Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in California, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,712
2	Barbara	1,601
3	Patricia	1,252
4	Carol	1,015
5	Shirley	733
6	Nancy	677
7	Betty	661
8	Joan	627
9	Donna	601
10	Beverly	577
11	Margaret	567
12	Marilyn	558
13	Virginia	454
14	Dorothy	450
15	Diane	437
16	Helen	433
17	Joyce	428
18	Carolyn	418
19	Sharon	416
20	Gloria	380
21	Janet	376
22	Frances	374
23	Sandra	370
24	Janice	344
25	Dolores	313
26	Alice	310
26	Linda	310
28	Darlene	277
29	Carole	269
30	Elizabeth	268
30	Joanne	268
32	Jean	265
33	Ruth	264
34	Ann	257
35	Marlene	255
36	Norma	253
37	Sally	249
38	Judith	247
39	Roberta	233
40	Marie	221
41	Arlene	219
42	Rose	217
43	Evelyn	211
44	Eleanor	207
45	Irene	204
46	Doris	199
47	Phyllis	197
48	Pat	196
49	Lois	192
50	Judy	190

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,885
2	Richard	1,975
3	John	1,844
4	James	1,546
5	William	1,402
6	David	1,140
7	Donald	1,111
8	Ronald	974
9	Charles	931
10	George	713
11	Gary	650
12	Edward	609
13	Frank	608
14	Kenneth	605
15	Thomas	600
16	Michael	541
17	Jack	498
18	Paul	486
19	Larry	481
20	Jerry	475
21	Raymond	460
22	Gerald	399
23	Joe	395
24	Joseph	377
25	Don	337
26	Fred	329
27	Bob	313
28	Bill	308
29	Arthur	288
30	Jim	287
31	Albert	273
32	Daniel	260
32	Harold	260
34	Henry	256
35	Ralph	253
36	Norman	244
37	Roger	242
38	Manuel	239
39	Walter	233
40	Carl	228
40	Lawrence	228
42	Peter	216
43	Eugene	212
44	Dennis	198
45	Roy	197
46	Bruce	193
47	Alfred	189
48	Ray	187
49	Gilbert	186
49	Wayne	186