Popular baby names in California, 1919

The most popular baby names in California in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,205 babies) and Robert for boys (1,347). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,119 babies born in California in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1919

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

Girls

Fumiko: 25 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Yoshiko: 30 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Kiyoko: 15 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Toshiko: 19 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Esperanza: 33 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Masako: 18 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Haruko: 19 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Lupe: 76 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Consuelo: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Trinidad: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Minoru: 19 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Hiroshi: 20 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Toshio: 16 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Kiyoshi: 21 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Kazuo: 19 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Hideo: 15 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Yoshio: 19 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Masao: 20 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Salvador: 43 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lupe: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,205	–	1
2	Dorothy	870	–	3
3	Helen	657	↑1	2
4	Margaret	612	↓1	4
5	Ruth	456	↑2	5
6	Virginia	451	↓1	7
7	Frances	421	↓1	9
8	Betty	417	↑1	15
9	Barbara	414	↓1	60
10	Evelyn	359	–	11
11	Alice	321	–	13
12	Marie	290	↑2	12
13	Mildred	283	↑5	6
14	Jean	278	↑1	37
15	Elizabeth	277	↓3	8
16	Florence	257	↑3	14
17	Doris	254	↑4	18
18	Marjorie	250	↓5	33
19	Rose	230	↓2	19
20	Eleanor	229	↓4	30
21	Josephine	212	↓1	26
22	Lois	204	↑2	40
23	June	200	↑2	64
24	Esther	189	↑4	38
25	Lorraine	186	↓2	62
26	Patricia	185	↑3	>100
27	Lillian	172	↓1	17
28	Grace	169	↑6	34
29	Lucille	161	↓2	27
30	Louise	155	↑1	20
31	Jane	150	↓9	53
32	Bernice	143	–	42
33	Catherine	143	↑2	23
34	Irene	143	↑4	16
35	Phyllis	139	↓5	84
36	Thelma	136	↑3	31
37	Anna	134	↑3	10
38	Marian	134	↓2	82
39	Edith	132	↓2	29
40	Gladys	131	↑7	21
41	Elsie	127	↑4	47
42	Hazel	127	↑4	32
43	Martha	125	↓1	25
44	Geraldine	123	new	68
45	Marion	122	↓4	44
46	Edna	121	↓13	22
47	Jeanne	115	↑3	>100
48	Norma	115	new	83
49	Violet	113	new	74
50	Vivian	108	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	1,347	–	4
2	John	1,159	–	1
3	William	1,000	–	2
4	George	736	–	6
5	James	655	–	3
6	Frank	589	–	9
7	Charles	524	–	5
8	Richard	438	↑2	12
9	Jack	422	–	21
10	Edward	417	↓2	8
11	Joseph	363	–	7
12	Donald	328	–	17
13	Raymond	321	↑1	14
14	Joe	310	↑5	35
15	Albert	282	↓2	18
16	Arthur	274	↑1	19
17	Harold	264	↓2	13
18	Thomas	263	↑2	10
19	Walter	257	↓1	11
20	Harry	236	↓4	20
21	Paul	226	↑1	15
22	Henry	210	↓1	16
23	Fred	195	–	30
24	David	194	–	27
25	Kenneth	191	↑4	26
26	Manuel	190	↓1	>100
27	Ralph	182	↑1	22
28	Eugene	177	↑5	33
29	Roy	173	↑3	32
30	Ernest	170	↓3	36
31	Alfred	168	–	42
32	Lawrence	149	↑7	38
33	Louis	146	↓7	28
34	Carl	145	–	29
35	Stanley	142	–	37
36	Howard	140	↓6	24
37	Norman	116	↑6	48
38	Tony	115	↑2	>100
39	Earl	111	↓3	31
40	Elmer	103	↑9	44
41	Clarence	102	↑1	25
42	Edwin	102	↑3	52
43	Francis	100	↓6	34
44	Herbert	97	↓3	40
45	Melvin	95	new	56
46	Leonard	93	↑4	39
47	Peter	92	↓1	57
48	Daniel	90	–	51
49	Anthony	88	↓2	41
50	Lloyd	87	↓6	58

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