Popular baby names in California, 1927

The most popular baby names in California in 1927 were Mary for girls (1,816 babies) and Robert for boys (2,490). Social Security records list 74,205 babies born in California in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1927

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

Girls

Kazuko: 31 babies, 16× the national rate
Teruko: 22 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Rosario: 19 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Catalina: 34 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Hortensia: 28 babies, 14× the national rate
Concha: 19 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Lupe: 159 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Socorro: 46 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Raquel: 19 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Esperanza: 52 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Boys

Akira: 30 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Shoji: 34 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Hiroshi: 21 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Angel: 42 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Salvador: 86 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Refugio: 20 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Guillermo: 28 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Adolfo: 24 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Enrique: 41 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Fernando: 46 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	1,816	–	1
2	Barbara	1,410	↑1	10
3	Betty	1,333	↓1	3
4	Dorothy	919	–	2
5	Patricia	802	↑2	18
6	Helen	683	–	4
7	Margaret	613	↓2	5
8	Shirley	589	↑2	9
9	Virginia	576	↓1	8
10	Gloria	513	↑1	22
11	Ruth	500	↓2	6
12	Beverly	486	↑4	57
13	Frances	436	↓1	12
14	Alice	417	–	17
15	Jean	403	↓2	14
16	Dolores	379	↑6	34
17	Doris	375	↓2	7
18	Evelyn	349	↑1	15
19	Lois	347	↓1	19
20	Maria	342	↑4	>100
21	Marjorie	319	↓4	25
22	Marilyn	302	↑5	46
23	Phyllis	285	↑7	29
24	Elizabeth	279	↓1	13
25	Josephine	279	↑1	39
26	Lorraine	277	↑7	44
27	Joyce	274	↑4	35
28	Marie	270	↓7	20
29	June	268	↓9	43
30	Eleanor	265	↓2	33
31	Norma	265	↓6	26
32	Nancy	261	↑2	56
33	Rose	261	↓4	23
34	Esther	259	↑1	65
35	Mildred	251	↑1	11
36	Irene	231	↓4	21
37	Joan	215	↑8	41
38	Carmen	212	–	>100
39	Florence	204	↑1	28
40	Jacqueline	181	↑3	>100
41	Lucille	175	↑3	45
42	Anna	172	↑5	16
43	Marian	172	↓1	74
44	Lillian	169	↓7	32
45	Marion	166	new	51
46	Louise	161	↓5	27
47	Lupe	159	new	>100
48	Audrey	158	↑2	62
49	Geraldine	158	↓1	58
50	Grace	154	↓4	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	2,490	–	1
2	John	1,615	–	2
3	William	1,465	–	4
4	Richard	1,260	–	6
5	James	1,171	–	3
6	Donald	1,047	–	8
7	George	940	–	7
8	Charles	810	–	5
9	Frank	735	–	12
10	Jack	712	–	16
11	Edward	543	–	10
12	Raymond	505	–	15
13	David	493	↑1	21
14	Joe	493	↓1	30
15	Joseph	448	↑3	9
16	Paul	421	↓1	13
17	Kenneth	420	↑3	18
18	Thomas	402	↓1	11
19	Harold	374	↑3	14
20	Arthur	372	↓1	22
21	Henry	364	↑2	19
22	Albert	360	↓6	23
23	Manuel	352	↑1	>100
24	Walter	318	↓3	17
25	Harry	311	↑3	25
26	Ralph	311	↓1	24
27	Eugene	308	↓1	20
28	Jose	287	↑6	>100
29	Fred	255	↓2	35
30	Louis	252	–	29
31	Bill	243	–	69
32	Stanley	242	–	44
33	Ernest	231	↓4	41
34	Norman	230	↑3	39
35	Bob	221	↑1	100
36	Daniel	218	↑6	46
37	Roy	218	↓4	34
38	Gerald	206	↑2	38
39	Howard	202	↓1	28
40	Tony	201	↑7	>100
41	Alfred	199	↓6	45
42	Lawrence	197	↓1	37
43	Ronald	187	↑5	63
44	Don	178	–	90
45	Earl	166	↑1	33
46	Jesus	164	↓1	>100
47	Peter	161	↓8	59
48	Carl	152	↓5	26
49	Gilbert	152	new	99
50	Leonard	150	–	40

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