Popular baby names in California, 1918

The most popular baby names in California in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,251 babies) and Robert for boys (1,269). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,691 babies born in California in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1918

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

Girls

Aiko: 15 babies, 29× the national rate
Toshiko: 19 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Catalina: 16 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Masako: 15 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Yoshiko: 16 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Lupe: 48 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Esperanza: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Consuelo: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Angie: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carmen: 76 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Akira: 16 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Kazuo: 22 babies, 23.4× the national rate
Minoru: 17 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Hideo: 15 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Toshio: 16 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Kiyoshi: 17 babies, 19× the national rate
Yoshio: 24 babies, 17× the national rate
Masao: 29 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Salvador: 33 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Rafael: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,251	–	1
2	Dorothy	879	–	3
3	Margaret	651	↑1	4
4	Helen	641	↓1	2
5	Virginia	495	–	7
6	Frances	446	↑1	8
7	Ruth	446	↓1	5
8	Barbara	380	↑3	60
9	Betty	353	↑3	21
10	Evelyn	335	↓2	11
11	Alice	319	↓2	13
12	Elizabeth	311	↓2	9
13	Marjorie	295	↑5	34
14	Marie	277	↓1	12
15	Jean	261	↑5	37
16	Eleanor	243	↑1	26
17	Rose	240	↓3	17
18	Mildred	239	↓3	6
19	Florence	236	↓3	14
20	Josephine	232	↓1	24
21	Doris	213	–	19
22	Jane	207	–	53
23	Lorraine	203	new	69
24	Lois	201	↑4	42
25	June	198	↓1	66
26	Lillian	179	↓3	15
27	Lucille	172	↑3	29
28	Esther	167	↑16	38
29	Patricia	165	↑4	>100
30	Phyllis	163	↑6	80
31	Louise	157	↓5	18
32	Bernice	155	↓5	41
33	Edna	150	↓1	23
34	Grace	146	↓9	31
35	Catherine	142	↓1	20
36	Marian	142	↑1	76
37	Edith	140	↑3	30
38	Irene	140	↓9	16
39	Thelma	139	↑2	32
40	Anna	137	↓9	10
41	Marion	132	↓3	45
42	Martha	131	↑5	25
43	Ethel	128	↑5	28
44	Pauline	125	↓2	35
45	Elsie	122	–	49
46	Hazel	121	↓3	33
47	Gladys	120	↓12	22
48	Katherine	120	↓9	50
49	Dolores	113	new	>100
50	Jeanne	112	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	1,269	↑1	4
2	John	1,148	↓1	1
3	William	1,034	–	2
4	George	760	–	6
5	James	683	–	3
6	Frank	585	–	9
7	Charles	579	–	5
8	Edward	462	↑1	8
9	Jack	453	↑2	21
10	Richard	415	↓2	12
11	Joseph	395	↓1	7
12	Donald	328	–	18
13	Albert	288	↑1	19
14	Raymond	286	↑6	15
15	Harold	260	↑3	13
16	Harry	259	↑6	20
17	Arthur	258	–	17
18	Walter	254	↓5	11
19	Joe	248	↓4	34
20	Thomas	241	↓4	10
21	Henry	240	–	16
22	Paul	238	↓3	14
23	Fred	200	↑1	33
24	David	197	↑2	28
25	Manuel	182	↑3	>100
26	Louis	180	↓1	24
27	Ernest	171	↓4	37
28	Ralph	170	↑1	22
29	Kenneth	165	↓2	27
30	Howard	159	↑3	26
31	Alfred	157	–	42
32	Roy	151	↓2	32
33	Eugene	148	↑9	35
34	Carl	134	↑4	25
35	Stanley	133	↑6	36
36	Earl	129	↑1	31
37	Francis	129	↓3	30
38	Victor	124	new	63
39	Lawrence	122	↓7	38
40	Tony	117	↑5	>100
41	Herbert	115	↓1	40
42	Clarence	109	↓7	23
43	Norman	109	↓7	49
44	Lloyd	104	–	51
45	Edwin	98	↓6	55
46	Peter	98	↓3	53
47	Anthony	97	↓1	39
48	Daniel	96	↓1	52
49	Elmer	92	–	44
50	Leonard	90	new	41

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