Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	773
2	Dorothy	564
3	Helen	471
4	Margaret	394
5	Ruth	294
6	Frances	269
7	Evelyn	258
8	Virginia	247
9	Elizabeth	225
10	Marie	213
11	Alice	212
12	Florence	189
13	Mildred	186
14	Barbara	172
15	Rose	165
16	Marjorie	163
17	Eleanor	158
18	Lillian	149
19	Josephine	144
20	Thelma	129
21	Jean	127
22	Louise	126
23	Betty	118
24	Doris	116
25	Edith	111
26	Grace	110
27	Irene	106
28	Gladys	105
29	Lois	103
29	Lucille	103
31	Bernice	102
31	Catherine	102
33	Hazel	100
33	Katherine	100
35	Esther	98
36	Anna	95
37	Edna	94
38	Elsie	89
39	Gertrude	85
40	Martha	84
41	Marion	79
42	Beatrice	78
43	Pauline	77
44	Ethel	73
45	Jane	71
46	Laura	70
47	Vivian	69
48	Ann	65
48	Emma	65
48	Marguerite	65

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	769
2	William	646
3	Robert	602
4	George	488
5	James	414
6	Frank	390
7	Charles	338
8	Edward	306
9	Joseph	287
10	Jack	229
11	Richard	202
12	Albert	201
13	Walter	191
14	Henry	178
15	Thomas	175
16	Donald	172
17	Fred	170
18	Harold	166
19	Raymond	154
20	Paul	151
21	Harry	150
22	Arthur	148
23	Louis	142
24	Joe	141
25	Kenneth	122
26	David	121
27	Alfred	118
28	Ralph	112
29	Ernest	109
30	Lawrence	98
31	Roy	96
32	Manuel	94
33	Howard	93
34	Stanley	92
35	Carl	89
36	Francis	84
37	Eugene	83
38	Clarence	82
39	Earl	75
40	Elmer	72
41	Anthony	68
42	Edwin	66
43	Frederick	65
44	Andrew	63
44	Herbert	63
46	Tony	62
47	Norman	60
47	Russell	60
49	Leonard	58
50	Ray	56