Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	555
2	William	452
3	John	442
4	Robert	272
5	Charles	246
6	Willie	213
7	George	195
8	Joseph	173
9	Henry	157
10	Thomas	134
11	Frank	130
12	Walter	106
13	Edward	105
14	David	93
15	Albert	91
16	Joe	89
17	Arthur	86
18	Clarence	83
19	Richard	82
20	Leroy	79
21	Samuel	76
22	Harold	74
23	Jack	71
24	Ralph	63
25	Fred	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	55
27	Earl	54
28	Charlie	53
28	Johnnie	53
30	Paul	51
31	Carl	50
31	Raymond	50
33	Harry	49
33	Herbert	49
35	Roy	47
36	Eddie	46
37	Alfred	45
37	Louis	45
37	Woodrow	45
40	Eugene	44
40	Nathaniel	44
42	Lewis	43
43	Jesse	42
44	Herman	41
44	Howard	41
44	Sam	41
47	Cecil	39
48	Leon	37
49	Benjamin	35
49	Daniel	35
51	Andrew	34
51	Theodore	34
53	Curtis	33
53	Donald	33
55	Leonard	32
56	Clyde	29
56	Jessie	29
56	Lawrence	29
56	Manuel	29
60	Lee	28
60	Oscar	28
62	Horace	26
62	Willard	26
64	Clifford	25
65	Ray	24
66	Marion	23
67	Francis	22
67	Julius	22
67	Vernon	22
70	Earnest	21
70	Edgar	21
70	Edwin	21
70	Otis	21
70	Rufus	21
75	Kenneth	20
75	Norman	20
75	Oliver	20
78	Elmer	19
78	Jose	19
78	Melvin	19
78	Milton	19
82	Claude	18
82	Floyd	18
82	Frederick	18
82	Hubert	18
82	Leo	18
82	Leslie	18
88	Chester	17
88	Freddie	17
88	Hugh	17
88	Marvin	17
88	Stanley	17
88	Tom	17
88	Wilson	17
95	Amos	16
95	Homer	16
95	Johnny	16
95	Lester	16
95	Lloyd	16
95	Lonnie	16
95	Morris	16
95	Philip	16
95	Sidney	16
95	Tony	16