Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	534
2	Dorothy	406
3	Helen	321
4	Margaret	280
5	Ruth	221
6	Frances	184
7	Alice	181
8	Virginia	175
9	Evelyn	174
10	Elizabeth	172
11	Marie	157
12	Mildred	146
13	Florence	141
14	Rose	127
15	Josephine	107
16	Edith	103
17	Grace	102
18	Edna	100
19	Marjorie	98
20	Eleanor	95
21	Doris	93
21	Louise	93
23	Gladys	87
24	Lucille	86
25	Hazel	85
26	Lillian	82
27	Irene	80
28	Anna	76
28	Bernice	76
28	Ethel	76
31	Esther	73
32	Barbara	72
32	Gertrude	72
32	Katherine	72
32	Thelma	72
36	Lois	71
37	Catherine	70
38	Elsie	63
39	Jean	62
40	Betty	60
41	Marion	59
42	Emma	56
42	Laura	56
44	Genevieve	53
44	Pauline	53
46	Clara	52
46	Marguerite	52
46	Martha	52
49	Ann	51
50	Mabel	50

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	501
2	William	412
3	Robert	350
4	George	307
5	James	257
6	Frank	253
7	Charles	222
8	Joseph	204
9	Edward	180
10	Jack	144
11	Richard	141
12	Albert	136
13	Harold	124
14	Walter	120
15	Thomas	117
16	Donald	113
17	Raymond	111
18	Henry	108
19	Fred	107
19	Paul	107
21	Harry	100
22	Joe	94
23	Arthur	87
24	Kenneth	81
25	Alfred	80
25	Louis	80
27	Ernest	76
27	Howard	76
29	Ralph	72
30	Carl	68
31	Clarence	67
32	David	56
32	Edwin	56
32	Lawrence	56
35	Manuel	54
36	Herbert	51
36	Stanley	51
38	Earl	50
38	Francis	50
40	Eugene	48
41	Peter	47
42	Roy	46
43	Philip	42
44	Leonard	39
44	Ray	39
46	Theodore	37
47	Norman	36
48	Anthony	35
48	Frederick	35
50	Daniel	34