Popular baby names in California, 1924

The most popular baby names in California in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,958 babies) and Robert for boys (2,585). Social Security records list 74,450 babies born in California in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1924

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: 22 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Masako: 21 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Toshiko: 22 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Yoshiko: 31 babies, 16× the national rate
Kiyoko: 19 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Catalina: 35 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Consuelo: 94 babies, 10× the national rate
Socorro: 36 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lupe: 107 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Trinidad: 22 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Boys

Hiroshi: 30 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Aurelio: 20 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Masao: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Fidel: 23 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Trinidad: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Salvador: 88 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Agustin: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Lupe: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jesus: 166 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Fernando: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,958	–	1
2	Betty	1,464	–	4
3	Dorothy	1,173	–	2
4	Barbara	1,014	–	28
5	Helen	820	↑1	3
6	Margaret	818	↓1	5
7	Virginia	785	–	7
8	Patricia	655	↑2	35
9	Ruth	617	↓1	6
10	Frances	495	↓1	10
11	Marjorie	463	–	17
12	Jean	460	↑1	16
13	Doris	445	↑4	9
14	Alice	440	↓2	15
15	Shirley	418	↑3	19
16	Evelyn	386	↓1	12
17	Elizabeth	383	↓3	11
18	Lois	374	↑5	22
19	Gloria	366	↑2	41
20	June	356	–	45
21	Eleanor	319	↓2	29
22	Marie	315	↓6	14
23	Mildred	314	↑5	8
24	Lorraine	303	↑1	52
25	Josephine	298	↓3	34
26	Florence	287	↓2	20
27	Phyllis	286	↓1	44
28	Maria	273	↑1	>100
29	Rose	254	↓2	25
30	Norma	246	–	40
31	Irene	232	↑5	18
32	Esther	230	–	51
33	Beverly	225	↑13	>100
34	Lillian	215	↓3	23
35	Marian	211	↑2	64
36	Grace	210	↑3	43
37	Lucille	210	↓2	37
38	Louise	205	↑5	24
39	Marilyn	198	↑8	>100
40	Carmen	195	↓6	>100
41	Marion	194	new	46
42	Geraldine	192	↑3	58
43	Dolores	191	↓10	75
44	Jane	187	↑6	53
45	Bernice	171	↓7	47
46	Jeanne	170	↓2	90
47	Anna	167	↓5	13
48	Catherine	166	↓7	27
49	Martha	166	–	21
50	Jacqueline	158	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	2,585	–	1
2	John	1,731	–	2
3	William	1,594	–	3
4	James	1,208	–	4
5	George	1,058	–	6
6	Richard	1,016	–	8
7	Frank	787	↑1	12
8	Donald	773	↓1	10
9	Charles	767	–	5
10	Jack	755	–	17
11	Edward	546	–	9
12	Joseph	469	–	7
13	Joe	451	↑4	35
14	Raymond	448	↑1	15
15	Harold	430	↓2	13
16	David	424	↑3	24
17	Albert	423	↑1	21
18	Thomas	401	↓4	11
19	Kenneth	391	↑2	19
20	Arthur	386	↑3	20
21	Paul	377	↓5	14
22	Manuel	375	↑3	>100
23	Henry	371	↓1	18
24	Walter	360	↓4	16
25	Ralph	323	↑1	23
26	Harry	285	↓2	22
27	Fred	279	–	32
28	Ernest	260	↑2	37
29	Eugene	258	↓1	25
30	Louis	242	↑1	28
31	Roy	241	↓2	31
32	Lawrence	237	↑5	36
33	Alfred	221	↓1	43
34	Jose	220	–	>100
35	Howard	208	↓2	26
36	Stanley	198	↓1	40
37	Earl	188	↑3	33
38	Clarence	182	↑5	29
39	Norman	174	↓1	42
40	Carl	173	↓4	27
41	Jesus	166	↑9	>100
42	Warren	162	↑2	58
43	Tony	157	↓4	>100
44	Daniel	155	↑3	47
45	Leonard	150	↑1	38
46	Bill	149	↓5	92
47	Gordon	149	↑1	75
48	Ray	148	new	60
49	Edwin	146	new	55
50	Peter	146	↓8	59

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