Popular baby names in California, 1929

The most popular baby names in California in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,716 babies) and Robert for boys (2,424). Social Security records list 72,102 babies born in California in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1929

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

Girls

Amparo: 26 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lupe: 149 babies, 11× the national rate
Raquel: 34 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Catalina: 28 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Concha: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Esperanza: 66 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Socorro: 45 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Velia: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Consuelo: 85 babies, 8× the national rate
Ana: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 95 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Angel: 37 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ignacio: 36 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Raul: 104 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Alfredo: 66 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 49 babies, 7× the national rate
Ricardo: 48 babies, 7× the national rate
Manuel: 380 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Fidel: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Guillermo: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,716	–	1
2	Barbara	1,378	–	7
3	Betty	1,235	–	2
4	Patricia	857	↑1	10
5	Dorothy	757	↓1	3
6	Shirley	597	↑1	9
7	Helen	559	↓1	4
8	Dolores	557	↑4	14
9	Margaret	547	–	5
10	Virginia	546	↓2	11
11	Beverly	540	↓1	39
12	Gloria	485	↓1	28
13	Joan	483	↑8	13
14	Doris	406	↑2	6
15	Alice	402	↓2	21
16	Frances	401	↓1	16
17	Ruth	398	↓3	8
18	Marilyn	358	↑2	33
19	Jean	345	↓2	12
20	Joyce	343	↑2	23
21	Maria	329	↓2	100
22	Lois	328	↓4	17
23	Nancy	315	↑4	32
24	Evelyn	287	–	19
25	Carol	279	↑15	63
26	Phyllis	276	↑2	24
27	June	267	↑9	48
28	Marjorie	265	↓5	30
29	Josephine	256	↑2	45
30	Eleanor	248	↑2	38
31	Lorraine	242	↓2	42
32	Elizabeth	237	↓7	15
33	Norma	236	↓3	25
34	Rose	225	–	26
35	Carmen	224	–	>100
36	Marie	222	↓3	22
37	Esther	220	↓11	71
38	Louise	202	new	31
39	Jacqueline	196	–	87
40	Irene	192	↓3	29
41	Geraldine	183	–	43
42	Florence	175	↑1	35
43	Mildred	175	↓5	18
44	Donna	170	↑2	47
45	Joanne	168	new	>100
46	Sally	166	↓1	>100
47	Anna	161	↑1	20
48	Marian	157	↓1	75
49	Lillian	151	↓5	40
50	Lupe	149	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	2,424	–	1
2	John	1,528	–	3
3	Richard	1,441	–	6
4	William	1,351	–	4
5	Donald	1,199	–	7
6	James	1,082	–	2
7	George	823	–	8
8	Charles	730	–	5
9	Jack	633	↑1	14
10	Frank	626	↓1	12
11	David	616	–	17
12	Edward	491	↑1	10
13	Joe	465	↓1	30
14	Raymond	443	–	15
15	Joseph	408	↑3	9
16	Manuel	380	↑3	>100
17	Thomas	363	↓2	11
18	Paul	360	↓2	13
19	Kenneth	348	↓2	18
20	Albert	329	–	24
21	Harold	323	↑1	16
22	Henry	322	↑1	21
23	Arthur	313	↓2	22
24	Ralph	312	↑4	26
25	Walter	292	–	19
26	Eugene	275	↑1	20
27	Bill	257	↓1	63
28	Harry	253	↑4	27
29	Ronald	249	↑5	45
30	Jose	246	↓6	>100
31	Fred	244	↓1	34
32	Bob	235	↓1	89
33	Gerald	216	↑11	33
34	Stanley	216	↑1	48
35	Don	212	↓6	78
36	Roy	203	↓3	35
37	Louis	201	↑2	32
38	Herbert	200	↑2	25
39	Daniel	194	↑2	47
40	Norman	192	↓4	40
41	Alfred	188	↓4	41
42	Gilbert	188	↑1	91
43	Lawrence	183	↑5	38
44	Ernest	182	↓6	43
45	Carl	171	new	28
46	Jerry	166	↑1	61
47	Tony	163	↓1	>100
48	Peter	150	new	55
49	Howard	148	↓7	31
50	Jesus	148	↓5	>100

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