Popular baby names in Florida, 1956

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1956 were Mary for girls (1,348 babies) and James for boys (2,225). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,187 babies born in Florida in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1956

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

Girls

Rosalyn: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cassandra: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sabrina: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deloris: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mae: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Willie: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harriet: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosalind: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Althea: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sharron: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 50 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Horace: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Norris: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nathaniel: 106 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carlton: 68 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willie: 481 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sammie: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alton: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 87 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	1,348	–	1
2	Deborah	1,250	–	4
3	Linda	1,164	–	3
4	Patricia	1,096	–	6
5	Debra	1,070	–	2
6	Susan	951	–	5
7	Cynthia	838	↑1	8
8	Barbara	735	↓1	9
9	Karen	731	↑3	7
10	Sharon	709	↑3	13
11	Brenda	670	↓2	19
12	Pamela	661	↑2	12
13	Sandra	635	↓3	14
14	Donna	628	↓3	10
15	Cheryl	498	↑2	18
16	Nancy	474	↓1	11
17	Carol	409	↓1	16
18	Kathy	390	↑8	20
19	Diane	383	–	15
20	Carolyn	355	–	33
21	Teresa	351	↑7	24
22	Elizabeth	344	↓4	22
23	Shirley	342	–	41
24	Janet	339	↓3	21
25	Janice	326	↓1	26
26	Wanda	320	↑3	61
27	Joyce	297	↑4	30
28	Betty	291	↓6	44
29	Gloria	288	↓4	53
30	Beverly	280	↓3	40
31	Robin	278	↑6	29
32	Margaret	274	↓2	25
33	Kathleen	266	↓1	17
34	Catherine	262	↑2	28
35	Lisa	245	new	31
36	Denise	244	↓3	23
37	Martha	242	↑3	59
38	Dorothy	241	↓4	72
39	Theresa	236	↓4	32
40	Rebecca	230	↓2	27
41	Debbie	226	↑9	39
42	Judy	223	–	35
43	Gail	217	↓4	49
44	Bonnie	216	↑2	51
45	Laura	216	↓4	34
46	Cathy	214	↑3	36
47	Gwendolyn	195	new	>100
48	Angela	194	new	93
49	Jo	194	new	69
50	Kathryn	193	↓3	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	James	2,225	–	2
2	Robert	1,962	–	3
3	Michael	1,929	–	1
4	John	1,851	–	5
5	David	1,589	–	4
6	William	1,522	–	6
7	Richard	1,127	–	7
8	Charles	1,059	–	11
9	Mark	834	↑1	8
10	Thomas	825	↓1	9
11	Kenneth	755	–	16
12	Gary	681	↑2	13
13	Ronald	660	↑4	15
14	Joseph	659	↑1	12
15	Donald	647	↓2	14
16	Steven	638	–	10
17	Larry	561	↓5	21
18	George	504	–	27
19	Willie	481	↑1	58
20	Paul	470	↑1	17
21	Timothy	457	↑4	19
22	Stephen	448	↓3	23
23	Daniel	443	↓1	18
24	Gregory	432	–	24
25	Anthony	418	↑1	30
26	Edward	406	↓3	25
27	Jeffrey	351	–	20
28	Dennis	333	↑2	26
29	Bruce	323	–	33
30	Kevin	305	new	22
31	Jerry	302	–	35
32	Douglas	292	–	29
33	Johnny	286	↑2	55
34	Terry	282	↓6	31
35	Randy	272	↑5	28
36	Carl	267	↑1	48
37	Wayne	262	↑2	45
38	Frank	255	↓5	38
39	Raymond	233	↓3	39
40	Samuel	230	↑5	74
41	Keith	227	↑7	36
42	Scott	222	new	34
43	Henry	213	↓9	71
44	Arthur	206	↑6	60
45	Ronnie	202	new	75
46	Glenn	198	–	61
47	Roger	194	↓5	41
48	Walter	192	↓10	53
49	Danny	190	new	46
50	Roy	187	↓7	62

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