Popular baby names in California, 1932

The most popular baby names in California in 1932 were Barbara for girls (1,656 babies) and Robert for boys (2,308). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 69,522 babies born in California in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1932

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

Girls

Armida: 26 babies, 14× the national rate
Lupe: 123 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Catalina: 20 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Raquel: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Carmen: 201 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Angie: 50 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Socorro: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Consuelo: 50 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Esperanza: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Elisa: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 69 babies, 9× the national rate
Fernando: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Luis: 70 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Angel: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ignacio: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Raul: 76 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Manuel: 277 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rudy: 86 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rafael: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Ricardo: 32 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Barbara	1,656	↑1	3
2	Mary	1,498	↓1	1
3	Patricia	1,009	↑1	6
4	Betty	876	↓1	2
5	Joan	779	↑1	5
6	Shirley	607	↑1	9
7	Dorothy	606	↓2	4
8	Beverly	598	↑1	28
9	Margaret	540	↑1	7
10	Marilyn	518	↓2	16
11	Helen	485	↑2	8
12	Gloria	482	↓1	25
13	Nancy	479	↑2	13
14	Dolores	435	–	18
15	Virginia	426	↓3	14
16	Joyce	406	–	12
17	Carol	367	↑5	32
18	Alice	354	–	21
19	Frances	316	–	19
20	Donna	313	↑3	29
21	Ruth	307	↓4	11
22	Jean	305	↓2	15
23	Lois	295	↓2	20
24	Doris	254	–	10
25	Joanne	250	↑4	62
26	Norma	236	↓1	22
27	Janet	234	↑8	35
28	Evelyn	229	↓2	23
29	Diane	228	new	>100
30	Eleanor	224	↑4	45
31	Sally	224	↑12	84
32	Marjorie	214	↓2	37
33	Marlene	213	↑8	78
34	June	211	↑2	44
35	Phyllis	210	↓7	30
36	Rose	210	↑2	33
37	Irene	204	↑3	43
38	Elizabeth	203	↓7	17
39	Carmen	201	↑3	>100
40	Josephine	201	↓8	57
41	Marie	201	↓4	31
42	Ann	197	↓3	34
43	Esther	186	↓10	82
44	Lorraine	181	–	55
45	Carolyn	180	↑5	46
46	Geraldine	173	↑1	42
47	Maria	168	↓20	>100
48	Jacqueline	160	↓2	85
49	Anita	155	new	>100
50	Louise	145	↓5	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	2,308	–	1
2	John	1,622	↑1	3
3	Richard	1,575	↓1	5
4	William	1,242	–	4
5	James	1,197	↑1	2
6	Donald	1,191	↓1	7
7	Charles	848	–	6
8	George	708	–	8
9	Ronald	649	↑4	16
10	David	631	–	12
11	Frank	628	–	15
12	Jack	519	↓3	17
13	Edward	510	↓1	11
14	Kenneth	448	↑4	14
15	Joe	445	↑1	29
16	Raymond	428	↓1	19
17	Thomas	413	↓3	10
18	Paul	343	↑1	13
19	Joseph	337	↓2	9
20	Albert	295	–	26
21	Don	294	↑3	55
22	Arthur	281	↑1	25
23	Manuel	277	↓2	>100
24	Ralph	270	↑2	27
25	Harold	263	–	18
26	Henry	262	↓4	23
27	Gerald	260	↑4	24
28	Bill	251	–	58
29	Bob	250	↑4	79
30	Jerry	249	↑4	34
31	Walter	241	↓2	21
32	Eugene	228	–	22
33	Fred	228	↓6	33
34	Norman	212	↓4	37
35	Gilbert	206	↑11	97
36	Daniel	205	↑3	42
37	Ernest	189	↑4	47
38	Harry	186	↓3	32
39	Louis	186	↑1	39
40	Stanley	183	↓2	52
41	Lawrence	175	↓4	35
42	Carl	174	↑6	28
43	Roy	171	↑2	38
44	Jose	169	↓8	>100
45	Alfred	168	↓2	49
46	Ray	162	↑1	59
47	Peter	152	↓5	62
48	Leonard	146	new	48
49	Dick	145	new	>100
50	Jim	143	new	>100

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