Popular baby names in California, 1913

The most popular baby names in California in 1913 were Mary for girls (584 babies) and John for boys (614). Social Security records list 22,094 babies born in California in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1913

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

Girls

Lupe: 22 babies, 15× the national rate
Ramona: 31 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Carmen: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Yvonne: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Barbara: 112 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nadine: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patricia: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elinor: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aileen: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elaine: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Manuel: 60 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leland: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tony: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pete: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bert: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Laurence: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jose: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bruce: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nick: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelo: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	584	–	1
2	Dorothy	510	–	3
3	Helen	376	–	2
4	Margaret	356	–	4
5	Ruth	243	–	5
6	Frances	231	–	9
7	Virginia	223	↑1	15
8	Elizabeth	210	↑2	8
9	Alice	202	↓2	11
10	Marie	199	↑1	10
11	Evelyn	187	↓2	12
12	Mildred	151	–	6
13	Florence	149	–	13
14	Rose	146	–	14
15	Marjorie	137	↑4	48
16	Edna	125	↑2	18
17	Eleanor	122	↑3	34
18	Josephine	117	↓3	24
19	Barbara	112	↑13	94
20	Bernice	110	↑9	45
21	Louise	110	↑1	17
22	Lillian	108	↑4	16
23	Katherine	102	↑11	54
24	Thelma	101	↑11	26
25	Grace	99	↓8	25
26	Edith	97	↓10	29
27	Hazel	93	↓2	27
28	Jean	93	↑11	60
29	Esther	92	↑2	32
30	Doris	89	↓9	44
31	Irene	87	↓4	21
32	Anna	86	↓4	7
33	Betty	85	↑7	67
34	Catherine	83	↑3	22
35	Lois	83	↑1	59
36	Martha	83	↑12	28
37	Jane	81	new	81
38	Ann	78	↑11	46
39	Lucille	77	↓15	31
40	Ethel	74	↓10	20
41	Gladys	74	↓18	19
42	Gertrude	73	↓9	33
43	Pauline	73	↑2	35
44	Eva	71	new	50
45	Elsie	70	↓7	40
46	Marion	66	↓5	51
47	Vivian	65	new	83
48	Beatrice	63	new	37
49	Marian	62	new	93
50	Ruby	59	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	614	–	1
2	William	528	–	2
3	Robert	462	–	4
4	George	401	–	6
5	Frank	337	↑1	9
6	James	321	↓1	3
7	Charles	284	–	7
8	Edward	225	↑1	8
9	Joseph	210	↓1	5
10	Jack	166	–	28
11	Richard	165	–	19
12	Arthur	156	↑11	17
13	Thomas	152	↑2	10
14	Walter	152	–	11
15	Albert	140	↓3	16
16	Harry	140	↑5	15
17	Harold	136	↓4	13
18	Fred	133	↑1	27
19	Raymond	130	↓2	18
20	Henry	129	↓2	12
21	Paul	122	↓1	14
22	Donald	120	↓6	25
23	Ralph	107	↑6	22
24	Carl	101	↑6	23
25	Joe	99	↓3	37
26	Louis	98	–	20
27	Howard	88	↑1	26
28	Alfred	87	↓3	42
29	Kenneth	83	↓5	33
30	Lawrence	81	↑4	35
31	Roy	79	↑11	32
32	Francis	76	↑7	30
33	Earl	75	↑5	31
34	Ernest	73	↓7	34
35	Eugene	71	↑5	43
36	Clarence	70	↓5	21
37	David	63	↓5	29
38	Herbert	62	↓2	39
39	Manuel	60	↓4	>100
40	Anthony	57	↑8	38
41	Lloyd	56	new	67
42	Edwin	54	↓9	55
43	Norman	54	↑4	57
44	Stanley	51	↓7	41
45	Daniel	50	↑5	54
46	Ray	50	↓1	73
47	Vincent	48	new	66
48	Peter	47	↓7	51
49	Elmer	42	new	45
50	Frederick	42	↓1	49

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