Popular baby names in Florida, 1957

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,240 babies) and James for boys (2,207). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,946 babies born in Florida in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1957

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

Girls

Unknown: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelia: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lillie: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassandra: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Althea: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 69 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Willie: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Annie: 104 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alberta: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 179 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 50 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Horace: 58 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sylvester: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Unknown: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 97 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carlton: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Earnest: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Willie: 438 babies, 3× the national rate
Freddie: 92 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,240	–	1
2	Deborah	1,177	–	6
3	Linda	1,176	–	3
4	Cynthia	1,151	↑3	7
5	Patricia	1,091	↓1	8
6	Debra	1,057	↓1	4
7	Susan	960	↓1	2
8	Karen	776	↑1	5
9	Barbara	744	↓1	9
10	Brenda	727	↑1	13
11	Sharon	720	↓1	14
12	Donna	622	↑2	10
13	Sandra	614	–	15
14	Pamela	586	↓2	12
15	Nancy	547	↑1	11
16	Cheryl	488	↓1	16
17	Kathy	465	↑1	20
18	Carol	456	↓1	18
19	Elizabeth	431	↑3	22
20	Teresa	415	↑1	24
21	Carolyn	381	↓1	33
22	Cindy	378	new	19
23	Lisa	375	↑12	26
24	Diane	370	↓5	17
25	Janice	367	–	32
26	Shirley	358	↓3	46
27	Janet	353	↓3	23
28	Robin	332	↑3	30
29	Wanda	303	↓3	59
30	Betty	289	↓2	50
31	Theresa	284	↑8	36
32	Beverly	277	↓2	48
33	Catherine	277	↑1	37
34	Joyce	277	↓7	40
35	Gloria	274	↓6	66
36	Laura	271	↑9	31
37	Kathleen	262	↓4	21
38	Margaret	262	↓6	29
39	Debbie	259	↑2	27
40	Rebecca	255	–	34
41	Julie	249	new	28
42	Denise	248	↓6	25
43	Gail	242	–	54
44	Martha	240	↓7	63
45	Dorothy	235	↓7	74
46	Kim	235	new	35
47	Cathy	232	↓1	39
48	Judy	217	↓6	38
49	Valerie	215	new	76
50	Vicki	212	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	2,207	–	2
2	Michael	2,028	↑1	1
3	Robert	1,962	↓1	4
4	John	1,848	–	5
5	David	1,805	–	3
6	William	1,619	–	6
7	Richard	1,329	–	8
8	Charles	1,068	–	11
9	Mark	887	–	7
10	Thomas	865	–	9
11	Kenneth	793	–	14
12	Donald	713	↑3	15
13	Joseph	694	↑1	12
14	Ronald	641	↓1	17
15	Steven	641	↑1	10
16	Gary	635	↓4	13
17	Larry	587	–	22
18	George	498	–	29
19	Timothy	497	↑2	19
20	Paul	496	–	18
21	Anthony	476	↑4	27
22	Gregory	463	↑2	23
23	Daniel	461	–	16
24	Edward	452	↑2	25
25	Stephen	451	↓3	24
26	Willie	438	↓7	63
27	Terry	364	↑7	33
28	Jeffrey	360	↓1	21
29	Bruce	347	–	34
30	Douglas	334	↑2	30
31	Kevin	321	↓1	20
32	Dennis	318	↓4	28
33	Jerry	293	↓2	35
34	Keith	293	↑7	36
35	Randy	281	–	31
36	Raymond	268	↑3	39
37	Scott	268	↑5	32
38	Wayne	262	↓1	47
39	Henry	250	↑4	75
40	Frank	247	↓2	38
41	Johnny	235	↓8	61
42	Walter	234	↑6	58
43	Ronnie	217	↑2	73
44	Carl	214	↓8	49
45	Ricky	214	new	40
46	Jeffery	212	new	52
47	Lawrence	211	new	46
48	Roger	206	↓1	42
49	Danny	199	–	45
50	Glenn	199	↓4	62

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