Popular baby names in Florida, 1954

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1954 were Linda for girls (1,311 babies) and James for boys (2,004). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,586 babies born in Florida in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1954

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: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cassandra: 54 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Althea: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deloris: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fannie: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mae: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Unknown: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 178 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Willie: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Annie: 120 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Alphonso: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Nathaniel: 108 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Horace: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lorenzo: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lamar: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 442 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Freddie: 91 babies, 3× the national rate
Rudolph: 39 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Linda	1,311	–	2
2	Mary	1,246	–	1
3	Deborah	1,243	–	3
4	Patricia	1,031	–	4
5	Debra	1,000	↑2	6
6	Susan	868	↓1	5
7	Barbara	779	↓1	7
8	Sandra	645	↑1	13
9	Cynthia	611	↑1	10
10	Karen	576	↑4	8
11	Brenda	572	↓3	18
12	Donna	561	↑3	11
13	Sharon	533	–	16
14	Pamela	529	↓3	12
15	Nancy	488	↓3	9
16	Carol	432	–	15
17	Shirley	391	–	33
18	Elizabeth	350	↑3	20
19	Carolyn	348	↓1	27
20	Janet	317	↓1	19
21	Janice	312	↓1	25
22	Beverly	310	↑4	31
23	Gloria	309	↑1	42
24	Betty	305	↓2	36
25	Diane	294	↓2	17
26	Cheryl	287	↑12	22
27	Margaret	283	↓2	21
28	Catherine	266	↑3	32
29	Kathy	259	↑6	23
30	Joyce	257	↓1	28
31	Wanda	254	↑2	58
32	Kathleen	253	↓4	14
33	Rebecca	253	↓6	26
34	Judy	229	↓2	29
35	Marilyn	227	↑1	35
36	Teresa	227	↑4	34
37	Dorothy	222	↓7	55
38	Martha	212	↓4	46
39	Gail	209	↓2	37
40	Theresa	208	new	47
41	Robin	190	new	41
42	Peggy	187	–	48
43	Denise	185	new	24
44	Bonnie	182	↓5	52
45	Judith	182	–	30
46	Paula	181	–	38
47	Gwendolyn	178	–	>100
48	Rose	178	new	54
49	Virginia	176	↓1	61
50	Laura	174	↓9	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	2,004	–	3
2	Robert	1,864	–	2
3	Michael	1,664	↑1	1
4	John	1,652	↓1	4
5	William	1,482	–	6
6	David	1,369	–	5
7	Richard	1,183	–	7
8	Charles	1,049	–	10
9	Thomas	784	–	8
10	Donald	642	↑3	14
11	Gary	611	–	9
12	Larry	601	↓2	19
13	Kenneth	598	↑2	17
14	Joseph	572	–	13
15	Ronald	547	↓3	15
16	Mark	517	↑4	12
17	Steven	496	↑2	11
18	George	472	↓2	24
19	Willie	442	↓2	53
20	Edward	430	↑3	22
21	Stephen	411	↓3	20
22	Paul	396	–	16
23	Daniel	367	↓2	18
24	Anthony	310	↑8	32
25	Dennis	286	–	21
26	Gregory	279	↓2	25
27	Terry	274	↑2	27
28	Bruce	270	↓1	30
29	Jerry	262	↓3	31
30	Timothy	259	↑1	26
31	Jeffrey	244	↑11	23
32	Raymond	244	↓2	35
33	Wayne	243	↑1	41
34	Douglas	240	↑4	29
35	Johnny	240	↑4	54
36	Frank	233	↓8	36
37	Henry	233	↓4	59
38	Samuel	229	↑3	71
39	Carl	219	↓3	47
40	Walter	205	↓3	49
41	Lawrence	199	↓6	39
42	Roger	184	↓2	34
43	Arthur	180	–	52
44	Jack	174	–	57
45	Randy	172	new	33
46	Glenn	170	↑4	63
47	Harold	163	↓2	60
48	Eddie	159	new	91
49	Gerald	155	–	44
50	Alan	154	new	43

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