Popular baby names in Florida, 1953

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1953 were Linda for girls (1,370 babies) and James for boys (2,023). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,991 babies born in Florida in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1953

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

Girls

Mae: 54 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Frankie: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deloris: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cassandra: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daisy: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mamie: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Annie: 134 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Minnie: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Unknown: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Willie: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 23 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alphonso: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Horace: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lorenzo: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roosevelt: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sammie: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alonzo: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carlton: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sylvester: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	1,370	–	2
2	Mary	1,224	–	1
3	Deborah	1,166	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,152	↓1	4
5	Susan	793	↑1	5
6	Barbara	791	↓1	6
7	Debra	789	–	7
8	Brenda	620	↑1	18
9	Sandra	597	↓1	11
10	Cynthia	560	↑1	12
11	Pamela	499	↑7	10
12	Nancy	492	↓2	8
13	Sharon	473	↓1	15
14	Karen	469	↓1	9
15	Donna	467	↓1	13
16	Carol	404	–	16
17	Shirley	387	↑2	29
18	Carolyn	356	↓3	25
19	Janet	351	↑5	19
20	Janice	336	↑1	22
21	Elizabeth	334	↓1	21
22	Betty	319	↓5	33
23	Diane	317	–	17
24	Gloria	305	↓2	38
25	Margaret	303	–	20
26	Beverly	267	↑4	34
27	Rebecca	263	↑10	24
28	Kathleen	260	↓2	14
29	Joyce	254	↓1	26
30	Dorothy	244	↑2	49
31	Catherine	241	–	35
32	Judy	233	↓5	27
33	Wanda	232	↑1	57
34	Martha	227	↓5	41
35	Kathy	226	↑4	23
36	Marilyn	224	↑7	36
37	Gail	223	↓2	39
38	Cheryl	209	↓5	28
39	Bonnie	189	↑6	45
40	Teresa	180	new	42
41	Laura	172	↑8	51
42	Peggy	172	↑2	44
43	Kathryn	169	↓2	48
44	Christine	164	↓8	32
45	Judith	164	↓7	30
46	Paula	164	new	40
47	Gwendolyn	160	↓5	>100
48	Virginia	159	↓8	53
49	Frances	153	↓2	72
50	Sheila	152	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	2,023	–	2
2	Robert	1,702	↑1	1
3	John	1,652	↓1	4
4	Michael	1,506	↑1	3
5	William	1,388	↓1	6
6	David	1,331	–	5
7	Richard	1,113	↑1	7
8	Charles	1,038	↓1	9
9	Thomas	797	–	8
10	Larry	591	–	18
11	Gary	571	–	10
12	Ronald	556	–	15
13	Donald	553	–	14
14	Joseph	533	–	13
15	Kenneth	487	↑1	17
16	George	440	↓1	22
17	Willie	425	–	49
18	Stephen	416	↑3	21
19	Steven	414	↓1	11
20	Mark	411	↑3	12
21	Daniel	393	↑1	20
22	Paul	362	↓3	16
23	Edward	361	↓3	23
24	Gregory	285	–	24
25	Dennis	280	–	19
26	Jerry	248	–	29
27	Bruce	245	–	28
28	Frank	243	↑2	33
29	Terry	239	↑7	30
30	Raymond	230	↑1	34
31	Timothy	227	↑1	26
32	Anthony	225	↑6	32
33	Henry	225	↓4	54
34	Wayne	224	↑3	40
35	Lawrence	219	↓1	37
36	Carl	208	↑3	44
37	Walter	203	↓9	45
38	Douglas	202	↓5	27
39	Johnny	184	↓4	52
40	Roger	179	–	31
41	Samuel	178	↑2	70
42	Jeffrey	171	new	25
43	Arthur	170	↑1	50
44	Jack	164	↓3	57
45	Harold	163	↓3	56
46	Patrick	163	new	39
47	Harry	162	new	83
48	Ralph	161	↑2	59
49	Gerald	160	–	42
50	Glenn	157	↓3	67

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