Popular baby names in Florida, 1917

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1917 were Mary for girls (581 babies) and James for boys (555). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,735 babies born in Florida in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1917

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

Girls

Mercedes: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Essie: 51 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rosa: 82 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gracie: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Gussie: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Leola: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ernestine: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Susie: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Willie: 109 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Nathaniel: 44 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Freddie: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mario: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 53 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Willie: 213 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Eddie: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Amos: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rufus: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Johnny: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leroy: 79 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	581	–	1
2	Margaret	198	↑2	4
3	Annie	179	–	35
4	Dorothy	172	↓2	3
5	Helen	159	↑6	2
6	Ruth	154	↓1	5
7	Thelma	133	↑1	32
8	Mildred	132	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	128	–	8
10	Edna	122	↑3	20
11	Louise	119	↓5	19
12	Alice	115	↑3	13
13	Willie	109	↓3	72
14	Frances	100	↑4	9
15	Ruby	97	↓3	27
16	Hazel	96	↑9	31
17	Martha	96	↑12	22
18	Marie	90	↓4	12
19	Gladys	86	–	23
20	Evelyn	85	↓4	11
21	Virginia	85	↑13	10
22	Rosa	82	↑11	>100
23	Lillie	80	↓3	86
24	Ethel	78	↓7	24
25	Doris	74	↓3	25
26	Edith	70	↓2	28
27	Lucille	70	↓4	29
28	Beatrice	69	↑8	39
29	Myrtle	69	new	58
30	Sarah	69	–	52
31	Lillian	67	↓10	15
32	Lois	67	↓5	43
33	Minnie	66	↑15	75
34	Mattie	65	new	94
35	Julia	61	↓9	47
36	Bernice	60	↓1	42
37	Josephine	60	↑6	21
38	Florence	59	↑6	14
39	Inez	59	new	>100
40	Alma	58	↑5	71
41	Bessie	58	↓10	61
42	Clara	58	↓1	41
43	Irene	58	new	17
44	Juanita	58	↑3	87
45	Ella	56	↑4	83
46	Emma	56	↓18	46
47	Jessie	56	↓9	70
48	Eva	54	↓8	54
49	Ida	54	↓10	56
50	Carrie	53	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	James	555	–	3
2	William	452	–	2
3	John	442	–	1
4	Robert	272	–	4
5	Charles	246	↑2	7
6	Willie	213	–	31
7	George	195	↓2	6
8	Joseph	173	↑1	5
9	Henry	157	↓1	15
10	Thomas	134	↑1	10
11	Frank	130	↓1	9
12	Walter	106	↑6	11
13	Edward	105	↓1	8
14	David	93	↓1	28
15	Albert	91	↑2	18
16	Joe	89	↓1	35
17	Arthur	86	↓1	17
18	Clarence	83	↑1	25
19	Richard	82	↓5	14
20	Leroy	79	–	60
21	Samuel	76	–	42
22	Harold	74	↑11	12
23	Jack	71	↑4	22
24	Ralph	63	↑2	21
25	Fred	60	–	29
26	Ernest	55	↓4	37
27	Earl	54	↑13	32
28	Charlie	53	↓5	67
29	Johnnie	53	↑20	>100
30	Paul	51	↑2	13
31	Carl	50	↑8	24
32	Raymond	50	↓4	16
33	Harry	49	↓9	19
34	Herbert	49	↓3	40
35	Roy	47	↓1	33
36	Eddie	46	↑5	>100
37	Alfred	45	new	43
38	Louis	45	↓8	23
39	Woodrow	45	↑6	73
40	Eugene	44	↓11	39
41	Nathaniel	44	↑1	>100
42	Lewis	43	new	70
43	Jesse	42	↓6	79
44	Herman	41	↑2	58
45	Howard	41	↓9	26
46	Sam	41	↑1	72
47	Cecil	39	↓4	83
48	Leon	37	new	82
49	Benjamin	35	new	76
50	Daniel	35	new	54

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