Popular baby names in Florida, 1945

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,216 babies) and James for boys (1,604). Social Security records list 45,943 babies born in Florida in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1945

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, 6.7× the national rate
Ola: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rosetta: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jewel: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bettye: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willie: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lillie: 72 babies, 3× the national rate
Deloris: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 79 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Winston: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cleveland: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elijah: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nathaniel: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julius: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Freddie: 77 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Willie: 365 babies, 3× the national rate
Horace: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Preston: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,216	–	1
2	Linda	820	↑1	2
3	Patricia	806	↑1	4
4	Barbara	770	↓2	3
5	Sandra	517	↑1	6
6	Betty	503	↓1	11
7	Carol	405	↑1	5
8	Shirley	389	↑1	14
9	Carolyn	382	↓2	12
10	Sharon	351	↑2	8
11	Margaret	323	↑3	15
12	Nancy	315	↓2	7
13	Gloria	312	↑3	23
14	Dorothy	292	↓3	21
15	Joyce	291	–	18
16	Susan	283	↑3	10
17	Judith	271	↓4	9
18	Judy	255	–	13
19	Martha	240	↑1	30
20	Donna	215	↑1	17
21	Frances	206	↑1	34
22	Elizabeth	201	↓5	26
23	Virginia	181	↑4	28
24	Karen	168	–	16
25	Diane	164	↑6	22
26	Janice	161	–	24
27	Annie	150	↑1	69
28	Helen	143	↓5	31
29	Alice	135	↓4	41
30	Janet	134	↑2	20
31	Bonnie	130	↑8	35
32	Beverly	129	↑1	37
33	Brenda	126	↓4	29
34	Cheryl	125	↑3	32
35	Evelyn	117	↑3	57
36	Peggy	117	↑12	45
37	Ann	115	↓1	39
38	Ruth	115	↑11	33
39	Joan	114	↓9	25
40	Kathleen	113	↑1	19
41	Doris	111	↓1	46
42	Pamela	110	↑4	42
43	Marilyn	109	↓9	27
44	Sarah	109	↓9	76
45	Catherine	106	↓3	50
46	Jean	103	↓3	38
47	Sylvia	98	↓2	83
48	Willie	96	new	>100
49	Glenda	88	new	92
50	Juanita	88	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,604	–	1
2	Robert	1,300	–	2
3	John	1,259	–	3
4	William	1,080	–	4
5	Charles	735	–	7
6	Richard	718	–	5
7	David	559	–	6
8	Thomas	543	–	8
9	Michael	450	↑4	9
10	George	449	↓1	15
11	Ronald	372	↑1	10
12	Willie	365	↓2	31
13	Joseph	363	↑1	14
14	Larry	327	↑1	11
15	Donald	326	↓4	12
16	Edward	274	–	18
17	Kenneth	255	↑1	16
18	Jerry	224	↓1	20
19	Frank	217	↑1	21
20	Paul	217	↑1	17
21	Gary	192	↑4	13
22	Henry	189	↓3	37
23	Johnny	184	–	45
24	Walter	180	↓2	27
25	Raymond	165	↓1	23
26	Harry	161	↑13	47
27	Arthur	160	↑2	34
28	Daniel	143	↑6	24
29	Roy	141	↓2	40
30	Harold	140	↑2	28
31	Wayne	137	↑4	35
32	Douglas	134	↑15	29
33	Jimmy	132	↓7	41
34	Samuel	130	↑3	62
35	Albert	129	↓7	49
36	Eugene	129	↑2	50
37	Dennis	128	↑7	19
38	Gerald	126	↓7	25
39	Roger	119	↑9	22
40	Stephen	119	↑9	26
41	Lawrence	118	↑4	30
42	Carl	117	↓6	39
43	Ralph	112	↓10	44
44	Bobby	111	↓1	53
45	Jack	108	↓15	32
46	Joe	106	↓6	36
47	Eddie	104	↓5	81
48	Jimmie	102	new	>100
49	Leroy	102	new	83
50	Clarence	101	new	82

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