Popular baby names in Florida, 1943

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,216 babies) and James for boys (1,532). Social Security records list 42,652 babies born in Florida in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1943

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: 29 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Bettye: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 83 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Earline: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ernestine: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosetta: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Pearlie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ollie: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deloris: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosa: 73 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Emory: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 57 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elijah: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rufus: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willie: 377 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cleveland: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Horace: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aubrey: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,216	–	1
2	Barbara	733	–	2
3	Linda	684	↑2	4
4	Patricia	662	–	3
5	Betty	598	↓2	10
6	Sandra	445	–	6
7	Carolyn	389	–	11
8	Shirley	367	–	12
9	Dorothy	322	–	19
10	Sharon	306	↑9	8
11	Margaret	292	↓1	14
12	Joyce	283	↑1	16
13	Carol	271	↑3	5
14	Nancy	263	↓2	9
15	Martha	260	↓4	29
16	Frances	240	↑2	31
17	Judith	240	–	7
18	Gloria	239	↓4	30
19	Elizabeth	228	↓4	23
20	Judy	213	↑3	13
21	Helen	184	↑1	28
22	Virginia	177	↓2	25
23	Annie	172	↓2	69
24	Susan	166	↑8	18
25	Evelyn	151	↑2	53
26	Alice	149	↓1	38
27	Donna	142	↑3	17
28	Doris	141	–	40
29	Janice	134	↑5	26
30	Beverly	132	↑1	32
31	Joan	128	↓7	21
32	Ann	127	↑11	37
33	Sarah	120	–	71
34	Brenda	118	↑2	35
35	Diane	116	new	24
36	Bonnie	112	↑10	34
37	Charlotte	106	↑2	47
38	Sylvia	105	↓9	77
39	Peggy	104	↑3	41
40	Juanita	103	–	91
41	Ruth	101	↓15	33
42	Karen	99	new	15
43	Mildred	98	↓2	76
44	Marie	96	↓9	45
45	Jo	92	new	63
46	Janet	90	↑1	20
47	Ruby	89	↓3	82
48	Geraldine	87	–	51
49	Marilyn	87	new	27
50	Catherine	86	↓13	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,532	–	1
2	Robert	1,130	–	2
3	John	1,123	↑1	3
4	William	1,050	↓1	4
5	Charles	741	–	7
6	Richard	515	↑2	5
7	Thomas	495	↑2	8
8	George	480	↓2	14
9	David	477	↓2	6
10	Willie	377	–	36
11	Joseph	372	–	13
12	Michael	347	↑5	10
13	Ronald	336	–	9
14	Donald	305	↓2	11
15	Larry	254	↑5	12
16	Edward	253	↓2	18
17	Jerry	232	↓2	17
18	Kenneth	227	↑1	15
19	Walter	209	↑2	26
20	Henry	208	↓4	31
21	Paul	192	↑5	19
22	Frank	186	↓4	21
23	Johnny	177	–	52
24	Raymond	161	↑3	22
25	Arthur	153	↓3	30
26	Jimmy	137	↓2	42
27	Harry	134	↑21	50
28	Ralph	134	↑6	40
29	Harold	132	↑4	27
30	Albert	130	↑5	43
31	Bobby	127	↓2	46
32	Eugene	123	↓4	47
33	Jack	123	↑12	34
34	Daniel	121	↑3	25
35	Samuel	121	↓4	62
36	Joe	118	↑5	35
37	Leroy	118	↑3	74
38	Wayne	118	↑1	41
39	Carl	117	↑3	33
40	Roy	117	↓15	38
41	Douglas	114	↓11	28
42	Gerald	113	↓10	23
43	Gary	110	↓7	16
44	Lawrence	104	new	32
45	Ernest	101	↑4	61
46	Eddie	96	↓2	80
47	Clarence	95	↓4	68
48	Earl	94	new	60
49	Tommy	92	new	77
50	Billy	91	↓3	37

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