Popular baby names in California, 1934

The most popular baby names in California in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,590 babies) and Robert for boys (2,199). Social Security records list 69,787 babies born in California in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1934

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: 30 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Lupe: 114 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Elisa: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carmen: 162 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Angie: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Consuelo: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Esperanza: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Socorro: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ofelia: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Diane: 302 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Raul: 79 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Salvador: 44 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Angel: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Rafael: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Manuel: 258 babies, 6× the national rate
Ignacio: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rudy: 93 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Augustine: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lupe: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Miguel: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,590	↑1	1
2	Barbara	1,479	↓1	3
3	Patricia	1,018	–	6
4	Shirley	1,006	↑2	4
5	Joan	731	–	7
6	Betty	703	↓2	2
7	Carol	559	↑6	14
8	Nancy	554	↑2	10
9	Dorothy	516	↓2	5
10	Margaret	483	↓1	8
11	Helen	481	↑3	9
12	Beverly	476	↓4	22
13	Marilyn	433	↓1	17
14	Gloria	420	↓3	30
15	Virginia	418	–	15
16	Donna	400	↑2	23
17	Joyce	377	–	12
18	Dolores	359	↓2	26
19	Janet	343	↑2	21
20	Jean	328	↓1	16
21	Ruth	316	↑2	13
22	Diane	302	↑2	>100
23	Alice	297	↓1	25
24	Frances	284	↓4	19
25	Joanne	268	↑6	45
26	Sally	250	↑4	62
27	Arlene	238	new	53
28	Ann	235	↑5	32
29	Carolyn	227	↓2	33
30	Elizabeth	227	↑6	18
31	Lois	222	↓3	20
32	Doris	218	↓7	11
33	Norma	210	↑6	24
34	Evelyn	209	↓2	29
35	Irene	206	↑2	49
36	Marjorie	199	↓2	41
37	Marlene	196	↓11	57
38	Eleanor	194	↓3	44
39	Phyllis	193	↓10	28
40	Lorraine	183	↑3	56
41	Darlene	177	new	90
42	Marie	176	↓4	34
43	Josephine	172	↓2	60
44	June	167	new	46
45	Louise	165	↑2	40
46	Carmen	162	↓4	>100
47	Joann	160	new	50
48	Esther	158	↓4	91
49	Pat	158	–	>100
50	Rose	156	↓10	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	2,199	–	1
2	Richard	1,775	–	5
3	John	1,479	–	3
4	James	1,267	–	2
5	William	1,218	–	4
6	Donald	1,182	–	6
7	Charles	748	–	7
8	Ronald	720	↑1	11
9	George	687	↓1	8
10	David	647	–	12
11	Frank	606	–	16
12	Jack	486	–	17
13	Edward	434	–	13
14	Paul	411	↑3	14
15	Joe	407	–	26
16	Thomas	404	↓2	9
17	Raymond	388	↑1	19
18	Kenneth	385	↓2	15
19	Don	349	↑1	50
20	Joseph	333	↓1	10
21	Gary	287	↑15	60
22	Fred	284	↑2	33
23	Jerry	284	↑4	25
24	Arthur	280	↓3	29
25	Bill	267	–	59
26	Albert	266	↓3	32
27	Gerald	261	↓5	22
28	Manuel	258	↑3	>100
29	Ralph	254	–	31
30	Bob	249	↑3	75
31	Norman	238	↓3	38
32	Walter	235	–	21
33	Henry	233	↓7	27
34	Harold	231	↓4	18
35	Daniel	229	↑8	42
36	Larry	223	↑5	43
37	Michael	215	↑9	47
38	Roger	207	new	39
39	Jim	201	↑10	90
40	Carl	199	↑7	28
41	Lawrence	199	↓7	34
42	Peter	199	–	61
43	Louis	195	↓6	40
44	Harry	193	↓9	36
45	Eugene	190	↓6	24
46	Ernest	184	↓8	51
47	Ray	176	↑1	63
48	Gilbert	175	↓4	>100
49	Alfred	164	↓4	64
50	Douglas	154	new	72

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