Popular baby names in Florida, 1952

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,405 babies) and James for boys (1,803). Social Security records list 68,208 babies born in Florida in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1952

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

Girls

Nettie: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Essie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sonya: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mae: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cassandra: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katie: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Althea: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Eunice: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Annie: 146 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 45 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ulysses: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lamar: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Horace: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sylvester: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tommie: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willie: 439 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Johnnie: 89 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,405	–	1
2	Mary	1,228	–	2
3	Patricia	1,083	–	3
4	Deborah	1,016	–	4
5	Barbara	832	–	6
6	Susan	641	↑1	5
7	Debra	574	↑13	9
8	Sandra	565	↓2	10
9	Brenda	534	↓1	15
10	Nancy	481	–	7
11	Cynthia	478	–	18
12	Sharon	472	↓3	14
13	Karen	424	↑2	8
14	Donna	396	↓2	13
15	Carolyn	376	↓2	24
16	Carol	341	–	12
17	Betty	333	↑2	32
18	Pamela	331	↓1	17
19	Shirley	331	↓5	28
20	Elizabeth	314	↑4	22
21	Janice	312	↑2	23
22	Gloria	301	↓4	36
23	Diane	293	↑4	16
24	Janet	289	↑6	19
25	Margaret	281	↓4	21
26	Kathleen	263	↑3	11
27	Judy	261	↑1	26
28	Joyce	250	↓2	27
29	Martha	244	↓4	40
30	Beverly	237	↑1	35
31	Catherine	233	↑2	34
32	Dorothy	227	↓10	46
33	Cheryl	222	↑2	31
34	Wanda	215	↓2	54
35	Gail	206	↓1	39
36	Christine	205	↑1	20
37	Rebecca	198	↑1	30
38	Judith	182	↓2	25
39	Kathy	181	↑3	29
40	Virginia	179	↑4	49
41	Kathryn	164	–	48
42	Gwendolyn	163	↑1	>100
43	Marilyn	157	↑7	38
44	Peggy	154	↓5	43
45	Bonnie	148	↑1	41
46	Annie	146	new	>100
47	Frances	142	↑2	67
48	Jacqueline	142	↓1	58
49	Laura	141	new	53
50	Joan	135	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	1,803	–	1
2	John	1,645	↑1	3
3	Robert	1,550	↓1	2
4	William	1,336	–	6
5	Michael	1,291	–	4
6	David	1,208	–	5
7	Charles	986	↑1	9
8	Richard	983	↓1	7
9	Thomas	707	–	8
10	Larry	599	–	14
11	Gary	575	↑2	10
12	Ronald	525	↓1	15
13	Donald	514	↑1	13
14	Joseph	503	↓2	12
15	George	467	–	22
16	Kenneth	463	–	16
17	Willie	439	–	48
18	Steven	394	↑4	11
19	Paul	363	↑1	19
20	Edward	356	↓2	23
21	Stephen	356	↓2	21
22	Daniel	335	↓1	20
23	Mark	293	↑1	17
24	Gregory	257	↑7	24
25	Dennis	253	↑3	18
26	Jerry	251	↓3	26
27	Bruce	237	↑3	25
28	Walter	230	↓1	44
29	Henry	220	↓3	50
30	Frank	210	↓5	32
31	Raymond	210	↑2	33
32	Timothy	208	↑15	27
33	Douglas	199	↑1	28
34	Lawrence	197	↑7	35
35	Johnny	196	↓6	53
36	Terry	196	↓4	29
37	Wayne	196	↓2	38
38	Anthony	193	↑1	34
39	Carl	179	↓1	45
40	Roger	173	↓3	30
41	Jack	171	↓1	52
42	Harold	168	↑3	51
43	Samuel	167	↓1	67
44	Arthur	156	↓8	47
45	Roy	154	new	55
46	Danny	151	new	40
47	Glenn	146	new	61
48	Eugene	145	–	71
49	Gerald	139	↓5	39
50	Ralph	139	↓4	56

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