Popular baby names in Florida, 1921

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1921 were Mary for girls (717 babies) and James for boys (803). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,405 babies born in Florida in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1921

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

Girls

Ouida: 17 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Idella: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Mercedes: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Essie: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Frankie: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ernestine: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Willie: 149 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Daisy: 54 babies, 4× the national rate
Janie: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Inez: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Nathaniel: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Freddie: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Eddie: 68 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Willie: 261 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lonnie: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 59 babies, 4× the national rate
Aubrey: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Woodrow: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Johnie: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	717	–	1
2	Dorothy	349	–	2
3	Margaret	228	–	4
4	Helen	207	↑1	3
5	Annie	200	↓1	36
6	Mildred	198	↑1	7
7	Ruth	198	↓1	5
8	Elizabeth	158	–	10
9	Louise	158	↑4	22
10	Frances	153	↓1	9
11	Doris	152	–	13
12	Willie	149	↓2	74
13	Evelyn	140	↓1	12
14	Thelma	138	↑1	30
15	Virginia	130	↑5	6
16	Edna	125	↑1	27
17	Ruby	122	↑1	26
18	Gladys	118	↑3	24
19	Alice	112	↓5	15
20	Hazel	110	↑2	34
21	Bernice	107	↑7	39
22	Lillian	105	↓6	19
23	Juanita	104	↑9	57
24	Ethel	98	↑3	32
25	Edith	97	↓2	33
26	Lillie	92	↓1	94
27	Lois	91	↑6	38
28	Marie	91	↓9	14
29	Marjorie	87	↑11	16
30	Florence	83	↑5	17
31	Martha	83	↓1	21
32	Lucille	81	↓3	31
33	Sarah	79	↓9	54
34	Irene	78	new	18
35	Betty	76	↓4	8
36	Inez	73	↑6	>100
37	Minnie	72	↑6	96
38	Catherine	67	↑9	23
39	Grace	67	new	35
40	Bertha	65	↓4	59
41	Emma	65	↑5	52
42	Ida	65	↑6	67
43	Myrtle	64	↑6	73
44	Jessie	62	new	91
45	Beatrice	61	↓4	41
46	Bessie	61	↓12	75
47	Eva	61	new	63
48	Alma	60	new	78
49	Josephine	60	↓4	28
50	Vera	58	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	803	–	4
2	John	569	–	1
3	William	512	–	3
4	Robert	388	–	2
5	Charles	283	↑2	5
6	Willie	261	–	34
7	George	260	↓2	6
8	Henry	199	–	17
9	Joseph	199	–	7
10	Thomas	184	↑1	11
11	Frank	169	↑1	9
12	Edward	151	↓2	8
13	Richard	134	–	10
14	Jack	130	↑5	18
15	Walter	129	↑1	15
16	Joe	104	↓2	36
17	Harold	99	↑5	12
18	Harry	99	↑10	21
19	Arthur	98	↓4	19
20	Albert	97	↓3	20
21	Clarence	94	↑4	28
22	Ernest	94	↑2	38
23	Fred	94	↑6	33
24	David	93	↓6	25
25	Samuel	88	↓5	44
26	Raymond	81	↑7	16
27	Louis	78	↓6	29
28	Eugene	76	↑17	26
29	Leroy	74	↓3	55
30	Charlie	72	↑2	76
31	Earl	72	↓4	31
32	Carl	70	↓1	30
33	Ralph	70	↓3	23
34	Eddie	68	new	>100
35	Paul	68	↓12	14
36	Herbert	61	↑2	42
37	Johnnie	59	↓3	>100
38	Daniel	53	↑9	49
39	Howard	53	↓3	27
40	Lawrence	51	↑1	37
41	Warren	51	new	24
42	Roy	50	↓2	32
43	Leon	49	↑6	74
44	Cecil	48	↓7	79
45	Herman	48	↓2	64
46	Alfred	47	↓4	43
47	Donald	47	↓3	13
48	Benjamin	45	new	82
49	Sam	45	new	85
50	Clyde	43	↓4	69

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