Popular baby names in Florida, 1959

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,195 babies) and James for boys (2,288). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 102,499 babies born in Florida in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1959

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

Girls

Cassandra: 79 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Willie: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lillie: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Mae: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Faye: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sabrina: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 146 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Katrina: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorenzo: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dexter: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilbur: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Willie: 457 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Horace: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 90 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 87 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alonzo: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,195	–	1
2	Cynthia	1,069	↑2	8
3	Linda	1,063	–	3
4	Donna	1,009	↑6	5
5	Patricia	991	↓3	6
6	Susan	947	–	2
7	Debra	912	–	7
8	Deborah	852	↓3	9
9	Karen	847	↓1	4
10	Barbara	742	↓1	11
11	Brenda	684	–	16
12	Sharon	670	↑3	17
13	Lisa	667	↑4	10
14	Pamela	664	↓2	12
15	Sandra	661	↓2	13
16	Cheryl	566	↓2	18
17	Kathy	563	↓1	15
18	Debbie	546	↑4	20
19	Elizabeth	462	↑2	21
20	Teresa	460	↓1	24
21	Nancy	452	↓3	14
22	Carol	411	↓2	22
23	Cindy	410	↑2	25
24	Carolyn	356	↑2	42
25	Diane	353	↓2	19
26	Robin	352	↑5	32
27	Tammy	349	↑21	31
28	Beverly	344	–	55
29	Laura	340	–	30
30	Janet	334	↑3	28
31	Janice	332	↓7	37
32	Denise	319	↑5	29
33	Cathy	313	↑5	39
34	Theresa	312	↓7	34
35	Wanda	306	↑5	65
36	Kimberly	299	↑13	33
37	Julie	295	↓7	26
38	Shirley	282	↓6	61
39	Angela	278	new	68
40	Lori	276	new	27
41	Valerie	269	↑4	60
42	Rhonda	262	new	45
43	Betty	261	–	59
44	Sheila	259	new	52
45	Catherine	257	↓10	40
46	Kathleen	257	↓12	23
47	Rebecca	255	↓6	38
48	Tina	254	new	53
49	Kim	250	new	35
50	Judy	241	↓6	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	2,288	–	3
2	Michael	2,065	–	1
3	Robert	1,958	–	5
4	David	1,934	↑1	2
5	John	1,908	↓1	4
6	William	1,517	–	7
7	Richard	1,239	–	8
8	Charles	1,104	–	11
9	Mark	1,065	–	6
10	Thomas	839	–	9
11	Kenneth	837	–	15
12	Timothy	687	↑1	12
13	Joseph	668	↑1	13
14	Steven	649	↑2	10
15	Donald	611	–	19
16	Ronald	592	↓4	21
17	Gregory	570	–	23
18	Gary	568	↑1	20
19	Anthony	544	↑2	26
20	Larry	527	↓2	25
21	George	501	↑3	32
22	Edward	467	↑4	27
23	Daniel	466	↓3	18
24	Jeffrey	464	↑1	16
25	Willie	457	↓2	78
26	Paul	430	↓4	17
27	Stephen	386	–	28
28	Kevin	380	↑2	14
29	Terry	359	↑3	33
30	Dennis	354	↓1	29
31	Scott	351	↓3	24
32	Bruce	323	↑2	38
33	Ricky	322	↑4	34
34	Steve	316	↑8	41
35	Jerry	311	↓2	36
36	Douglas	310	↓5	30
37	Christopher	287	↑12	35
38	Mike	283	new	37
39	Keith	282	↓4	39
40	Frank	281	↓2	42
41	Johnny	274	–	64
42	Randy	274	↓2	31
43	Brian	273	↑2	22
44	Raymond	265	↓8	45
45	Wayne	263	↓6	51
46	Ronnie	259	↑4	77
47	Tony	255	↑1	53
48	Danny	248	new	48
49	Jimmy	239	new	69
50	Carl	237	↓6	54

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