Popular baby names in Florida, 1944

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,175 babies) and James for boys (1,658). Social Security records list 45,772 babies born in Florida in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1944

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: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ola: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leola: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mamie: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bettye: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eddie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 79 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rosetta: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Daisy: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 20 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Lamar: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Millard: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 62 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alonzo: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Amos: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rufus: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alfonso: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Grady: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,175	–	1
2	Barbara	809	–	2
3	Linda	786	–	3
4	Patricia	776	–	4
5	Betty	537	–	10
6	Sandra	530	–	6
7	Carolyn	425	–	11
8	Carol	382	↑5	5
9	Shirley	371	↓1	15
10	Nancy	341	↑4	7
11	Dorothy	339	↓2	19
12	Sharon	335	↓2	8
13	Judith	311	↑4	9
14	Margaret	302	↓3	14
15	Joyce	295	↓3	18
16	Gloria	275	↑2	25
17	Elizabeth	241	↑2	23
18	Judy	235	↑2	12
19	Susan	225	↑5	13
20	Martha	220	↓5	29
21	Donna	218	↑6	17
22	Frances	217	↓6	33
23	Helen	180	↓2	31
24	Karen	157	↑18	16
25	Alice	156	↑1	38
26	Janice	154	↑3	28
27	Virginia	154	↓5	26
28	Annie	153	↓5	71
29	Brenda	152	↑5	30
30	Joan	149	↑1	22
31	Diane	136	↑4	24
32	Janet	130	↑14	21
33	Beverly	122	↓3	35
34	Marilyn	121	↑15	27
35	Sarah	117	↓2	67
36	Ann	116	↓4	39
37	Cheryl	116	new	36
38	Evelyn	116	↓13	57
39	Bonnie	114	↓3	34
40	Doris	110	↓12	42
41	Kathleen	107	new	20
42	Catherine	106	↑8	49
43	Jean	106	new	37
44	Carole	103	new	43
45	Sylvia	101	↓7	83
46	Pamela	100	new	44
47	Ruby	98	–	87
48	Peggy	91	↓9	45
49	Ruth	91	↓8	32
50	Charlotte	89	↓13	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,658	–	1
2	Robert	1,240	–	2
3	John	1,223	–	3
4	William	1,040	–	4
5	Charles	762	–	7
6	Richard	641	–	5
7	David	549	↑2	6
8	Thomas	548	↓1	8
9	George	458	↓1	14
10	Willie	402	–	31
11	Donald	382	↑3	11
12	Ronald	375	↑1	10
13	Michael	352	↓1	9
14	Joseph	349	↓3	13
15	Larry	303	–	12
16	Edward	278	–	18
17	Jerry	257	–	19
18	Kenneth	256	–	16
19	Henry	241	↑1	35
20	Frank	226	↑2	21
21	Paul	224	–	17
22	Walter	201	↓3	26
23	Johnny	190	–	45
24	Raymond	176	–	22
25	Gary	171	↑18	15
26	Jimmy	160	–	41
27	Roy	154	↑13	39
28	Albert	152	↑2	44
29	Arthur	152	↓4	29
30	Jack	152	↑3	30
31	Gerald	142	↑11	24
32	Harold	138	↓3	27
33	Ralph	138	↓5	42
34	Daniel	134	–	25
35	Wayne	134	↑3	37
36	Carl	129	↑3	36
37	Samuel	124	↓2	62
38	Eugene	123	↓6	48
39	Harry	123	↓12	49
40	Joe	120	↓4	33
41	Billy	117	↑9	38
42	Eddie	117	↑4	79
43	Bobby	116	↓12	50
44	Dennis	112	new	20
45	Lawrence	111	↓1	32
46	Ernest	108	↓1	59
47	Douglas	105	↓6	34
48	Roger	104	new	23
49	Stephen	100	new	28
50	Earl	98	↓2	65

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