Popular baby names in Florida, 1929

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1929 were Mary for girls (823 babies) and James for boys (846). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,831 babies born in Florida in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1929

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: 15 babies, 13× the national rate
Elouise: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Essie: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leola: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosa: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
Lucile: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elnora: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ernestine: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Doyle: 50 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Moses: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carlton: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Freddie: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alfonso: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mack: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Amos: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Willie: 259 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	823	–	1
2	Betty	486	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	424	↓1	3
4	Helen	223	↑1	4
5	Doris	212	↑2	6
6	Margaret	209	↓2	5
7	Mildred	190	↑2	18
8	Barbara	185	↑2	7
9	Annie	183	↓3	37
10	Frances	183	↑3	16
11	Ruth	162	↓3	8
12	Elizabeth	159	↑2	15
13	Louise	142	↑2	31
14	Virginia	137	↑2	11
15	Evelyn	128	↓4	19
16	Martha	122	↓4	27
17	Willie	119	↑3	76
18	Joyce	115	↑10	23
19	Thelma	115	↑3	41
20	Ruby	113	↓2	36
21	Juanita	112	↑3	60
22	Alice	111	↓5	21
23	Hazel	98	↑14	64
24	Edna	93	↓3	51
25	Patricia	93	↓6	10
26	Lois	88	↓1	17
27	Rosa	84	↑8	>100
28	Jean	82	↑2	12
29	Marjorie	82	↑5	30
30	Gloria	81	↓7	28
31	Bernice	79	–	55
32	Geraldine	78	↑11	43
33	Gladys	78	↓6	44
34	Ethel	75	↑4	56
35	Catherine	74	↓3	34
36	Shirley	70	↓3	9
37	Sarah	69	↓11	68
38	Clara	67	new	65
39	Lillian	67	↓10	40
40	Emma	66	new	69
41	Rose	63	new	26
42	Edith	62	↓1	59
43	Irene	62	new	29
44	Lucille	62	↑5	57
45	Joan	61	new	13
46	Marie	60	↓10	22
47	Mattie	60	new	>100
48	Nancy	60	↓4	32
49	Lillie	59	↓9	>100
50	Alma	58	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	846	–	2
2	Robert	578	↑2	1
3	William	552	↓1	4
4	John	537	↓1	3
5	Charles	393	–	5
6	George	298	–	8
7	Willie	259	–	29
8	Thomas	214	↑1	11
9	Joseph	194	↑1	9
10	Richard	172	↓2	6
11	Henry	171	↑1	21
12	Frank	163	↑2	12
13	Herbert	154	↑11	25
14	David	148	↓1	17
15	Edward	146	↓4	10
16	Donald	139	↑1	7
17	Jack	139	↓2	14
18	Walter	131	↓2	19
19	Joe	113	↑2	30
20	Harold	110	↓1	16
21	Albert	104	↓3	24
22	Eugene	102	↑4	20
23	Arthur	100	↑5	22
24	Harry	96	↓2	27
25	Leroy	93	↑4	51
26	Ralph	93	↑1	26
27	Paul	91	↓4	13
28	Raymond	91	↑4	15
29	Ernest	90	↑2	43
30	Billy	89	↑10	23
31	Clarence	85	↓1	37
32	Kenneth	79	↑3	18
33	Samuel	78	↓8	53
34	Alfred	75	↑5	41
35	Louis	74	↑10	32
36	Roy	73	–	35
37	Eddie	72	↑5	>100
38	Fred	70	↓5	34
39	Earl	69	↓19	36
40	Carl	66	↓3	28
41	Johnnie	64	↑6	>100
42	Charlie	62	↓8	87
43	Clyde	61	↑3	74
44	Daniel	55	–	47
45	Leonard	52	new	42
46	Doyle	50	↓3	>100
47	Howard	49	↓9	31
48	Jimmie	49	↓7	98
49	Bobby	48	new	50
50	Leon	48	–	81

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