Popular baby names in Florida, 1950

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1950 were Linda for girls (1,481 babies) and James for boys (1,822). Social Security records list 58,744 babies born in Florida in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1950

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

Girls

Harriett: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Althea: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Earnestine: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deloris: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Essie: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ruthie: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Johnnie: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosetta: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 165 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daisy: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 39 babies, 11× the national rate
Elijah: 33 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Emory: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ulysses: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lamar: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Alonzo: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Horace: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 79 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Freddie: 102 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	1,481	–	1
2	Mary	1,156	–	2
3	Patricia	1,020	–	3
4	Barbara	788	–	4
5	Sandra	522	–	8
6	Susan	494	↑2	5
7	Deborah	493	↑10	7
8	Brenda	461	↑2	14
9	Shirley	455	↓2	19
10	Nancy	441	↑2	6
11	Sharon	431	↓5	11
12	Betty	387	↓3	26
13	Carol	387	↑1	9
14	Carolyn	385	↓3	20
15	Cynthia	319	↑4	23
16	Donna	317	–	13
17	Gloria	313	↓4	30
18	Karen	306	↑7	12
19	Margaret	299	↓4	15
20	Joyce	280	–	27
21	Martha	274	↑3	32
22	Pamela	268	↑5	17
23	Janice	264	–	22
24	Elizabeth	263	↓6	24
25	Dorothy	232	↓4	35
26	Judy	222	↓4	25
27	Beverly	205	↑1	31
28	Kathleen	199	↑3	10
29	Janet	196	↑8	18
30	Diane	192	↓4	16
31	Wanda	178	↑7	52
32	Judith	166	↑2	21
33	Gwendolyn	165	↑7	>100
34	Cheryl	162	↓5	29
35	Catherine	161	↓2	34
36	Kathy	156	new	38
37	Gail	155	new	42
38	Bonnie	150	↓8	33
39	Annie	148	↑3	>100
40	Rebecca	148	↑7	36
41	Frances	146	↓9	51
42	Marilyn	141	new	37
43	Peggy	140	↓7	41
44	Virginia	139	↓9	43
45	Helen	138	↓6	50
46	Alice	131	↓3	57
47	Joan	125	↑1	40
48	Sheila	124	new	70
49	Charlotte	123	↓5	80
50	Glenda	122	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	1,822	–	1
2	Robert	1,469	–	2
3	John	1,381	–	3
4	William	1,141	–	6
5	Charles	904	–	9
6	Michael	870	↑1	4
7	David	845	↓1	5
8	Richard	795	–	7
9	Thomas	582	–	8
10	Larry	560	–	11
11	Ronald	516	↑1	12
12	Donald	459	↑1	14
13	Joseph	450	↑3	13
14	George	442	↓3	20
15	Gary	420	↑2	10
16	Willie	413	↓2	42
17	Kenneth	384	↓2	15
18	Edward	346	–	22
19	Daniel	279	↑2	21
20	Paul	276	↓1	18
21	Stephen	263	↓1	19
22	Jerry	259	–	24
23	Johnny	233	↑2	50
24	Frank	225	–	29
25	Raymond	219	↑4	31
26	Henry	218	↓3	47
27	Steven	216	–	16
28	Wayne	190	↓2	35
29	Walter	188	↑1	40
30	Bruce	186	↑4	26
31	Dennis	172	↓3	17
32	Arthur	165	–	46
33	Carl	157	↑11	44
34	Ralph	157	↑13	52
35	Douglas	146	–	28
36	Harold	146	↓5	45
37	Jimmy	145	↓1	55
38	Mark	145	↑10	23
39	Roger	145	↓2	27
40	Lawrence	142	↑5	33
41	Terry	142	↓3	30
42	Roy	141	–	51
43	Samuel	138	↓2	62
44	Gerald	136	new	34
45	Gregory	135	new	25
46	Anthony	134	↓3	36
47	Ronnie	133	↓1	76
48	Danny	131	↑2	39
49	Timothy	129	new	32
50	Eddie	125	↓17	89

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