Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1913

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	584
2	Dorothy	510
3	Helen	376
4	Margaret	356
5	Ruth	243
6	Frances	231
7	Virginia	223
8	Elizabeth	210
9	Alice	202
10	Marie	199
11	Evelyn	187
12	Mildred	151
13	Florence	149
14	Rose	146
15	Marjorie	137
16	Edna	125
17	Eleanor	122
18	Josephine	117
19	Barbara	112
20	Bernice	110
20	Louise	110
22	Lillian	108
23	Katherine	102
24	Thelma	101
25	Grace	99
26	Edith	97
27	Hazel	93
27	Jean	93
29	Esther	92
30	Doris	89
31	Irene	87
32	Anna	86
33	Betty	85
34	Catherine	83
34	Lois	83
34	Martha	83
37	Jane	81
38	Ann	78
39	Lucille	77
40	Ethel	74
40	Gladys	74
42	Gertrude	73
42	Pauline	73
44	Eva	71
45	Elsie	70
46	Marion	66
47	Vivian	65
48	Beatrice	63
49	Marian	62
50	Ruby	59

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	614
2	William	528
3	Robert	462
4	George	401
5	Frank	337
6	James	321
7	Charles	284
8	Edward	225
9	Joseph	210
10	Jack	166
11	Richard	165
12	Arthur	156
13	Thomas	152
13	Walter	152
15	Albert	140
15	Harry	140
17	Harold	136
18	Fred	133
19	Raymond	130
20	Henry	129
21	Paul	122
22	Donald	120
23	Ralph	107
24	Carl	101
25	Joe	99
26	Louis	98
27	Howard	88
28	Alfred	87
29	Kenneth	83
30	Lawrence	81
31	Roy	79
32	Francis	76
33	Earl	75
34	Ernest	73
35	Eugene	71
36	Clarence	70
37	David	63
38	Herbert	62
39	Manuel	60
40	Anthony	57
41	Lloyd	56
42	Edwin	54
42	Norman	54
44	Stanley	51
45	Daniel	50
45	Ray	50
47	Vincent	48
48	Peter	47
49	Elmer	42
49	Frederick	42