Popular baby names in Florida, 1924

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1924 were Mary for girls (847 babies) and James for boys (902). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,999 babies born in Florida in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1924

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

Girls

Myrtice: 19 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Doretha: 20 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Elouise: 30 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Queen: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mercedes: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Essie: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eddie: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Willie: 157 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eloise: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nathaniel: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freddie: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willie: 315 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mack: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cleveland: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Amos: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Julian: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Eddie: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	847	–	1
2	Dorothy	443	–	2
3	Margaret	278	–	5
4	Betty	254	↑7	4
5	Helen	233	↓1	3
6	Mildred	233	↓1	8
7	Ruth	205	–	6
8	Elizabeth	196	–	11
9	Annie	195	↓3	32
10	Doris	189	↓1	9
11	Frances	186	↑6	10
12	Louise	175	↓2	24
13	Willie	157	↓1	68
14	Evelyn	152	–	12
15	Thelma	149	–	33
16	Ruby	136	↓3	26
17	Alice	132	↓1	15
18	Virginia	131	↑1	7
19	Martha	124	↓1	21
20	Gladys	123	↑4	30
21	Edna	120	–	31
22	Juanita	119	–	48
23	Lillian	114	↓3	23
24	Marie	110	↑1	14
25	Marjorie	108	↑1	17
26	Hazel	105	↑1	42
27	Lois	105	↑5	22
28	Bernice	104	↑3	47
29	Edith	101	↓6	36
30	Ethel	101	↓2	39
31	Sarah	94	↑3	54
32	Lillie	92	↑3	97
33	Florence	86	↑8	20
34	Rosa	83	↓5	>100
35	Catherine	81	↓5	27
36	Bessie	77	new	86
37	Bertha	76	↑9	65
38	Eva	75	↓2	66
39	Ida	75	↑3	70
40	Alma	73	↑3	87
41	Myrtle	73	↑6	89
42	Josephine	71	↓4	34
43	Vera	71	new	85
44	Lucille	70	↑5	37
45	Anna	69	new	13
46	Minnie	68	new	100
47	Jessie	67	↓2	91
48	Julia	66	↓9	62
49	Barbara	64	new	28
50	Jean	63	new	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	902	–	4
2	William	592	–	3
3	John	582	–	2
4	Robert	559	–	1
5	Charles	370	↑1	5
6	Willie	315	↑1	30
7	George	295	↓2	6
8	Thomas	218	–	11
9	Joseph	197	–	7
10	Edward	192	↑1	9
11	Henry	187	↓1	18
12	Frank	168	–	12
13	Richard	159	–	8
14	Jack	146	↑2	17
15	Albert	139	–	21
16	David	130	↑4	24
17	Walter	124	↓3	16
18	Arthur	116	↑1	20
19	Joe	111	↓1	35
20	Clarence	106	↑5	29
21	Harold	104	↓4	13
22	Ralph	104	–	23
23	Samuel	104	↑1	45
24	Harry	100	↑4	22
25	Leroy	97	↑2	53
26	Paul	97	↑5	14
27	Louis	95	↑11	28
28	Ernest	90	↑2	37
29	Eugene	87	–	25
30	Fred	86	↓9	32
31	Earl	84	↑4	33
32	Raymond	80	↓9	15
33	Herbert	78	↑8	41
34	Donald	76	–	10
35	Howard	71	↑8	26
36	Roy	71	↓3	31
37	Alfred	68	–	43
38	Charlie	64	↓6	80
39	Carl	62	↓13	27
40	Eddie	59	–	>100
41	Lawrence	59	new	36
42	Calvin	58	new	44
43	Andrew	57	↑6	56
44	Cecil	56	↑2	85
45	Kenneth	55	↓1	19
46	Oscar	55	new	99
47	Clyde	53	↑3	69
48	Johnnie	53	↓12	>100
49	Theodore	53	↓1	65
50	Benjamin	52	new	89

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