Top baby names in California, 1929
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,716 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,378 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,235 |
| 4 | Patricia | 857 |
| 5 | Dorothy | 757 |
| 6 | Shirley | 597 |
| 7 | Helen | 559 |
| 8 | Dolores | 557 |
| 9 | Margaret | 547 |
| 10 | Virginia | 546 |
| 11 | Beverly | 540 |
| 12 | Gloria | 485 |
| 13 | Joan | 483 |
| 14 | Doris | 406 |
| 15 | Alice | 402 |
| 16 | Frances | 401 |
| 17 | Ruth | 398 |
| 18 | Marilyn | 358 |
| 19 | Jean | 345 |
| 20 | Joyce | 343 |
| 21 | Maria | 329 |
| 22 | Lois | 328 |
| 23 | Nancy | 315 |
| 24 | Evelyn | 287 |
| 25 | Carol | 279 |
| 26 | Phyllis | 276 |
| 27 | June | 267 |
| 28 | Marjorie | 265 |
| 29 | Josephine | 256 |
| 30 | Eleanor | 248 |
| 31 | Lorraine | 242 |
| 32 | Elizabeth | 237 |
| 33 | Norma | 236 |
| 34 | Rose | 225 |
| 35 | Carmen | 224 |
| 36 | Marie | 222 |
| 37 | Esther | 220 |
| 38 | Louise | 202 |
| 39 | Jacqueline | 196 |
| 40 | Irene | 192 |
| 41 | Geraldine | 183 |
| 42 | Florence | 175 |
| 42 | Mildred | 175 |
| 44 | Donna | 170 |
| 45 | Joanne | 168 |
| 46 | Sally | 166 |
| 47 | Anna | 161 |
| 48 | Marian | 157 |
| 49 | Lillian | 151 |
| 50 | Lupe | 149 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,424 |
| 2 | John | 1,528 |
| 3 | Richard | 1,441 |
| 4 | William | 1,351 |
| 5 | Donald | 1,199 |
| 6 | James | 1,082 |
| 7 | George | 823 |
| 8 | Charles | 730 |
| 9 | Jack | 633 |
| 10 | Frank | 626 |
| 11 | David | 616 |
| 12 | Edward | 491 |
| 13 | Joe | 465 |
| 14 | Raymond | 443 |
| 15 | Joseph | 408 |
| 16 | Manuel | 380 |
| 17 | Thomas | 363 |
| 18 | Paul | 360 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 348 |
| 20 | Albert | 329 |
| 21 | Harold | 323 |
| 22 | Henry | 322 |
| 23 | Arthur | 313 |
| 24 | Ralph | 312 |
| 25 | Walter | 292 |
| 26 | Eugene | 275 |
| 27 | Bill | 257 |
| 28 | Harry | 253 |
| 29 | Ronald | 249 |
| 30 | Jose | 246 |
| 31 | Fred | 244 |
| 32 | Bob | 235 |
| 33 | Gerald | 216 |
| 33 | Stanley | 216 |
| 35 | Don | 212 |
| 36 | Roy | 203 |
| 37 | Louis | 201 |
| 38 | Herbert | 200 |
| 39 | Daniel | 194 |
| 40 | Norman | 192 |
| 41 | Alfred | 188 |
| 41 | Gilbert | 188 |
| 43 | Lawrence | 183 |
| 44 | Ernest | 182 |
| 45 | Carl | 171 |
| 46 | Jerry | 166 |
| 47 | Tony | 163 |
| 48 | Peter | 150 |
| 49 | Howard | 148 |
| 49 | Jesus | 148 |