Popular baby names in Florida, 1941

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1941 were Mary for girls (908 babies) and James for boys (1,196). Social Security records list 32,788 babies born in Florida in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1941

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: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ola: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deloris: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Bettye: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sybil: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leola: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ollie: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 27 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lamar: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nathaniel: 54 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Willie: 372 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marcus: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Amos: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Rufus: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rudolph: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	908	–	1
2	Barbara	626	↑1	2
3	Betty	546	↓1	7
4	Patricia	504	–	3
5	Linda	328	↑2	5
6	Shirley	311	–	10
7	Dorothy	295	↓2	14
8	Carolyn	292	–	11
9	Sandra	270	↑2	9
10	Joyce	267	↓1	13
11	Margaret	247	↓1	12
12	Gloria	206	↑3	26
13	Martha	206	↑1	25
14	Frances	194	↓2	31
15	Nancy	194	↓2	8
16	Judith	186	↑4	6
17	Elizabeth	182	–	21
18	Helen	173	–	24
19	Annie	167	↓3	59
20	Carol	161	↑1	4
21	Virginia	145	↓2	23
22	Judy	143	↑3	16
23	Alice	127	–	34
24	Sharon	127	new	15
25	Evelyn	118	↓3	50
26	Joan	113	–	17
27	Sarah	113	↑1	60
28	Sylvia	112	↓1	65
29	Doris	105	↓5	38
30	Janice	104	↑3	22
31	Ruth	103	↑9	28
32	Beverly	93	↑13	29
33	Catherine	92	↑2	51
34	Juanita	92	↑2	84
35	Ann	88	↓3	37
36	Brenda	87	new	41
37	Peggy	86	↓8	39
38	Norma	83	↓4	47
39	Charlotte	82	new	55
40	Mildred	81	↓3	64
41	Ruby	80	↓10	69
42	Geraldine	79	↑4	45
43	Jean	76	↓1	32
44	Donna	75	new	20
45	Delores	73	new	80
46	Yvonne	73	↓2	>100
47	Bonnie	72	new	33
48	Emma	72	↓9	99
49	Louise	72	↓8	62
50	Wanda	72	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,196	–	1
2	Robert	904	–	2
3	William	821	↑1	4
4	John	818	↓1	3
5	Charles	615	–	6
6	Willie	372	↑4	36
7	Richard	369	↓1	5
8	Thomas	337	–	8
9	George	336	↓2	13
10	David	321	↓1	7
11	Donald	267	–	10
12	Joseph	260	–	12
13	Ronald	211	↑3	9
14	Edward	182	–	17
15	Larry	172	↑6	11
16	Henry	169	↑1	28
17	Jerry	166	↓4	14
18	Kenneth	161	–	15
19	Paul	159	–	18
20	Frank	154	↓5	21
21	Raymond	143	↑3	22
22	Walter	143	–	26
23	Michael	139	↑4	16
24	Ralph	127	↑15	38
25	Joe	124	↓2	30
26	Arthur	120	↓1	33
27	Johnny	117	↑8	55
28	Eugene	115	↑2	42
29	Billy	114	↓1	27
30	Roy	114	↑1	39
31	Jimmy	108	↑5	45
32	Bobby	104	↓12	35
33	Albert	102	↓1	40
34	Jack	97	↓5	32
35	Samuel	97	↑7	65
36	Carl	96	↓3	29
37	Ernest	96	↑3	61
38	Wayne	95	new	37
39	Harry	93	↑5	48
40	Earl	91	↓6	58
41	Clarence	90	↑7	62
42	Eddie	90	↓1	78
43	Harold	85	↓17	24
44	Daniel	84	new	31
45	Gerald	81	↓7	20
46	Lawrence	77	new	34
47	Jimmie	76	new	89
48	Herbert	74	↓1	76
49	Tommy	74	↓6	71
50	Howard	69	new	47

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