Popular baby names in Florida, 1949

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,538 babies) and James for boys (1,643). Social Security records list 56,108 babies born in Florida in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1949

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

Girls

Queen: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cassandra: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosalyn: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deloris: 54 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorene: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mae: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marva: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Essie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Inez: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 43 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Ulysses: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cleveland: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nathaniel: 98 babies, 5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elijah: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roscoe: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Horace: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lorenzo: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carlton: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,538	–	1
2	Mary	1,107	–	2
3	Patricia	846	–	3
4	Barbara	742	–	4
5	Sandra	588	–	6
6	Sharon	473	↑1	10
7	Shirley	472	↑4	18
8	Susan	468	↑1	5
9	Betty	446	↓3	22
10	Brenda	418	↑3	13
11	Carolyn	383	↓3	17
12	Nancy	375	↓2	7
13	Gloria	362	↑1	29
14	Carol	336	↓2	8
15	Margaret	329	–	14
16	Donna	319	–	12
17	Deborah	266	↑15	15
18	Elizabeth	265	↑4	25
19	Cynthia	261	↑1	27
20	Joyce	260	↓1	26
21	Dorothy	255	↓4	32
22	Judy	253	↓1	20
23	Janice	250	–	24
24	Martha	238	↓6	34
25	Karen	229	↓1	11
26	Diane	203	↑3	19
27	Pamela	201	↓2	21
28	Beverly	184	–	31
29	Cheryl	183	↓2	28
30	Bonnie	179	↑14	35
31	Kathleen	177	↑5	9
32	Frances	174	↓2	49
33	Catherine	167	↑4	37
34	Judith	160	↓8	16
35	Virginia	159	↓1	39
36	Peggy	154	↓3	38
37	Janet	153	↑1	23
38	Wanda	149	↑9	56
39	Helen	144	↓8	46
40	Gwendolyn	141	↑8	>100
41	Christine	133	new	30
42	Annie	132	↓7	>100
43	Alice	130	↓4	53
44	Charlotte	127	new	71
45	Jo	126	↓3	60
46	Doris	122	↓1	69
47	Rebecca	121	new	40
48	Joan	118	↓8	36
49	Sylvia	117	↑1	94
50	Kathryn	115	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	1,643	–	1
2	Robert	1,422	–	2
3	John	1,411	–	3
4	William	1,168	–	4
5	Charles	873	–	9
6	David	793	–	6
7	Michael	765	↑1	5
8	Richard	692	↓1	7
9	Thomas	598	–	8
10	Larry	525	↑1	10
11	George	463	↑2	18
12	Ronald	461	↓2	11
13	Donald	432	↑2	13
14	Willie	428	–	41
15	Kenneth	379	↑1	15
16	Joseph	378	↓4	14
17	Gary	320	↑2	12
18	Edward	300	↓1	21
19	Paul	287	↑1	17
20	Stephen	247	↑3	19
21	Daniel	243	↑1	22
22	Jerry	231	↓4	23
23	Henry	219	↓2	46
24	Frank	218	↑1	27
25	Johnny	213	↓1	49
26	Wayne	202	–	35
27	Steven	201	↑14	20
28	Dennis	198	↑1	16
29	Raymond	195	↓2	30
30	Walter	189	↓2	37
31	Harold	170	–	42
32	Arthur	165	↓2	44
33	Eddie	165	↑1	80
34	Bruce	164	↑8	26
35	Douglas	164	↑14	29
36	Jimmy	163	↑11	53
37	Roger	160	↑8	25
38	Terry	157	↓1	28
39	Jack	153	↑4	47
40	Albert	152	↑4	56
41	Samuel	149	↓1	62
42	Roy	147	↑4	51
43	Anthony	145	new	36
44	Carl	143	↓8	43
45	Lawrence	142	↓10	32
46	Ronnie	141	↓8	65
47	Ralph	133	↓15	50
48	Mark	132	new	24
49	Harry	130	↓16	59
50	Danny	129	new	40

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