Popular baby names in Florida, 1942

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,064 babies) and James for boys (1,366). Social Security records list 36,393 babies born in Florida in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1942

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: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pearlie: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leola: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Ernestine: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Inez: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bettye: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mae: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Estella: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jewell: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 25 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Lamar: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Alonzo: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Elijah: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cleveland: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Willie: 382 babies, 4× the national rate
Johnnie: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
Moses: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,064	–	1
2	Barbara	604	–	2
3	Betty	563	–	9
4	Patricia	532	–	3
5	Linda	501	–	4
6	Sandra	364	↑3	6
7	Carolyn	328	↑1	10
8	Shirley	319	↓2	12
9	Dorothy	290	↓2	17
10	Margaret	245	↑1	14
11	Martha	232	↑2	29
12	Nancy	230	↑3	8
13	Joyce	225	↓3	13
14	Gloria	222	↓2	31
15	Elizabeth	219	↑2	22
16	Carol	201	↑4	5
17	Judith	197	↓1	7
18	Frances	192	↓4	30
19	Sharon	187	↑5	11
20	Virginia	169	↑1	23
21	Annie	168	↓2	62
22	Helen	150	↓4	26
23	Judy	145	↓1	15
24	Joan	126	↑2	18
25	Alice	123	↓2	39
26	Ruth	113	↑5	33
27	Evelyn	112	↓2	53
28	Doris	106	↑1	41
29	Sylvia	104	↓1	72
30	Donna	101	↑14	20
31	Beverly	100	↑1	32
32	Susan	100	new	21
33	Sarah	99	↓6	67
34	Janice	94	↓4	25
35	Marie	94	new	43
36	Brenda	91	–	40
37	Catherine	85	↓4	49
38	Willie	83	new	>100
39	Charlotte	82	–	51
40	Juanita	82	↓6	90
41	Mildred	82	↓1	71
42	Peggy	82	↓5	42
43	Ann	80	↓8	38
44	Ruby	80	↓3	77
45	Norma	79	↓7	52
46	Bonnie	78	↑1	34
47	Janet	75	new	19
48	Geraldine	72	↓6	47
49	Jean	72	↓6	36
50	Julia	69	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	1,366	–	1
2	Robert	938	–	2
3	William	892	–	4
4	John	877	–	3
5	Charles	675	–	7
6	George	410	↑3	14
7	David	400	↑3	6
8	Richard	398	↓1	5
9	Thomas	384	↓1	8
10	Willie	382	↓4	37
11	Joseph	275	↑1	11
12	Donald	273	↓1	10
13	Ronald	255	–	9
14	Edward	206	–	17
15	Jerry	205	↑2	16
16	Henry	202	–	31
17	Michael	200	↑6	13
18	Frank	195	↑2	21
19	Kenneth	186	↓1	15
20	Larry	178	↓5	12
21	Walter	163	↑1	26
22	Arthur	142	↑4	29
23	Johnny	141	↑4	55
24	Jimmy	139	↑7	47
25	Roy	137	↑5	42
26	Paul	136	↓7	19
27	Raymond	134	↓6	24
28	Eugene	129	–	45
29	Bobby	124	↑3	43
30	Douglas	124	new	23
31	Samuel	119	↑4	59
32	Gerald	118	↑13	22
33	Harold	117	↑10	27
34	Ralph	116	↓10	38
35	Albert	111	↓2	40
36	Gary	106	new	18
37	Daniel	105	↑7	28
38	Howard	104	↑12	49
39	Wayne	104	↓1	41
40	Leroy	103	new	69
41	Joe	100	↓16	33
42	Carl	96	↓6	36
43	Clarence	95	↓2	67
44	Eddie	94	↓2	86
45	Jack	94	↓11	34
46	Jimmie	91	↑1	94
47	Billy	90	↓18	35
48	Harry	89	↓9	48
49	Ernest	87	↓12	61
50	Johnnie	84	new	>100

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