Popular baby names in California, 1917

The most popular baby names in California in 1917 were Mary for girls (1,149 babies) and John for boys (1,066). Social Security records list 39,916 babies born in California in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1917

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

Girls

Toshiko: 15 babies, 25.9× the national rate
Fumiko: 15 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Lupe: 43 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Ramona: 38 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carmen: 59 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Consuelo: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Margarita: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Patricia: 137 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angie: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Barbara: 298 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Hiroshi: 24 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Shigeru: 18 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Kazuo: 16 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Minoru: 19 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Kiyoshi: 16 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Hideo: 16 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Masao: 19 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Yoshio: 16 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Salvador: 28 babies, 11× the national rate
Luis: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	1,149	–	1
2	Dorothy	779	–	3
3	Helen	613	↑1	2
4	Margaret	549	↓1	4
5	Virginia	460	↑2	10
6	Ruth	432	↓1	5
7	Frances	400	↓1	9
8	Evelyn	334	–	11
9	Alice	316	–	13
10	Elizabeth	304	–	8
11	Barbara	298	↑4	67
12	Betty	269	↑6	34
13	Marie	268	↓2	12
14	Rose	246	↓1	16
15	Mildred	241	↑6	6
16	Florence	236	↑1	14
17	Eleanor	230	↓3	26
18	Marjorie	228	↓6	36
19	Josephine	214	↓3	21
20	Jean	208	↓1	40
21	Doris	193	↓1	25
22	Jane	180	↑12	55
23	Lillian	170	↑2	15
24	June	169	↓2	73
25	Grace	168	↓2	30
26	Louise	160	↓2	19
27	Bernice	156	↓1	42
28	Lois	154	↑1	43
29	Irene	150	↑6	17
30	Lucille	150	–	29
31	Anna	141	–	7
32	Edna	138	↑8	20
33	Patricia	137	↑11	>100
34	Catherine	135	↑3	18
35	Gladys	128	↓3	23
36	Phyllis	127	new	92
37	Marian	126	↑4	74
38	Marion	125	↑1	45
39	Katherine	123	↓1	49
40	Edith	122	↓13	28
41	Thelma	121	↓13	32
42	Pauline	118	↑4	33
43	Hazel	117	–	31
44	Esther	116	↓8	38
45	Elsie	114	↓12	50
46	Gertrude	112	↓1	37
47	Martha	104	↑1	22
48	Ethel	103	↓1	24
49	Geraldine	99	new	89
50	Ann	97	↓8	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	1,066	–	1
2	Robert	1,036	–	4
3	William	1,005	–	2
4	George	671	–	6
5	James	589	–	3
6	Frank	492	↑1	9
7	Charles	484	↓1	7
8	Richard	367	↑3	14
9	Edward	366	↑1	8
10	Joseph	358	↓2	5
11	Jack	326	↓2	22
12	Donald	282	–	20
13	Walter	280	↑2	11
14	Albert	268	↓1	18
15	Joe	240	↑6	35
16	Thomas	237	↑4	10
17	Arthur	220	↓3	17
18	Harold	220	–	12
19	Paul	220	↓2	13
20	Raymond	214	↓1	16
21	Henry	205	↓5	15
22	Harry	203	–	19
23	Ernest	183	↑2	37
24	Fred	180	↓1	29
25	Louis	160	↑1	23
26	David	156	↑2	28
27	Kenneth	153	↑2	27
28	Manuel	152	↓1	>100
29	Ralph	150	↓5	21
30	Roy	146	↑2	33
31	Alfred	144	↓1	43
32	Lawrence	129	↑1	36
33	Howard	124	↑3	26
34	Francis	121	–	30
35	Clarence	120	–	25
36	Norman	117	↑2	46
37	Earl	115	↑2	32
38	Carl	114	↓7	24
39	Edwin	112	↑2	55
40	Herbert	109	↑4	40
41	Stanley	109	↓1	34
42	Eugene	104	↓5	39
43	Peter	99	↑2	50
44	Lloyd	98	↓1	53
45	Tony	92	↑4	>100
46	Anthony	87	new	38
47	Daniel	82	↓1	54
48	Frederick	82	new	51
49	Elmer	81	↓7	45
50	Philip	77	↓2	66

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