Popular baby names in California, 1949

The most popular baby names in California in 1949 were Linda for girls (6,272 babies) and Robert for boys (5,956). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 233,629 babies born in California in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1949

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: 119 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lori: 57 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelina: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Teri: 79 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Yolanda: 344 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Robyn: 69 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robin: 236 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Pam: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terri: 168 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christina: 312 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 105 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jess: 66 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Manuel: 392 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Louie: 93 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ruben: 228 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rudy: 156 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raul: 131 babies, 3× the national rate
Armando: 91 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfonso: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Luis: 124 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	6,272	–	1
2	Mary	3,220	–	2
3	Susan	3,180	–	5
4	Patricia	2,925	–	3
5	Kathleen	2,348	↑1	9
6	Barbara	2,295	↓1	4
7	Nancy	2,063	↑1	7
8	Sandra	2,029	↓1	6
9	Sharon	1,860	↑1	10
10	Carol	1,779	↓1	8
11	Karen	1,734	–	11
12	Pamela	1,393	↑1	21
13	Donna	1,369	↓1	12
14	Christine	1,345	↑4	30
15	Deborah	1,331	↑14	15
16	Diane	1,237	↓1	19
17	Margaret	1,196	↓1	14
18	Janet	1,144	↑2	23
19	Judith	1,089	↓2	16
20	Cynthia	1,009	↑1	27
21	Judy	971	↓7	20
22	Janice	921	↑1	24
23	Cheryl	916	↓4	28
24	Gloria	877	–	29
25	Carolyn	842	↓3	17
26	Shirley	838	↓1	18
27	Elizabeth	752	↑1	25
28	Marilyn	727	↓2	33
29	Catherine	726	↑1	37
30	Kathy	691	↑2	42
31	Diana	688	↓4	48
32	Virginia	654	↓1	39
33	Joyce	625	–	26
34	Kathryn	616	↑6	52
35	Beverly	606	–	31
36	Brenda	591	↑7	13
37	Bonnie	570	↓1	35
38	Maria	569	–	72
39	Laura	559	↑9	65
40	Gail	558	↑7	51
41	Betty	554	↓7	22
42	Joan	549	↓5	36
43	Katherine	536	↑6	59
44	Martha	529	↓5	34
45	Peggy	529	↓4	38
46	Rebecca	521	new	40
47	Victoria	482	↑3	96
48	Lynn	476	new	74
49	Paula	472	↓5	55
50	Suzanne	465	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	5,956	–	2
2	Michael	5,364	↑1	5
3	John	5,348	↓1	3
4	James	4,656	–	1
5	David	4,506	–	6
6	Richard	4,170	–	7
7	William	3,421	–	4
8	Steven	2,451	↑3	20
9	Thomas	2,432	–	8
10	Gary	2,209	–	12
11	Ronald	2,161	↓3	11
12	Charles	2,036	↑1	9
13	Stephen	1,911	↑2	19
14	Larry	1,840	↓2	10
15	Dennis	1,760	↓1	16
16	Donald	1,695	–	13
17	Kenneth	1,575	–	15
18	Daniel	1,495	↑1	22
19	Mark	1,397	↑5	24
20	Paul	1,385	↓2	17
21	George	1,252	↓1	18
22	Edward	1,123	↑3	21
23	Joseph	1,118	↓2	14
24	Gregory	1,087	↓2	31
25	Bruce	1,069	↑1	26
26	Frank	1,011	↓3	27
27	Timothy	943	↑2	34
28	Douglas	886	↑4	29
29	Jerry	849	↓2	23
30	Patrick	829	↑4	39
31	Raymond	764	–	30
32	Lawrence	743	↑3	32
33	Steve	685	↓5	68
34	Terry	643	↓1	28
35	Jeffrey	636	↑12	48
36	Jack	624	↑1	47
37	Roger	615	↑3	25
38	Craig	606	↑8	77
39	Danny	606	↓3	40
40	Anthony	602	↑9	36
41	Arthur	579	–	44
42	Christopher	579	new	81
43	Peter	579	↓1	38
44	Mike	554	↓14	88
45	Joe	553	↓7	52
46	Gerald	546	↓2	33
47	Wayne	539	↓2	35
48	Alan	517	↓5	45
49	Ralph	481	new	50
50	Philip	477	new	55

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