Popular baby names in Florida, 1948

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,566 babies) and James for boys (1,726). Social Security records list 55,183 babies born in Florida in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1948

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: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Doretha: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mamie: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Harriett: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jannie: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nettie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Daisy: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bettye: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cassandra: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Minnie: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 37 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lamar: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Elijah: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Emory: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terrell: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 72 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rudolph: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sylvester: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,566	–	1
2	Mary	1,225	–	2
3	Patricia	901	–	4
4	Barbara	797	–	3
5	Sandra	620	–	6
6	Betty	462	–	18
7	Sharon	439	↑1	9
8	Carolyn	423	↓1	14
9	Susan	418	↑3	5
10	Nancy	393	↑1	7
11	Shirley	390	↓1	20
12	Carol	380	↓3	8
13	Brenda	355	↑5	17
14	Gloria	323	↓1	28
15	Margaret	320	↑1	13
16	Donna	302	↓2	11
17	Dorothy	285	↓2	29
18	Martha	268	↑1	32
19	Joyce	265	↑3	21
20	Cynthia	262	↑4	27
21	Judy	248	↓4	16
22	Elizabeth	226	↓2	26
23	Janice	225	↓2	23
24	Karen	223	↑1	12
25	Pamela	222	↑2	22
26	Judith	202	↓3	15
27	Cheryl	192	↑8	25
28	Beverly	189	↑1	31
29	Diane	181	↓3	19
30	Frances	178	↑2	42
31	Helen	171	↓3	40
32	Deborah	164	new	30
33	Peggy	161	–	38
34	Virginia	161	↑2	36
35	Annie	158	↓1	97
36	Kathleen	156	↑7	10
37	Catherine	144	↑1	41
38	Janet	143	↓7	24
39	Alice	142	↓9	49
40	Joan	138	–	37
41	Evelyn	131	↑7	74
42	Jo	130	↓1	56
43	Marilyn	130	↓6	33
44	Bonnie	129	↓5	34
45	Doris	123	new	64
46	Gail	123	–	51
47	Wanda	119	↓2	57
48	Gwendolyn	118	↑2	>100
49	Sarah	112	new	85
50	Sylvia	111	↓8	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	1,726	–	1
2	Robert	1,442	–	2
3	John	1,428	–	3
4	William	1,185	–	4
5	Charles	839	–	9
6	David	792	–	5
7	Richard	729	–	7
8	Michael	675	–	6
9	Thomas	595	–	8
10	Ronald	575	–	10
11	Larry	532	–	11
12	Joseph	451	↑3	13
13	George	444	↓1	16
14	Willie	410	–	40
15	Donald	398	↓2	14
16	Kenneth	389	–	15
17	Edward	312	–	19
18	Jerry	283	–	21
19	Gary	269	–	12
20	Paul	240	–	18
21	Henry	239	–	45
22	Daniel	235	↑1	22
23	Stephen	225	↑7	20
24	Johnny	224	↑1	52
25	Frank	205	↓3	25
26	Wayne	200	↓2	34
27	Raymond	197	↑2	27
28	Walter	196	–	35
29	Dennis	183	↑2	17
30	Arthur	167	↓3	44
31	Harold	164	↓5	36
32	Ralph	164	↑10	51
33	Harry	161	↓1	57
34	Eddie	154	–	78
35	Lawrence	152	↑6	31
36	Carl	151	↑10	42
37	Terry	151	↓1	26
38	Ronnie	143	↑5	59
39	Eugene	142	new	61
40	Samuel	142	↓1	70
41	Steven	140	new	23
42	Bruce	139	↑7	28
43	Jack	136	↓3	43
44	Albert	135	–	55
45	Roger	135	↑3	24
46	Roy	135	↓11	49
47	Jimmy	134	↓14	50
48	Ernest	131	↑2	76
49	Douglas	125	new	33
50	Joe	122	↓13	47

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