Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,142
2	Robert	816
3	John	716
3	William	716
5	Charles	538
6	Richard	354
7	George	326
8	Thomas	307
9	David	302
10	Willie	290
11	Donald	247
12	Joseph	243
13	Jerry	178
14	Edward	170
15	Frank	168
16	Ronald	166
17	Henry	155
18	Kenneth	146
19	Paul	143
20	Bobby	141
20	Larry	141
22	Walter	137
23	Joe	120
24	Raymond	116
25	Arthur	114

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Harold	114
25	Michael	114
28	Billy	109
29	Jack	104
30	Eugene	103
31	Roy	102
32	Albert	98
32	Carl	98
34	Earl	97
35	Johnny	96
36	Jimmy	94
37	Fred	93
37	Gerald	93
39	Ralph	91
40	Ernest	90
41	Eddie	88
41	Samuel	88
43	Tommy	86
44	Harry	81
45	Leroy	80
46	Marvin	79
47	Herbert	75
48	Clarence	73
49	Charlie	71
50	Nathaniel	70
51	Wayne	69
52	Lawrence	68
53	Alfred	65
53	Louis	65
55	Jimmie	64
56	Curtis	59
57	Franklin	58
57	Freddie	58
57	Howard	58
57	Lee	58
57	Roger	58
62	Andrew	56
62	Jesse	56
62	Lewis	56
65	Leon	55
66	Theodore	54
67	Cecil	53
67	Gary	53
69	Daniel	52
70	Norman	50
71	Johnnie	49
71	Ray	49
73	Allen	47
73	Edwin	47
75	Leonard	45
76	Clyde	43
76	Dennis	43
76	Philip	43
79	Gene	41
79	Melvin	41
81	Don	40
81	Glenn	40
83	Bill	38
83	Herman	38
83	Ronnie	38
86	Frederick	37
87	Anthony	36
87	Clifford	36
89	Alvin	35
89	Jerome	35
91	Vernon	34
92	Earnest	33
92	Russell	33
94	Claude	32
94	Lonnie	32
94	Stephen	32
97	Benjamin	31
97	Terry	31
99	Peter	30
99	Phillip	30
99	Roland	30