Popular baby names in Florida, 1955

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,251 babies) and James for boys (2,104). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,642 babies born in Florida in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1955

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

Girls

Johnnie: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Erma: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 89 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Willie: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lillie: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cassandra: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Faye: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harriet: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mattie: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Flora: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 51 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Sylvester: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Horace: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willie: 449 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 93 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tommie: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alonzo: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Earnest: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,251	↑1	1
2	Deborah	1,239	↑1	2
3	Linda	1,128	↓2	3
4	Patricia	1,117	–	6
5	Debra	1,114	–	4
6	Susan	877	–	5
7	Barbara	741	–	7
8	Cynthia	714	↑1	11
9	Brenda	636	↑2	18
10	Sandra	631	↓2	13
11	Donna	593	↑1	10
12	Karen	584	↓2	8
13	Sharon	534	–	16
14	Pamela	516	–	12
15	Nancy	488	–	9
16	Carol	429	–	15
17	Cheryl	410	↑9	19
18	Elizabeth	395	–	21
19	Diane	385	↑6	14
20	Carolyn	358	↓1	30
21	Janet	346	↓1	20
22	Betty	344	↑2	36
23	Shirley	338	↓6	37
24	Janice	329	↓3	25
25	Gloria	318	↓2	47
26	Kathy	314	↑3	22
27	Beverly	295	↓5	34
28	Teresa	290	↑8	26
29	Wanda	287	↑2	61
30	Margaret	278	↓3	24
31	Joyce	267	↓1	29
32	Kathleen	259	–	17
33	Denise	246	↑10	23
34	Dorothy	243	↑3	64
35	Theresa	242	↑5	38
36	Catherine	238	↓8	28
37	Robin	236	↑4	33
38	Rebecca	228	↓5	27
39	Gail	218	–	42
40	Martha	212	↓2	53
41	Laura	211	↑9	41
42	Judy	210	↓8	32
43	Marilyn	208	↓8	49
44	Judith	207	↑1	31
45	Connie	203	new	35
46	Bonnie	189	↓2	45
47	Kathryn	185	new	59
48	Sherry	180	new	56
49	Cathy	174	new	44
50	Debbie	171	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	2,104	–	3
2	Robert	1,817	–	4
3	Michael	1,722	–	1
4	John	1,664	–	5
5	David	1,537	↑1	2
6	William	1,472	↓1	6
7	Richard	1,168	–	7
8	Charles	1,019	–	11
9	Thomas	782	–	8
10	Mark	670	↑6	9
11	Kenneth	659	↑2	15
12	Larry	620	–	19
13	Donald	608	↓3	14
14	Gary	606	↓3	12
15	Joseph	584	↓1	13
16	Steven	573	↑1	10
17	Ronald	562	↓2	18
18	George	460	–	26
19	Stephen	452	↑2	21
20	Willie	449	↓1	54
21	Paul	445	↑1	16
22	Daniel	436	↑1	17
23	Edward	409	↓3	25
24	Gregory	389	↑2	24
25	Timothy	373	↑5	22
26	Anthony	326	↓2	31
27	Jeffrey	305	↑4	20
28	Terry	298	↓1	28
29	Bruce	280	↓1	32
30	Dennis	279	↓5	23
31	Jerry	270	↓2	33
32	Douglas	266	↑2	29
33	Frank	249	↑3	34
34	Henry	246	↑3	61
35	Johnny	246	–	55
36	Raymond	235	↓4	36
37	Carl	226	↑2	47
38	Walter	220	↑2	51
39	Wayne	210	↓6	44
40	Randy	207	↑5	30
41	Lawrence	200	–	42
42	Roger	192	–	37
43	Roy	181	new	58
44	Alan	180	↑6	43
45	Samuel	178	↓7	71
46	Glenn	176	–	59
47	Jack	176	↓3	60
48	Keith	176	new	39
49	Harold	174	↓2	63
50	Arthur	172	↓7	56

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