Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	916
2	Dorothy	510
3	Betty	492
4	Margaret	279
5	Helen	261
6	Annie	211
7	Doris	208
8	Ruth	202
9	Mildred	198
10	Barbara	186
11	Evelyn	174
12	Martha	172
13	Frances	165
14	Elizabeth	156
15	Louise	155
16	Virginia	152
17	Alice	145
18	Ruby	136
19	Patricia	127
20	Willie	124
21	Edna	119
22	Thelma	117
23	Gloria	112
23	Juanita	112
25	Lois	102

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Sarah	102
27	Gladys	101
28	Joyce	98
28	Lillian	98
30	Jean	93
31	Bernice	92
31	Catherine	92
33	Shirley	91
34	Marjorie	90
35	Rosa	89
36	Marie	84
37	Hazel	80
38	Ethel	77
39	Bertha	76
39	Lillie	76
41	Edith	73
42	Johnnie	68
43	Geraldine	67
44	Nancy	65
45	Ella	64
45	Florence	64
47	Myrtle	63
48	Grace	62
48	Lucille	62
48	Pauline	62
51	Ann	59
51	Laura	59
53	Norma	58
53	Vera	58
55	Bessie	57
56	Ida	56
56	Irene	56
56	Peggy	56
59	Anna	55
59	Clara	55
59	Emma	55
62	Carolyn	54
62	Rose	54
64	Beatrice	53
64	Josephine	53
64	June	53
67	Alma	52
67	Carrie	52
67	Eva	52
70	Inez	51
70	Minnie	51
72	Ernestine	49
72	Mae	49
72	Marion	49
75	Audrey	48
75	Julia	48
75	Marian	48
75	Vivian	48
79	Sara	46
80	Elsie	45
80	Naomi	45
82	Hattie	44
82	Pearl	44
82	Wilma	44
85	Lula	43
86	Mattie	42
86	Nellie	42
88	Charlotte	41
88	Christine	41
88	Katherine	41
91	Esther	40
91	Iris	40
91	Jessie	40
91	Margie	40
95	Eleanor	39
95	Kathryn	39
95	Mamie	39
98	Jane	38
99	Daisy	37
99	Roberta	37
99	Wanda	37