Popular baby names in Florida, 1961

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1961 were Mary for girls (1,131 babies) and James for boys (2,291). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 105,043 babies born in Florida in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1961

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

Girls

Tangela: 26 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Ana: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Valarie: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cassandra: 106 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bridgette: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Daisy: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lola: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lenora: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lillie: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lorenzo: 65 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Horace: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 398 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carlton: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sylvester: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Isaac: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 91 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alton: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	1,131	–	1
2	Lisa	1,035	↑5	2
3	Linda	965	–	4
4	Patricia	866	↑2	6
5	Susan	842	–	3
6	Cynthia	839	↓2	8
7	Karen	831	↑1	5
8	Donna	755	↓6	7
9	Brenda	754	↑3	11
10	Sandra	716	–	9
11	Sharon	674	↑2	17
12	Deborah	656	↓1	10
13	Debra	632	↓4	13
14	Pamela	626	↑2	15
15	Barbara	599	↓1	12
16	Teresa	596	↓1	18
17	Cheryl	495	–	20
18	Elizabeth	495	↑3	19
19	Tammy	485	↑9	28
20	Laura	453	↑3	21
21	Nancy	451	↓1	16
22	Debbie	450	↓3	31
23	Robin	448	↑2	27
24	Kathy	438	↓6	25
25	Lori	430	↑4	14
26	Angela	419	↑1	38
27	Kimberly	410	↓5	22
28	Carol	394	↓4	24
29	Denise	352	↑7	30
30	Cindy	348	↓4	33
31	Janet	332	↓1	32
32	Carolyn	329	↓1	42
33	Theresa	323	–	35
34	Tina	323	↑8	41
35	Julie	317	↑4	23
36	Janice	309	↓2	52
37	Kim	300	↓2	36
38	Wanda	300	↓1	70
39	Jacqueline	288	new	37
40	Michelle	285	new	34
41	Diane	280	↓9	26
42	Rhonda	277	↑6	46
43	Beverly	268	↓5	66
44	Sheila	265	↑1	59
45	Sherry	265	↑5	53
46	Cathy	259	↑3	55
47	Valerie	253	↓1	67
48	Connie	251	new	50
49	Terri	245	↓9	51
50	Catherine	238	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	2,291	–	4
2	Michael	2,136	–	1
3	John	2,051	↑2	3
4	David	2,004	–	2
5	Robert	1,985	↓2	5
6	William	1,553	–	7
7	Mark	1,243	–	6
8	Richard	1,131	–	8
9	Charles	1,047	–	13
10	Kenneth	800	–	16
11	Thomas	750	–	9
12	Joseph	681	↑1	12
13	Timothy	677	↓1	15
14	Steven	671	–	10
15	Gregory	592	↑1	23
16	Jeffrey	582	↑3	11
17	Anthony	573	↓2	25
18	Donald	565	↓1	22
19	Gary	546	↑1	21
20	Paul	531	↑1	18
21	Ronald	521	↓3	24
22	Scott	499	↑7	19
23	Kevin	494	–	14
24	Daniel	465	↑2	17
25	Larry	438	↓1	30
26	George	437	↓4	31
27	Willie	398	↓2	86
28	Edward	391	↑2	29
29	Stephen	389	↓1	27
30	Christopher	383	↑3	26
31	Terry	365	↓4	32
32	Keith	336	↓1	35
33	Brian	333	↑4	20
34	Douglas	309	↑4	28
35	Mike	302	↑1	36
36	Randy	301	↑3	33
37	Bruce	300	↓2	40
38	Ricky	292	↓6	44
39	Steve	289	↑2	45
40	Jerry	287	–	37
41	Tony	284	↑8	53
42	Jeffery	281	↑5	50
43	Frank	278	–	41
44	Raymond	272	↑1	48
45	Eric	265	new	38
46	Patrick	261	new	39
47	Dennis	260	↓13	34
48	Wayne	259	↓2	61
49	Johnny	254	↓7	70
50	Alan	249	new	51

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