Popular baby names in California, 1933

The most popular baby names in California in 1933 were Barbara for girls (1,516 babies) and Robert for boys (2,134). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 66,891 babies born in California in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1933

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: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Catalina: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lupe: 116 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Consuelo: 57 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Socorro: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ernestina: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Esperanza: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Carmen: 163 babies, 6× the national rate
Diane: 286 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Aurora: 37 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Angel: 29 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Salvador: 52 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Raul: 77 babies, 7× the national rate
Ignacio: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Fernando: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lupe: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jess: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Luis: 50 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Miguel: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rafael: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Barbara	1,516	–	3
2	Mary	1,470	–	1
3	Patricia	962	–	6
4	Betty	763	–	2
5	Joan	730	–	5
6	Shirley	594	–	9
7	Dorothy	517	–	4
8	Beverly	514	–	26
9	Margaret	483	–	7
10	Nancy	479	↑3	11
11	Gloria	464	↑1	31
12	Marilyn	454	↓2	16
13	Carol	453	↑4	20
14	Helen	443	↓3	8
15	Virginia	441	–	15
16	Dolores	389	↓2	21
17	Joyce	378	↓1	12
18	Donna	345	↑2	24
19	Jean	311	↑3	14
20	Frances	306	↓1	18
21	Janet	294	↑6	25
22	Alice	291	↓4	22
23	Ruth	289	↓2	13
24	Diane	286	↑5	>100
25	Doris	245	↓1	10
26	Marlene	244	↑7	50
27	Carolyn	239	↑18	40
28	Lois	239	↓5	19
29	Phyllis	236	↑6	28
30	Sally	228	↑1	76
31	Joanne	222	↓6	56
32	Evelyn	221	↓4	30
33	Ann	219	↑9	34
34	Marjorie	214	↓2	41
35	Eleanor	200	↓5	38
36	Elizabeth	190	↑2	17
37	Irene	190	–	46
38	Marie	181	↑3	33
39	Norma	178	↓13	23
40	Rose	170	↓4	35
41	Josephine	167	↓1	62
42	Carmen	163	↓3	>100
43	Lorraine	163	↑1	54
44	Esther	162	↓1	88
45	Geraldine	162	↑1	42
46	Jacqueline	161	↑2	86
47	Louise	157	↑3	39
48	Maria	157	↓1	>100
49	Pat	155	new	>100
50	Martha	152	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	2,134	–	1
2	Richard	1,547	↑1	5
3	John	1,450	↓1	3
4	James	1,239	↑1	2
5	William	1,186	↓1	4
6	Donald	1,158	–	7
7	Charles	727	–	6
8	George	672	–	8
9	Ronald	671	–	12
10	David	657	–	13
11	Frank	567	–	16
12	Jack	519	–	17
13	Edward	472	–	11
14	Thomas	459	↑3	10
15	Joe	426	–	27
16	Kenneth	392	↓2	15
17	Paul	384	↑1	14
18	Raymond	367	↓2	19
19	Joseph	321	–	9
20	Don	317	↑1	54
21	Arthur	295	↑1	25
22	Gerald	280	↑5	22
23	Albert	273	↓3	30
24	Fred	253	↑9	34
25	Bill	250	↑3	59
26	Henry	250	–	24
27	Jerry	248	↑3	31
28	Norman	238	↑6	37
29	Ralph	230	↓5	29
30	Harold	224	↓5	18
31	Manuel	223	↓8	>100
32	Walter	221	↓1	21
33	Bob	212	↓4	82
34	Lawrence	206	↑7	38
35	Harry	196	↑3	35
36	Gary	194	new	80
37	Louis	191	↑2	40
38	Ernest	183	↓1	50
39	Eugene	178	↓7	23
40	Roy	175	↑3	39
41	Larry	174	new	58
42	Peter	173	↑5	60
43	Daniel	172	↓7	42
44	Gilbert	172	↓9	>100
45	Alfred	170	–	57
46	Michael	162	new	53
47	Carl	160	↓5	28
48	Ray	160	↓2	62
49	Jim	159	↑1	98
50	Stanley	156	↓10	55

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