Popular baby names in California, 1914

The most popular baby names in California in 1914 were Mary for girls (773 babies) and John for boys (769). Social Security records list 26,925 babies born in California in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1914

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: 23 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Ramona: 30 babies, 8× the national rate
Carmen: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Barbara: 172 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Patricia: 55 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lenore: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lily: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Anita: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Melba: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Masao: 18 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Manuel: 94 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Alan: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pedro: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ramon: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tony: 62 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Louie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Pete: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mario: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ted: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	773	–	1
2	Dorothy	564	–	3
3	Helen	471	–	2
4	Margaret	394	–	4
5	Ruth	294	–	5
6	Frances	269	–	9
7	Evelyn	258	↑4	11
8	Virginia	247	↓1	14
9	Elizabeth	225	↓1	8
10	Marie	213	–	10
11	Alice	212	↓2	12
12	Florence	189	↑1	13
13	Mildred	186	↓1	7
14	Barbara	172	↑5	82
15	Rose	165	↓1	15
16	Marjorie	163	↓1	45
17	Eleanor	158	–	28
18	Lillian	149	↑4	16
19	Josephine	144	↓1	23
20	Thelma	129	↑4	26
21	Jean	127	↑7	54
22	Louise	126	↓1	17
23	Betty	118	↑10	62
24	Doris	116	↑6	36
25	Edith	111	↑1	31
26	Grace	110	↓1	25
27	Irene	106	↑4	22
28	Gladys	105	↑13	20
29	Lois	103	↑6	51
30	Lucille	103	↑9	30
31	Bernice	102	↓11	43
32	Catherine	102	↑2	18
33	Hazel	100	↓6	29
34	Katherine	100	↓11	48
35	Esther	98	↓6	35
36	Anna	95	↓4	6
37	Edna	94	↓21	19
38	Elsie	89	↑7	46
39	Gertrude	85	↑3	32
40	Martha	84	↓4	27
41	Marion	79	↑5	50
42	Beatrice	78	↑6	38
43	Pauline	77	–	34
44	Ethel	73	↓4	21
45	Jane	71	↓8	71
46	Laura	70	new	59
47	Vivian	69	–	81
48	Ann	65	↓10	40
49	Emma	65	new	39
50	Marguerite	65	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	769	–	1
2	William	646	–	2
3	Robert	602	–	4
4	George	488	–	6
5	James	414	↑1	3
6	Frank	390	↓1	9
7	Charles	338	–	7
8	Edward	306	–	8
9	Joseph	287	–	5
10	Jack	229	–	27
11	Richard	202	–	17
12	Albert	201	↑3	15
13	Walter	191	↑1	10
14	Henry	178	↑6	12
15	Thomas	175	↓2	11
16	Donald	172	↑6	23
17	Fred	170	↑1	28
18	Harold	166	↓1	14
19	Raymond	154	–	16
20	Paul	151	↑1	13
21	Harry	150	↓5	19
22	Arthur	148	↓10	18
23	Louis	142	↑3	20
24	Joe	141	↑1	34
25	Kenneth	122	↑4	30
26	David	121	↑11	29
27	Alfred	118	↑1	41
28	Ralph	112	↓5	21
29	Ernest	109	↑5	38
30	Lawrence	98	–	35
31	Roy	96	–	32
32	Manuel	94	↑7	>100
33	Howard	93	↓6	26
34	Stanley	92	↑10	39
35	Carl	89	↓11	24
36	Francis	84	↓4	31
37	Eugene	83	↓2	43
38	Clarence	82	↓2	22
39	Earl	75	↓6	33
40	Elmer	72	↑9	46
41	Anthony	68	↓1	37
42	Edwin	66	–	53
43	Frederick	65	↑7	52
44	Andrew	63	new	44
45	Herbert	63	↓7	42
46	Tony	62	new	>100
47	Norman	60	↓4	54
48	Russell	60	new	49
49	Leonard	58	new	45
50	Ray	56	↓4	74

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