Top baby names in California, 1939
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,698 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,619 |
| 3 | Patricia | 1,509 |
| 4 | Carol | 1,109 |
| 5 | Linda | 847 |
| 6 | Nancy | 831 |
| 7 | Sharon | 793 |
| 8 | Joan | 712 |
| 9 | Judith | 702 |
| 10 | Betty | 658 |
| 11 | Shirley | 611 |
| 12 | Sandra | 594 |
| 13 | Donna | 591 |
| 14 | Marilyn | 584 |
| 15 | Margaret | 583 |
| 16 | Judy | 536 |
| 17 | Diane | 505 |
| 18 | Carolyn | 480 |
| 18 | Virginia | 480 |
| 20 | Beverly | 478 |
| 21 | Dorothy | 471 |
| 22 | Joyce | 435 |
| 23 | Susan | 433 |
| 24 | Janice | 417 |
| 25 | Helen | 398 |
| 26 | Janet | 395 |
| 27 | Gloria | 357 |
| 28 | Frances | 356 |
| 29 | Carole | 334 |
| 30 | Jean | 326 |
| 31 | Alice | 318 |
| 32 | Sally | 288 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 277 |
| 34 | Darlene | 272 |
| 35 | Joanne | 266 |
| 36 | Irene | 263 |
| 37 | Kathleen | 258 |
| 38 | Dolores | 257 |
| 39 | Ruth | 248 |
| 40 | Ann | 246 |
| 41 | Norma | 240 |
| 42 | Karen | 237 |
| 43 | Roberta | 232 |
| 44 | Pat | 229 |
| 45 | Evelyn | 225 |
| 46 | Marie | 220 |
| 47 | Bonnie | 214 |
| 47 | Phyllis | 214 |
| 49 | Gail | 213 |
| 49 | Lois | 213 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,858 |
| 2 | Richard | 2,124 |
| 3 | John | 2,027 |
| 4 | James | 1,871 |
| 5 | William | 1,528 |
| 6 | David | 1,397 |
| 7 | Ronald | 1,153 |
| 8 | Donald | 997 |
| 9 | Charles | 959 |
| 10 | Gary | 934 |
| 11 | Michael | 920 |
| 12 | George | 749 |
| 13 | Thomas | 675 |
| 14 | Larry | 663 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 641 |
| 16 | Frank | 605 |
| 17 | Jerry | 585 |
| 18 | Paul | 570 |
| 19 | Edward | 564 |
| 20 | Dennis | 501 |
| 21 | Jack | 452 |
| 22 | Joseph | 430 |
| 23 | Raymond | 429 |
| 24 | Gerald | 417 |
| 25 | Joe | 384 |
| 26 | Bill | 356 |
| 27 | Roger | 332 |
| 28 | Arthur | 330 |
| 29 | Bob | 314 |
| 30 | Fred | 306 |
| 31 | Norman | 305 |
| 32 | Don | 304 |
| 33 | Daniel | 303 |
| 34 | Wayne | 301 |
| 35 | Ralph | 298 |
| 36 | Douglas | 287 |
| 37 | Jim | 281 |
| 38 | Walter | 276 |
| 39 | Albert | 274 |
| 40 | Henry | 268 |
| 41 | Peter | 262 |
| 42 | Harold | 246 |
| 43 | Lawrence | 234 |
| 44 | Carl | 231 |
| 45 | Manuel | 221 |
| 46 | Stephen | 214 |
| 47 | Bruce | 213 |
| 48 | Philip | 211 |
| 49 | Stanley | 209 |
| 50 | Eugene | 205 |