Popular baby names in Florida, 1960

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,202 babies) and James for boys (2,347). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 105,079 babies born in Florida in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1960

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

Girls

Valarie: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mattie: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cassandra: 97 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Felecia: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Deloris: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelia: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sabrina: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Willie: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harriet: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Annie: 96 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alphonso: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Barney: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freddie: 112 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hubert: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willie: 442 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Carlton: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Horace: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,202	–	1
2	Donna	1,079	↑2	5
3	Linda	1,054	–	3
4	Cynthia	943	↓2	9
5	Susan	873	↑1	2
6	Patricia	872	↓1	7
7	Lisa	823	↑6	6
8	Karen	822	↑1	4
9	Debra	769	↓2	8
10	Sandra	750	↑5	11
11	Deborah	743	↓3	10
12	Brenda	738	↓1	13
13	Sharon	657	↓1	16
14	Barbara	644	↓4	12
15	Teresa	601	↑5	19
16	Pamela	580	↓2	14
17	Cheryl	534	↓1	17
18	Kathy	522	↓1	21
19	Debbie	499	↓1	24
20	Nancy	479	↑1	15
21	Elizabeth	460	↓2	18
22	Kimberly	431	↑14	26
23	Laura	405	↑6	25
24	Carol	404	↓2	23
25	Robin	400	↑1	33
26	Cindy	388	↓3	30
27	Angela	376	↑12	50
28	Tammy	364	↓1	31
29	Lori	363	↑11	20
30	Janet	359	–	32
31	Carolyn	329	↓7	43
32	Diane	324	↓7	22
33	Theresa	313	↑1	35
34	Janice	310	↓3	41
35	Kim	310	↑14	34
36	Denise	295	↓4	29
37	Wanda	294	↓2	66
38	Beverly	286	↓10	60
39	Julie	282	↓2	28
40	Terri	282	new	49
41	Shirley	279	↓3	70
42	Tina	275	↑6	45
43	Margaret	260	new	36
44	Rebecca	255	↑3	38
45	Sheila	255	↓1	56
46	Valerie	251	↓5	65
47	Gloria	249	new	79
48	Rhonda	248	↓6	44
49	Cathy	244	↓16	46
50	Sherry	244	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	2,347	–	3
2	Michael	2,116	–	2
3	Robert	2,067	–	5
4	David	2,040	–	1
5	John	1,895	–	4
6	William	1,523	–	7
7	Mark	1,235	↑2	6
8	Richard	1,154	↓1	8
9	Charles	1,028	↓1	13
10	Kenneth	880	↑1	16
11	Thomas	830	↓1	9
12	Timothy	751	–	11
13	Joseph	665	–	12
14	Steven	656	–	10
15	Anthony	616	↑4	25
16	Gregory	602	↑1	24
17	Donald	600	↓2	19
18	Ronald	560	↓2	21
19	Jeffrey	533	↑5	14
20	Gary	518	↓2	22
21	Paul	517	↑5	18
22	George	503	↓1	33
23	Kevin	496	↑5	15
24	Larry	480	↓4	28
25	Willie	442	–	81
26	Daniel	428	↓3	17
27	Terry	411	↑2	34
28	Stephen	395	↓1	27
29	Scott	394	↑2	23
30	Edward	391	↓8	26
31	Keith	345	↑8	35
32	Ricky	342	↑1	38
33	Christopher	314	↑4	29
34	Dennis	310	↓4	31
35	Bruce	307	↓3	39
36	Mike	305	↑2	36
37	Brian	301	↑6	20
38	Douglas	297	↓2	30
39	Randy	291	↑3	32
40	Jerry	281	↓5	37
41	Steve	275	↓7	43
42	Johnny	264	↓1	65
43	Frank	263	↓3	40
44	Henry	258	new	84
45	Raymond	254	↓1	46
46	Wayne	253	↓1	58
47	Jeffery	246	new	55
48	Carl	237	↑2	53
49	Tony	233	↓2	52
50	Craig	230	new	41

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