Popular baby names in California, 1910

The most popular baby names in California in 1910 were Mary for girls (295 babies) and John for boys (237). Social Security records list 9,163 babies born in California in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ramona: 18 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Carmen: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Anita: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Patricia: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dolores: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Claire: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Muriel: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorraine: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Isabel: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Norma: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Manuel: 31 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Antonio: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tony: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jose: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Victor: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Glenn: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Melvin: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Donald: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Richard: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	295	1
2	Helen	239	2
3	Dorothy	220	4
4	Margaret	163	3
5	Frances	134	11
6	Ruth	128	5
7	Evelyn	126	17
8	Alice	118	10
9	Virginia	101	29
10	Elizabeth	93	7
11	Florence	93	12
12	Marie	90	9
13	Mildred	90	8
14	Rose	74	16
15	Hazel	68	24
16	Louise	67	20
17	Josephine	66	30
18	Lucille	66	31
19	Grace	65	23
20	Gladys	63	15
21	Edna	62	18
22	Eleanor	60	55
23	Marjorie	60	68
24	Bernice	59	58
25	Thelma	59	25
26	Edith	58	35
27	Doris	56	64
28	Irene	56	21
29	Lillian	55	14
30	Catherine	53	22
31	Ethel	52	13
32	Anna	51	6
33	Ann	47	52
34	Esther	44	38
35	Marion	43	59
36	Katherine	41	57
37	Betty	40	69
38	Elsie	40	44
39	Gertrude	39	26
40	Mabel	39	46
41	Beatrice	37	36
42	Clara	37	32
43	Marian	37	>100
44	Violet	36	89
45	Jean	35	77
46	Laura	34	53
47	Jessie	32	63
48	Lois	32	76
49	Marguerite	32	84
50	Mae	31	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	237	1
2	William	170	3
3	James	159	2
4	Robert	141	4
5	George	138	5
6	Frank	113	8
7	Joseph	101	6
8	Charles	99	7
9	Edward	80	9
10	Jack	60	23
11	Richard	56	21
12	Raymond	55	19
13	Albert	52	14
14	Harold	51	18
15	Henry	51	10
16	Louis	50	24
17	Walter	50	13
18	Arthur	48	17
19	Thomas	47	12
20	Harry	45	16
21	Joe	41	25
22	Paul	37	15
23	Ernest	36	31
24	Fred	36	22
25	Donald	33	44
26	Clarence	31	20
27	Manuel	31	>100
28	Francis	30	36
29	Alfred	27	38
30	Carl	26	26
31	Ralph	26	28
32	Roy	26	29
33	Lawrence	24	35
34	Anthony	23	37
35	Eugene	23	39
36	Howard	23	27
37	Kenneth	22	43
38	Elmer	21	48
39	Andrew	20	42
40	Tony	20	>100
41	David	19	30
42	Earl	19	33
43	Leonard	19	46
44	Melvin	19	75
45	Victor	19	90
46	Ray	18	68
47	Antonio	16	>100
48	Edwin	16	71
49	Jose	16	>100
50	Samuel	16	32

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