Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	319
2	John	252
3	William	241
4	Robert	155
5	Willie	153
6	George	125
7	Henry	123
8	Charles	114
9	Joseph	89
10	Thomas	81
11	Leroy	75
12	Walter	71
13	Edward	69
14	Frank	64
15	Joe	63
16	Arthur	55
17	Albert	52
18	Clarence	51
19	David	50
20	Richard	47
21	Charlie	46
22	Ernest	44
23	Jack	43
24	Roy	39
25	Samuel	38

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	35
27	Woodrow	34
28	Johnnie	32
29	Harry	31
29	Lewis	31
29	Paul	31
32	Eugene	29
32	Sam	29
34	Andrew	27
34	Eddie	27
34	Raymond	27
37	Carl	26
37	Louis	26
39	Cecil	25
40	Ralph	24
41	Earl	23
41	Herman	23
41	Jessie	23
44	Clyde	22
44	Lee	22
46	Lawrence	21
46	Nathaniel	21
48	Ben	20
48	Benjamin	20
48	Oscar	20
48	Roosevelt	20
52	Alfred	18
52	Wilbur	18
54	Clifford	17
54	Herbert	17
54	Rufus	17
54	Theodore	17
58	Harold	16
58	Jerry	16
58	Jesse	16
58	Leonard	16
58	Manuel	16
58	Otis	16
64	Earnest	15
64	Frederick	15
64	Sylvester	15
67	Allen	14
67	Claude	14
67	Curtis	14
67	Daniel	14
67	Howard	14
67	Marion	14
73	Edwin	12
73	Gilbert	12
73	Jose	12
73	Melvin	12
73	Russell	12
78	Alexander	11
78	Chester	11
78	Horace	11
78	Hugh	11
78	Mack	11
78	Norman	11
78	Peter	11
78	Tom	11
86	Clinton	10
86	Edmond	10
86	Isaac	10
86	Leon	10
86	Luther	10
86	Mario	10
86	Wesley	10
93	Amos	9
93	Anthony	9
93	Calvin	9
93	Douglas	9
93	Edgar	9
93	Francis	9
93	Jimmie	9
93	Julius	9
93	Leo	9
93	Oliver	9