Popular baby names in California, 1923

The most popular baby names in California in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,829 babies) and Robert for boys (2,259). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,917 babies born in California in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1923

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

Girls

Jesus: 18 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Emiko: 20 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Yoshiko: 32 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Shizuko: 20 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Yuriko: 19 babies, 16× the national rate
Toshiko: 26 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Kiyoko: 20 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Lupe: 105 babies, 12× the national rate
Fumiko: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Consuelo: 94 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Boys

Akira: 21 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Minoru: 23 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Shigeo: 18 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Hiroshi: 31 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Joaquin: 21 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kiyoshi: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Angel: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Salvador: 80 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Masao: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Aldo: 33 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,829	–	1
2	Betty	1,169	↑1	5
3	Dorothy	1,167	↓1	2
4	Barbara	874	↑2	33
5	Margaret	806	↓1	4
6	Helen	736	↓1	3
7	Virginia	717	–	7
8	Ruth	577	↑1	6
9	Frances	529	↓1	10
10	Patricia	488	↑5	56
11	Marjorie	449	↓1	16
12	Alice	407	–	15
13	Jean	407	↑1	19
14	Elizabeth	393	↓3	9
15	Evelyn	365	↓2	12
16	Marie	357	↑2	14
17	Doris	356	↓1	11
18	Shirley	340	↑10	26
19	Eleanor	337	↑3	28
20	June	330	↓3	42
21	Gloria	323	–	48
22	Josephine	286	↓2	30
23	Lois	286	↑4	27
24	Florence	273	↓5	18
25	Lorraine	269	–	57
26	Phyllis	263	↓2	45
27	Rose	257	↓1	23
28	Mildred	250	↓5	8
29	Maria	226	new	>100
30	Norma	223	↑12	41
31	Lillian	217	↓2	20
32	Esther	208	↑3	47
33	Dolores	202	↑6	83
34	Carmen	196	↑13	>100
35	Lucille	191	↓2	35
36	Irene	190	↓6	17
37	Marian	189	↑1	65
38	Bernice	183	↓1	43
39	Grace	182	↓7	39
40	Thelma	173	new	31
41	Catherine	172	↓5	24
42	Anna	170	↑1	13
43	Louise	170	↓9	22
44	Jeanne	167	–	90
45	Geraldine	165	↓4	58
46	Beverly	163	new	>100
47	Marilyn	163	new	>100
48	Pauline	162	new	37
49	Martha	159	new	21
50	Jane	156	↓19	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	2,259	–	2
2	John	1,673	–	1
3	William	1,616	–	3
4	James	1,060	↑1	4
5	George	970	↓1	6
6	Richard	880	–	9
7	Donald	753	↑3	10
8	Frank	710	–	11
9	Charles	700	↓2	5
10	Jack	655	↓1	17
11	Edward	540	–	8
12	Joseph	473	–	7
13	Harold	456	–	13
14	Thomas	429	–	12
15	Raymond	413	↑1	15
16	Paul	409	↑6	14
17	Joe	406	↑4	35
18	Albert	396	↓3	20
19	David	366	↓1	24
20	Walter	358	↓1	16
21	Kenneth	351	↑3	21
22	Henry	346	↓2	18
23	Arthur	339	↓6	19
24	Harry	336	↓1	22
25	Manuel	333	↑1	>100
26	Ralph	309	↓1	23
27	Fred	273	↑1	33
28	Eugene	261	↓1	25
29	Roy	243	↑3	32
30	Ernest	232	–	38
31	Louis	229	–	27
32	Alfred	213	↑1	42
33	Howard	198	↓4	26
34	Jose	196	↑6	>100
35	Stanley	180	↓1	41
36	Carl	173	↑1	28
37	Lawrence	172	↓2	36
38	Norman	156	↑8	44
39	Tony	152	↓1	>100
40	Earl	151	↑3	31
41	Bill	143	↑9	98
42	Peter	143	↑7	58
43	Clarence	141	↓2	29
44	Warren	139	↓5	43
45	Herbert	127	↓9	40
46	Leonard	127	↑2	37
47	Daniel	125	↓5	47
48	Gordon	125	new	76
49	Anthony	124	new	39
50	Jesus	124	new	>100

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