Popular baby names in Florida, 1938

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1938 were Mary for girls (803 babies) and James for boys (1,018). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,390 babies born in Florida in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1938

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, 19.4× the national rate
Elouise: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Eddie: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Bettye: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Essie: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lottie: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosa: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ruthie: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 20 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Lamar: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 64 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Freddie: 72 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Amos: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Willie: 293 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Horace: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rudolph: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Grady: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	803	–	1
2	Barbara	533	↑1	2
3	Betty	526	↓1	4
4	Shirley	329	–	5
5	Patricia	301	↑1	3
6	Dorothy	293	↓1	8
7	Martha	208	–	26
8	Carolyn	195	↑1	15
9	Margaret	178	↓1	9
10	Frances	165	–	23
11	Annie	161	↑2	47
12	Helen	155	↑2	13
13	Nancy	154	↓1	7
14	Joyce	152	↓3	11
15	Elizabeth	149	–	17
16	Sandra	146	↑8	14
17	Gloria	130	↑3	36
18	Evelyn	129	↑1	38
19	Virginia	124	↑2	22
20	Carol	122	↑5	6
21	Sylvia	116	↓3	56
22	Alice	111	↑4	29
23	Doris	111	↓6	25
24	Louise	106	↑13	59
25	Joan	101	↓9	10
26	Sarah	97	↑4	67
27	Mildred	93	↑14	52
28	Juanita	92	↓5	80
29	Ann	91	↑3	32
30	Ruth	88	↓3	21
31	Ruby	83	–	61
32	Peggy	82	↓4	35
33	Beverly	81	↑11	18
34	Norma	81	↑8	34
35	Willie	81	↓6	>100
36	Edna	78	↓1	82
37	Catherine	73	↑9	48
38	Geraldine	73	new	45
39	Rosa	73	↑1	>100
40	Thelma	73	↓7	86
41	Jean	72	↓19	27
42	Delores	68	↑6	75
43	Rose	68	new	39
44	Gladys	64	new	>100
45	Hazel	62	new	>100
46	Janice	62	new	24
47	Judith	61	new	12
48	Julia	61	new	>100
49	Lillian	59	new	88
50	Lillie	59	↓16	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	James	1,018	–	2
2	Robert	743	–	1
3	John	645	↑1	3
4	William	580	↓1	4
5	Charles	528	–	6
6	George	325	–	11
7	Richard	297	↑3	5
8	Willie	293	↓1	34
9	David	256	↑2	8
10	Thomas	248	↓2	9
11	Donald	219	↓2	7
12	Joseph	207	↑1	12
13	Henry	156	↑1	30
14	Edward	153	↓2	13
15	Walter	150	↑4	26
16	Kenneth	143	–	14
17	Bobby	136	–	27
18	Frank	131	↑2	18
19	Ronald	128	↓1	10
20	Jerry	121	↑14	17
21	Arthur	117	↑12	32
22	Harold	116	↑2	23
23	Raymond	115	↑6	20
24	Jack	109	↓1	25
25	Joe	109	↓10	28
26	Billy	108	↓5	24
27	Paul	106	↓5	15
28	Eugene	102	↑2	33
29	Ralph	100	↓2	35
30	Johnny	94	↑11	63
31	Carl	93	↓3	29
32	Jimmy	93	↑7	45
33	Albert	88	↑3	37
34	Roy	86	↑1	41
35	Eddie	85	↑7	79
36	Samuel	84	↓11	62
37	Michael	83	new	21
38	Clarence	81	↓7	58
39	Ernest	81	↑1	55
40	Harry	81	↑3	44
41	Gerald	79	↑4	19
42	Earl	77	↓4	50
43	Fred	77	↓17	38
44	Freddie	72	↑4	>100
45	Leroy	72	↓13	61
46	Alfred	68	↑3	69
47	Larry	68	new	16
48	Daniel	66	new	39
49	Jimmie	66	↓12	76
50	Nathaniel	64	new	>100

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