Popular baby names in California, 1941

The most popular baby names in California in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,952 babies) and Robert for boys (3,375). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 114,314 babies born in California in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1941

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: 34 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lupe: 82 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Yolanda: 75 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angie: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Michele: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Melinda: 60 babies, 4× the national rate
Terry: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Robin: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sheryl: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laurie: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 54 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jess: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Raul: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Manuel: 221 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rudy: 86 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ruben: 85 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mario: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Armando: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ron: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ken: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,952	–	1
2	Linda	1,930	↑2	5
3	Patricia	1,823	↓1	3
4	Barbara	1,774	↓1	2
5	Carol	1,339	–	4
6	Sharon	1,195	↑1	15
7	Judith	1,119	↓1	6
8	Nancy	994	–	8
9	Sandra	975	–	9
10	Judy	973	–	16
11	Susan	796	–	27
12	Carolyn	759	↑6	11
13	Donna	725	↓1	20
14	Margaret	689	↓1	12
15	Diane	662	↑1	40
16	Joan	653	↓1	17
17	Betty	646	↓3	7
18	Karen	615	↑14	19
19	Joyce	584	↑1	13
20	Marilyn	578	↓1	30
21	Shirley	575	↓4	10
22	Virginia	548	↓1	23
23	Janice	540	↑1	22
24	Janet	504	↑1	18
25	Bonnie	493	↑2	33
26	Gloria	492	↓4	26
27	Dorothy	453	↓1	14
28	Kathleen	452	↑1	36
29	Beverly	425	↓6	29
30	Helen	399	–	24
31	Frances	380	↓3	31
32	Jean	356	↑2	32
33	Alice	350	↓2	34
34	Elizabeth	345	↑1	21
35	Irene	320	↑3	74
36	Carole	319	↓3	48
37	Darlene	302	↑3	76
38	Dolores	302	↓1	57
39	Martha	288	↑2	25
40	Ann	278	↓4	37
41	Joanne	273	↑1	54
42	Ruth	273	↓3	28
43	Diana	269	↑5	100
44	Sally	265	↑2	61
45	Gail	253	↓1	68
46	Marie	251	↑4	42
47	Pat	245	↓2	>100
48	Phyllis	242	↓5	35
49	Norma	239	↓2	47
50	Geraldine	225	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	3,375	–	2
2	John	2,627	–	3
3	Richard	2,487	–	5
4	James	2,361	–	1
5	William	1,969	–	4
6	David	1,771	–	7
7	Gary	1,491	–	19
8	Ronald	1,401	–	9
9	Michael	1,379	–	16
10	Charles	1,140	–	6
11	Donald	1,120	–	10
12	Larry	1,026	↑1	11
13	Thomas	979	↓1	8
14	George	879	–	13
15	Dennis	867	↑1	23
16	Kenneth	765	↑1	15
17	Frank	725	↓2	21
18	Jerry	711	–	14
19	Paul	679	↑1	18
20	Edward	661	↓1	17
21	Raymond	500	–	22
22	Joseph	475	↑3	12
23	Stephen	467	↑5	41
24	Gerald	461	↓2	20
25	Jack	443	↓1	32
26	Bill	440	–	68
27	Joe	417	↓4	30
28	Roger	409	↓1	25
29	Daniel	392	–	31
30	Arthur	372	↑1	33
31	Fred	365	↓1	43
32	Douglas	325	↑6	53
33	Lawrence	325	–	34
34	Don	324	–	66
35	Jim	321	↓3	80
36	Peter	321	↑1	44
37	Wayne	313	↑4	37
38	Steven	306	new	90
39	Bob	297	↓3	>100
40	Mike	289	↑6	>100
41	Albert	285	↑2	40
42	Carl	285	↓3	29
43	Henry	284	↓8	28
44	Walter	282	↓2	26
45	Ralph	281	↓5	38
46	Harold	278	↑1	24
47	Tom	269	↑3	88
48	Anthony	265	new	46
49	Norman	264	↓4	49
50	Bruce	263	↓6	51

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