Popular baby names in Florida, 1947

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,667 babies) and James for boys (1,765). Social Security records list 55,906 babies born in Florida in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1947

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rutha: 16 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Elouise: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Queen: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Leola: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sybil: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 75 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cherry: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Essie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosetta: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 34 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Elijah: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Emory: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lamar: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 75 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Horace: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Woodrow: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Barney: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willie: 431 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,667	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,237	↓1	2
3	Patricia	961	–	3
4	Barbara	880	–	4
5	Sandra	619	–	5
6	Betty	547	–	17
7	Carolyn	468	–	15
8	Sharon	430	↑1	9
9	Carol	427	↓1	6
10	Shirley	427	–	19
11	Nancy	403	↑1	7
12	Susan	396	↓1	8
13	Gloria	331	↑2	27
14	Donna	318	↑4	10
15	Dorothy	309	↓1	26
16	Margaret	296	↓3	16
17	Judy	281	↑3	14
18	Brenda	272	↑5	21
19	Martha	271	↓2	32
20	Elizabeth	250	↑1	25
21	Janice	248	↑1	22
22	Joyce	239	↓6	20
23	Judith	226	↓4	12
24	Cynthia	200	↑5	33
25	Karen	198	↑8	13
26	Diane	186	↑1	18
27	Pamela	182	↑3	28
28	Helen	177	↓3	38
29	Beverly	171	↑3	31
30	Alice	166	↓4	47
31	Janet	165	↑6	23
32	Frances	162	↓8	39
33	Peggy	161	↑14	42
34	Annie	160	–	>100
35	Cheryl	159	↓4	24
36	Virginia	159	↓8	34
37	Marilyn	148	↑2	29
38	Catherine	142	↓3	46
39	Bonnie	141	↑1	35
40	Joan	140	↓2	30
41	Jo	134	new	51
42	Sylvia	134	↑1	97
43	Kathleen	131	↓7	11
44	Phyllis	131	new	37
45	Wanda	124	↑4	66
46	Gail	122	new	49
47	Ann	121	↓2	41
48	Evelyn	119	↓7	72
49	Glenda	119	new	96
50	Gwendolyn	119	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	1,765	–	1
2	Robert	1,586	–	2
3	John	1,324	–	3
4	William	1,311	–	4
5	Charles	862	–	9
6	David	769	↑1	6
7	Richard	762	↓1	5
8	Michael	649	↑1	7
9	Thomas	597	↓1	8
10	Ronald	536	–	11
11	Larry	520	↑3	10
12	George	501	↓1	16
13	Donald	442	↓1	13
14	Willie	431	↓1	42
15	Joseph	404	–	14
16	Kenneth	382	–	15
17	Edward	299	–	19
18	Jerry	298	–	20
19	Gary	284	–	12
20	Paul	264	↑2	18
21	Henry	237	–	46
22	Frank	222	↓2	23
23	Daniel	214	↑2	22
24	Wayne	214	–	30
25	Johnny	209	↓2	49
26	Harold	208	↑3	35
27	Arthur	204	↑7	38
28	Walter	202	–	34
29	Raymond	190	↓3	27
30	Stephen	181	↑3	21
31	Dennis	173	↓4	17
32	Harry	173	↓2	54
33	Jimmy	165	↑3	44
34	Eddie	164	↑10	80
35	Roy	157	↓4	48
36	Terry	156	↓1	26
37	Joe	151	new	43
38	Gerald	141	↑8	28
39	Samuel	141	↓7	72
40	Jack	140	↓2	37
41	Lawrence	139	↓2	32
42	Ralph	138	↑1	50
43	Ronnie	137	↓6	61
44	Albert	136	↓4	55
45	Clarence	136	↑5	88
46	Carl	135	↓4	40
47	Fred	129	new	56
48	Roger	128	↓1	25
49	Bruce	127	new	29
50	Ernest	124	↓9	75

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