California ★ 1950

Top names in California, 1950

Linda led for girls with 5,388 babies ; Robert for boys with 6,035. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,388
2	Susan	3,260
3	Mary	3,131
4	Patricia	3,049
5	Kathleen	2,311
6	Barbara	2,270
7	Nancy	2,076
8	Sandra	2,017
9	Deborah	1,992
10	Karen	1,867
11	Sharon	1,816
12	Carol	1,737
13	Pamela	1,462
14	Christine	1,361
15	Donna	1,355
16	Diane	1,214
17	Janet	1,170
18	Margaret	1,101
19	Cynthia	1,083
20	Janice	952
21	Judith	929
22	Cheryl	903
23	Elizabeth	865
24	Shirley	838
25	Gloria	825
26	Judy	811
27	Carolyn	810
28	Catherine	770
29	Kathryn	677
30	Marilyn	674
31	Diana	658
32	Kathy	628
33	Virginia	620
34	Gail	603
35	Debra	601
36	Joyce	587
37	Brenda	586
38	Rebecca	584
39	Maria	582
40	Beverly	579
41	Laura	565
42	Martha	563
43	Katherine	539
44	Paula	522
45	Joan	515
46	Bonnie	508
47	Peggy	501
48	Victoria	499
49	Betty	488
50	Denise	484
51	Teresa	475
52	Theresa	462
53	Suzanne	448
54	Frances	444
55	Sally	440
56	Marsha	438
57	Ann	426
58	Lynn	423
59	Vicki	417
60	Cathy	406
61	Alice	395
62	Helen	390
63	Sherry	389
64	Jacqueline	388
65	Connie	384
65	Irene	384
67	Jane	371
68	Elaine	370
69	Sylvia	366
70	Stephanie	359
71	Jean	357
72	Robin	356
73	Joanne	353
74	Rita	351
75	Dorothy	350
76	Wendy	347
77	Julie	339
78	Darlene	338
79	Rose	331
80	Ruth	329
81	Jo	325
82	Yolanda	324
83	Lynda	321
83	Marie	321
85	Christina	313
86	Terry	311
87	Marcia	305
88	Yvonne	304
89	Sheila	299
90	Maureen	298
91	Phyllis	296
92	Jeanne	295
92	Michele	295
94	Anita	291
95	Leslie	289
96	Valerie	288
97	Lorraine	285
98	Roberta	281
99	Colleen	280
100	Ellen	269

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	6,035
2	Michael	5,534
3	John	5,348
4	David	4,851
5	James	4,632
6	Richard	4,234
7	William	3,461
8	Steven	2,858
9	Thomas	2,595
10	Gary	2,568
11	Ronald	1,970
12	Charles	1,943
13	Stephen	1,892
14	Donald	1,782
15	Dennis	1,708
16	Daniel	1,693
17	Larry	1,679
18	Mark	1,584
19	Kenneth	1,578
20	Paul	1,443
21	Gregory	1,357
22	Joseph	1,254
23	George	1,222
24	Edward	1,128
25	Timothy	1,079
26	Bruce	1,017
27	Frank	974
28	Douglas	953
29	Raymond	810
30	Patrick	799
31	Lawrence	749
32	Jeffrey	745
33	Jerry	734
34	Christopher	698
35	Anthony	679
36	Gerald	623
37	Terry	620
38	Craig	611
39	Peter	595
40	Arthur	587
41	Alan	586
42	Jack	571
43	Roger	561
44	Danny	555
45	Scott	510
46	Wayne	505
47	Steve	500
48	Joe	481
49	Ralph	462
50	Dale	456
51	Philip	443
52	Albert	423
53	Henry	416
54	Glenn	411
55	Brian	410
56	Carl	403
57	Stanley	396
58	Jose	394
59	Randall	389
60	Phillip	383
61	Harold	379
62	Randy	374
63	Walter	367
64	Manuel	365
65	Roy	361
66	Keith	353
67	Martin	351
68	Mike	350
69	Ernest	348
70	Andrew	341
71	Rodney	336
71	Russell	336
73	Eric	324
74	Leonard	312
75	Fred	304
76	Gilbert	296
77	Barry	286
78	Victor	279
79	Kevin	275
80	Louis	272
81	Johnny	270
82	Allen	268
83	Don	263
83	Howard	263
85	Eugene	255
86	Lee	251
87	Frederick	250
88	Harry	248
89	Bill	247
90	Jim	246
91	Clifford	244
92	Gordon	243
93	Norman	239
94	Ruben	235
95	Alfred	233
96	Jay	230
97	Ray	223
98	Jimmy	222
99	Micheal	217
100	Chris	216