Most Popular Names in California in 1917

These rankings use SSA state records for California. Girl and boy source categories are shown separately, and every result identifies the year.

Popular Girl Names in California in 1917

#1 Mary1,149 births #2 Dorothy779 births #3 Helen613 births #4 Margaret549 births #5 Virginia460 births #6 Ruth432 births #7 Frances400 births #8 Evelyn334 births #9 Alice316 births #10 Elizabeth304 births #11 Barbara298 births #12 Betty269 births #13 Marie268 births #14 Rose246 births #15 Mildred241 births #16 Florence236 births #17 Eleanor230 births #18 Marjorie228 births #19 Josephine214 births #20 Jean208 births #21 Doris193 births #22 Jane180 births #23 Lillian170 births #24 June169 births #25 Grace168 births #26 Louise160 births #27 Bernice156 births #28 Lois154 births #29 Irene150 births #29 Lucille150 births #31 Anna141 births #32 Edna138 births #33 Patricia137 births #34 Catherine135 births #35 Gladys128 births #36 Phyllis127 births #37 Marian126 births #38 Marion125 births #39 Katherine123 births #40 Edith122 births #41 Thelma121 births #42 Pauline118 births #43 Hazel117 births #44 Esther116 births #45 Elsie114 births #46 Gertrude112 births #47 Martha104 births #48 Ethel103 births #49 Geraldine99 births #50 Ann97 births #51 Emma95 births #52 Agnes93 births #53 Lorraine91 births #54 Eva90 births #55 Anita89 births #56 Beatrice88 births #56 Vivian88 births #58 Dolores86 births #59 Charlotte83 births #60 Laura82 births #61 Clara81 births #62 Mabel78 births #62 Norma78 births #64 Jessie77 births #64 Muriel77 births #66 Audrey76 births #67 Ellen75 births #67 Julia75 births #69 Kathryn74 births #70 Winifred73 births #71 Vera71 births #72 Genevieve70 births #72 Ida70 births #72 Lena70 births #75 Kathleen69 births #75 Marguerite69 births #77 Violet68 births #78 Juanita66 births #78 Viola66 births #80 Nellie63 births #81 Jeanne62 births #81 Jennie62 births #83 Alma61 births #83 May61 births #83 Ruby61 births #83 Shirley61 births #87 Anne60 births #87 Wilma60 births #89 Carmen59 births #90 Emily58 births #90 Janet58 births #92 Maria57 births #93 Pearl56 births #94 Lucy55 births #94 Maxine55 births #96 Isabel54 births #97 Madeline53 births #98 Sylvia52 births #99 Roberta51 births #99 Theresa51 births

Popular Boy Names in California in 1917

#1 John1,066 births #2 Robert1,036 births #3 William1,005 births #4 George671 births #5 James589 births #6 Frank492 births #7 Charles484 births #8 Richard367 births #9 Edward366 births #10 Joseph358 births #11 Jack326 births #12 Donald282 births #13 Walter280 births #14 Albert268 births #15 Joe240 births #16 Thomas237 births #17 Arthur220 births #17 Harold220 births #17 Paul220 births #20 Raymond214 births #21 Henry205 births #22 Harry203 births #23 Ernest183 births #24 Fred180 births #25 Louis160 births #26 David156 births #27 Kenneth153 births #28 Manuel152 births #29 Ralph150 births #30 Roy146 births #31 Alfred144 births #32 Lawrence129 births #33 Howard124 births #34 Francis121 births #35 Clarence120 births #36 Norman117 births #37 Earl115 births #38 Carl114 births #39 Edwin112 births #40 Herbert109 births #40 Stanley109 births #42 Eugene104 births #43 Peter99 births #44 Lloyd98 births #45 Tony92 births #46 Anthony87 births #47 Daniel82 births #47 Frederick82 births #49 Elmer81 births #50 Philip77 births #51 Clifford76 births #52 Ray75 births #53 Leonard73 births #54 Leo72 births #55 Melvin70 births #56 Andrew68 births #57 Victor66 births #58 Gordon65 births #59 Lester62 births #59 Milton62 births #61 Russell60 births #62 Chester58 births #62 Sam58 births #62 Vernon58 births #62 Vincent58 births #66 Gerald55 births #67 Pete54 births #68 Glenn53 births #68 Warren53 births #70 Leroy50 births #71 Theodore49 births #72 Douglas48 births #72 Everett48 births #72 Leslie48 births #72 Martin48 births #76 Jose47 births #77 Leland46 births #78 Clyde45 births #78 Willard45 births #80 Tom44 births #81 Alvin43 births #81 Bill43 births #83 Bernard42 births #84 Lee39 births #84 Wesley39 births #86 Benjamin38 births #86 Mike38 births #88 Floyd37 births #89 Ben36 births #89 Gilbert36 births #89 Harvey36 births #89 Marvin36 births #89 Wilbur36 births #94 Don35 births #95 Allen34 births #95 Homer34 births #97 Jesse33 births #97 Phillip33 births #99 Antonio32 births #99 Herman32 births

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