Name Yearbook

Top baby names in California, 1919

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,205
2	Dorothy	870
3	Helen	657
4	Margaret	612
5	Ruth	456
6	Virginia	451
7	Frances	421
8	Betty	417
9	Barbara	414
10	Evelyn	359
11	Alice	321
12	Marie	290
13	Mildred	283
14	Jean	278
15	Elizabeth	277
16	Florence	257
17	Doris	254
18	Marjorie	250
19	Rose	230
20	Eleanor	229
21	Josephine	212
22	Lois	204
23	June	200
24	Esther	189
25	Lorraine	186
26	Patricia	185
27	Lillian	172
28	Grace	169
29	Lucille	161
30	Louise	155
31	Jane	150
32	Bernice	143
32	Catherine	143
32	Irene	143
35	Phyllis	139
36	Thelma	136
37	Anna	134
37	Marian	134
39	Edith	132
40	Gladys	131
41	Elsie	127
41	Hazel	127
43	Martha	125
44	Geraldine	123
45	Marion	122
46	Edna	121
47	Jeanne	115
47	Norma	115
49	Violet	113
50	Vivian	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,347
2	John	1,159
3	William	1,000
4	George	736
5	James	655
6	Frank	589
7	Charles	524
8	Richard	438
9	Jack	422
10	Edward	417
11	Joseph	363
12	Donald	328
13	Raymond	321
14	Joe	310
15	Albert	282
16	Arthur	274
17	Harold	264
18	Thomas	263
19	Walter	257
20	Harry	236
21	Paul	226
22	Henry	210
23	Fred	195
24	David	194
25	Kenneth	191
26	Manuel	190
27	Ralph	182
28	Eugene	177
29	Roy	173
30	Ernest	170
31	Alfred	168
32	Lawrence	149
33	Louis	146
34	Carl	145
35	Stanley	142
36	Howard	140
37	Norman	116
38	Tony	115
39	Earl	111
40	Elmer	103
41	Clarence	102
41	Edwin	102
43	Francis	100
44	Herbert	97
45	Melvin	95
46	Leonard	93
47	Peter	92
48	Daniel	90
49	Anthony	88
50	Lloyd	87