Popular baby names in California, 1945

The most popular baby names in California in 1945 were Linda for girls (3,191 babies) and Robert for boys (4,976). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 171,774 babies born in California in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1945

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

Girls

Lupe: 115 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Yolanda: 176 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Robin: 135 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Melinda: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laurie: 120 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angie: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Toni: 185 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Teri: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cherie: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jeri: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ron: 135 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Louie: 79 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doug: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 287 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Miguel: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rick: 101 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alfonso: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fernando: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ken: 95 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	3,191	–	2
2	Mary	3,020	–	1
3	Patricia	2,314	–	4
4	Barbara	2,222	–	3
5	Carol	2,138	–	5
6	Susan	1,991	↑2	10
7	Sharon	1,905	↓1	8
8	Sandra	1,653	↓1	6
9	Nancy	1,392	↑1	7
10	Donna	1,307	↑1	17
11	Karen	1,288	↑2	16
12	Judith	1,275	↓3	9
13	Judy	1,201	↓1	13
14	Kathleen	1,180	↑1	19
15	Diane	1,074	↑2	22
16	Carolyn	971	↓2	12
17	Margaret	936	↓1	15
18	Gloria	839	↑2	23
19	Pamela	833	↓1	42
20	Janet	811	↑1	20
21	Cheryl	801	↑1	32
22	Shirley	789	↓3	14
23	Betty	710	–	11
24	Janice	710	↑3	24
25	Virginia	702	↑1	28
26	Marilyn	689	↓2	27
27	Diana	672	↑4	43
28	Joyce	612	–	18
29	Joan	591	↓4	25
30	Bonnie	532	↓1	35
31	Elizabeth	466	↑2	26
32	Beverly	461	↓2	37
33	Dorothy	461	↑1	21
34	Frances	446	↑1	34
35	Martha	428	↑2	30
36	Helen	419	–	31
37	Ann	404	↑3	39
38	Carole	395	↓6	51
39	Gail	390	↑5	52
40	Christine	380	↑3	62
41	Connie	374	–	47
42	Kathy	373	new	>100
43	Jean	371	↓4	38
44	Jane	365	new	36
45	Alice	360	↓3	41
46	Victoria	360	new	>100
47	Sally	346	↓9	64
48	Suzanne	340	–	68
49	Catherine	327	new	50
50	Darlene	327	↓5	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	4,976	–	2
2	John	4,353	–	3
3	James	3,964	–	1
4	Richard	3,725	–	5
5	Michael	3,202	↑1	9
6	William	2,879	↓1	4
7	David	2,825	–	6
8	Gary	1,893	↑1	13
9	Ronald	1,677	↓1	10
10	Charles	1,564	–	7
11	Thomas	1,561	–	8
12	Dennis	1,438	↑2	19
13	Larry	1,389	–	11
14	Donald	1,347	↓2	12
15	Kenneth	1,138	↑1	16
16	George	1,105	↓1	15
17	Paul	1,065	↑1	17
18	Stephen	922	↑3	26
19	Edward	896	↑1	18
20	Jerry	873	↓3	20
21	Frank	846	↓2	21
22	Joseph	791	–	14
23	Steven	754	↑2	43
24	Daniel	737	↓1	24
25	Mike	651	↑5	69
26	Jack	650	–	32
27	Raymond	633	↓3	23
28	Joe	614	–	36
29	Jim	581	↓2	68
30	Roger	566	↓1	22
31	Bill	547	↑1	66
32	Douglas	544	↑1	29
33	Terry	544	↑3	33
34	Steve	522	↑9	79
35	Gerald	500	↓4	25
36	Bruce	471	↑2	48
37	Peter	467	↑5	38
38	Arthur	454	↓4	34
39	Wayne	444	↑2	35
40	Lawrence	438	↓3	30
41	Don	416	↓2	73
42	Alan	413	↑4	52
43	Tom	399	↑1	89
44	Bob	398	new	>100
45	Fred	387	↓10	51
46	Danny	382	new	56
47	Ralph	382	↓7	44
48	Anthony	368	new	46
49	Patrick	365	↑1	63
50	Harold	363	↓2	28

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