Popular baby names in Florida, 1951

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,442 babies) and James for boys (1,859). Social Security records list 64,015 babies born in Florida in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1951

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

Girls

Leola: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
May: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deloris: 51 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Essie: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassandra: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Althea: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ruthie: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Erma: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mamie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rosetta: 23 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 48 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Emory: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Cleveland: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lamar: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 104 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 77 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amos: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Otis: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Horace: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,442	–	1
2	Mary	1,224	–	2
3	Patricia	1,098	–	3
4	Deborah	816	↑3	4
5	Barbara	754	↓1	5
6	Sandra	571	↓1	9
7	Susan	563	↓1	6
8	Brenda	535	–	14
9	Sharon	500	↑2	13
10	Nancy	492	–	7
11	Cynthia	436	↑4	20
12	Donna	421	↑4	12
13	Carolyn	409	↑1	22
14	Shirley	400	↓5	27
15	Karen	380	↑3	8
16	Carol	348	↓3	11
17	Pamela	342	↑5	16
18	Gloria	339	↓1	31
19	Betty	329	↓7	29
20	Debra	320	new	18
21	Margaret	294	↓2	17
22	Dorothy	282	↑3	42
23	Janice	278	–	21
24	Elizabeth	271	–	23
25	Martha	264	↓4	38
26	Joyce	251	↓6	28
27	Diane	245	↑3	15
28	Judy	240	↓2	26
29	Kathleen	227	↓1	10
30	Janet	225	↓1	19
31	Beverly	210	↓4	33
32	Wanda	210	↓1	52
33	Catherine	209	↑2	34
34	Gail	204	↑3	36
35	Cheryl	203	↓1	30
36	Judith	189	↓4	25
37	Christine	159	new	24
38	Rebecca	156	↑2	32
39	Peggy	154	↑4	40
40	Helen	153	↑5	54
41	Kathryn	153	new	45
42	Kathy	153	↓6	35
43	Gwendolyn	152	↓10	>100
44	Virginia	152	–	47
45	Alice	149	↑1	62
46	Bonnie	148	↓8	37
47	Jacqueline	148	new	56
48	Phyllis	147	new	57
49	Frances	137	↓8	59
50	Marilyn	137	↓8	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,859	–	1
2	Robert	1,507	–	2
3	John	1,474	–	3
4	William	1,307	–	6
5	Michael	1,055	↑1	4
6	David	964	↑1	5
7	Richard	909	↑1	7
8	Charles	888	↓3	9
9	Thomas	660	–	8
10	Larry	610	–	11
11	Ronald	527	–	12
12	Joseph	503	↑1	14
13	Gary	476	↑2	10
14	Donald	473	↓2	15
15	George	470	↓1	22
16	Kenneth	462	↑1	16
17	Willie	403	↓1	45
18	Edward	379	–	23
19	Stephen	306	↑2	19
20	Paul	299	–	18
21	Daniel	298	↓2	21
22	Steven	298	↑5	13
23	Jerry	276	↓1	24
24	Mark	250	↑14	20
25	Frank	234	↓1	31
26	Henry	234	–	47
27	Walter	228	↑2	42
28	Dennis	227	↑3	17
29	Johnny	211	↓6	50
30	Bruce	208	–	26
31	Gregory	206	↑14	25
32	Terry	201	↑9	30
33	Raymond	193	↓8	32
34	Douglas	190	↑1	27
35	Wayne	184	↓7	37
36	Arthur	174	↓4	44
37	Roger	172	↑2	29
38	Carl	169	↓5	43
39	Anthony	168	↑7	34
40	Jack	167	new	48
41	Lawrence	163	↓1	33
42	Samuel	154	↑1	67
43	Eddie	153	↑7	89
44	Gerald	153	–	36
45	Harold	151	↓9	46
46	Ralph	150	↓12	51
47	Timothy	149	↑2	28
48	Eugene	147	new	65
49	Ernest	137	new	83
50	Harry	135	new	70

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