Popular baby names in Florida, 1958

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,253 babies) and James for boys (2,260). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 99,157 babies born in Florida in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1958

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

Girls

Frankie: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cassandra: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eunice: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 161 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lenora: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sonya: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lillie: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeanie: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lamar: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 113 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alonzo: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rufus: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 450 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sylvester: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Horace: 32 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,253	–	1
2	Patricia	1,142	↑3	5
3	Linda	1,124	–	3
4	Cynthia	1,071	–	8
5	Deborah	1,019	↓3	7
6	Susan	1,002	↑1	2
7	Debra	977	↓1	6
8	Karen	830	–	4
9	Barbara	730	–	9
10	Donna	697	↑2	10
11	Brenda	679	↓1	16
12	Pamela	667	↑2	11
13	Sandra	635	–	15
14	Cheryl	629	↑2	13
15	Sharon	603	↓4	17
16	Kathy	551	↑1	14
17	Lisa	520	↑6	19
18	Nancy	482	↓3	12
19	Teresa	458	↑1	26
20	Carol	456	↓2	20
21	Elizabeth	431	↓2	22
22	Debbie	400	↑17	24
23	Diane	384	↑1	18
24	Janice	372	↑1	35
25	Cindy	366	↓3	25
26	Carolyn	354	↓5	37
27	Theresa	333	↑4	33
28	Beverly	325	↑4	55
29	Laura	324	↑7	29
30	Julie	323	↑11	23
31	Robin	320	↓3	32
32	Shirley	300	↓6	52
33	Janet	298	↓6	28
34	Kathleen	294	↑3	21
35	Catherine	291	↓2	38
36	Joyce	286	↓2	46
37	Denise	280	↑5	27
38	Cathy	267	↑9	34
39	Margaret	265	↓1	31
40	Wanda	264	↓11	66
41	Rebecca	256	↓1	41
42	Gloria	255	↓7	77
43	Betty	247	↓13	54
44	Judy	247	↑4	36
45	Valerie	237	↑4	64
46	Peggy	236	new	42
47	Darlene	232	new	49
48	Tammy	232	new	44
49	Kimberly	220	new	39
50	Dorothy	216	↓5	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	2,260	–	3
2	Michael	2,200	–	1
3	Robert	1,998	–	4
4	John	1,837	–	5
5	David	1,831	–	2
6	William	1,606	–	6
7	Richard	1,295	–	8
8	Charles	1,043	–	11
9	Mark	998	–	7
10	Thomas	829	–	9
11	Kenneth	752	–	14
12	Ronald	682	↑2	19
13	Timothy	682	↑6	13
14	Joseph	641	↓1	12
15	Donald	639	↓3	18
16	Steven	636	↓1	10
17	Gregory	575	↑5	23
18	Larry	563	↓1	22
19	Gary	539	↓3	17
20	Daniel	506	↑3	16
21	Anthony	504	–	27
22	Paul	463	↓2	15
23	Willie	450	↑3	70
24	George	442	↓6	31
25	Jeffrey	426	↑3	21
26	Edward	405	↓2	28
27	Stephen	402	↓2	26
28	Scott	344	↑9	25
29	Dennis	340	↑3	29
30	Kevin	338	↑1	20
31	Douglas	326	↓1	30
32	Terry	322	↓5	33
33	Jerry	314	–	35
34	Bruce	309	↓5	36
35	Keith	277	↓1	37
36	Raymond	275	–	43
37	Ricky	274	↑8	34
38	Frank	269	↑2	38
39	Wayne	269	↓1	48
40	Randy	264	↓5	32
41	Johnny	262	–	61
42	Steve	243	new	44
43	Walter	239	↓1	63
44	Carl	236	–	51
45	Brian	235	new	24
46	Jeffery	235	–	59
47	Dale	234	new	46
48	Tony	226	new	57
49	Christopher	221	new	39
50	Ronnie	221	↓7	66

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