Popular baby names in Florida, 1936

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1936 were Mary for girls (783 babies) and James for boys (879). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,095 babies born in Florida in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1936

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

Girls

Elouise: 23 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Earnestine: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Johnnie: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Essie: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tommie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ruthie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bettye: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nell: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mamie: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 17 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Emory: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rudolph: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sylvester: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Roosevelt: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alton: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carlton: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 66 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rufus: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	783	–	1
2	Betty	557	–	4
3	Barbara	460	↑1	3
4	Shirley	400	↓1	2
5	Dorothy	292	–	6
6	Patricia	231	–	5
7	Margaret	198	–	9
8	Martha	179	↑1	24
9	Joyce	175	↑3	12
10	Carolyn	156	↑9	23
11	Annie	151	–	45
12	Frances	147	↓4	19
13	Helen	142	↓3	11
14	Joan	137	↑6	7
15	Elizabeth	135	↓1	18
16	Nancy	132	↑2	8
17	Doris	120	↓4	15
18	Gloria	118	↓2	32
19	Mildred	117	↑2	40
20	Virginia	117	↓3	14
21	Evelyn	108	↓6	34
22	Alice	106	↑2	27
23	Ruth	95	↓1	16
24	Sylvia	94	↑12	53
25	Jean	90	↑16	20
26	Ruby	87	↓1	51
27	Louise	86	↓1	46
28	Peggy	86	↑15	35
29	Juanita	83	↓6	75
30	Thelma	82	↑9	74
31	Willie	77	↓4	>100
32	Geraldine	76	↑16	41
33	Catherine	73	↓1	44
34	Ann	71	↓4	28
35	Sarah	70	↓7	63
36	Lois	67	↑2	26
37	Norma	67	↓8	29
38	Bernice	64	↓4	95
39	Marie	63	↓4	33
40	Edna	62	↓7	71
41	Lillie	61	↓1	>100
42	Carol	60	↓11	10
43	Hazel	57	↓6	96
44	Janice	57	new	31
45	Rose	56	new	37
46	Jo	55	new	72
47	Marilyn	55	↓3	13
48	Beverly	54	new	17
49	Gladys	54	↓7	84
50	Lillian	54	–	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	879	–	2
2	Robert	638	–	1
3	John	616	↑1	3
4	William	584	↓1	4
5	Charles	442	–	6
6	George	300	–	9
7	Richard	263	↑1	5
8	Willie	246	↓1	32
9	Donald	216	–	7
10	David	208	↑1	10
11	Thomas	206	↓1	8
12	Joseph	189	–	11
13	Edward	184	↑1	13
14	Henry	156	↑1	28
15	Joe	147	↑3	23
16	Frank	142	↓3	16
17	Walter	130	–	26
18	Bobby	112	↑2	24
19	Albert	111	↑8	34
20	Ronald	109	↑14	12
21	Eugene	101	↑14	29
22	Raymond	100	↑1	17
23	Harold	98	↑10	21
24	Jimmy	95	↑5	46
25	Billy	93	↓9	22
26	Carl	92	↓1	27
27	Leroy	92	↑5	57
28	Paul	91	↓9	15
29	Johnny	90	↑10	72
30	Kenneth	90	↑6	14
31	Jack	89	↓5	20
32	Arthur	88	↓10	30
33	Roy	88	↑11	42
34	Jerry	86	↑3	18
35	Clarence	83	↓14	52
36	Fred	83	↓5	36
37	Eddie	77	↑3	79
38	Harry	73	↑4	39
39	Franklin	72	↑10	64
40	Ralph	72	↓10	31
41	Jimmie	71	↑2	71
42	Johnnie	66	↓1	>100
43	Herbert	61	↑3	62
44	Tommy	60	new	91
45	Samuel	59	↓21	67
46	Earl	58	↓18	47
47	Ernest	58	↓9	55
48	Howard	58	new	40
49	Wayne	58	new	45
50	Charlie	57	new	>100

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