64	Bill	362
65	Randy	359
66	Louis	347
67	Ernest	345
67	Fred	345
69	Don	337
69	Johnny	337
69	Randall	337
72	Martin	328
73	Russell	326
74	Eric	324
75	Scott	323
76	Tom	319
77	Allen	308
77	Rodney	308
79	Dan	306
80	Jose	301
81	Keith	299
82	Victor	295
83	Andrew	289
84	Eugene	287
85	Leonard	279
86	Harry	272
86	Howard	272
88	Ray	269
89	Barry	261
90	Gilbert	260
91	Frederick	259
91	Tony	259
93	Norman	255
94	Alfred	247
94	Ronnie	247
96	Chris	238
97	Jimmy	237
98	Clifford	235
99	Kevin	233
99	Lee	233