Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,366
2	Robert	938
3	William	892
4	John	877
5	Charles	675
6	George	410
7	David	400
8	Richard	398
9	Thomas	384
10	Willie	382
11	Joseph	275
12	Donald	273
13	Ronald	255
14	Edward	206
15	Jerry	205
16	Henry	202
17	Michael	200
18	Frank	195
19	Kenneth	186
20	Larry	178
21	Walter	163
22	Arthur	142
23	Johnny	141
24	Jimmy	139
25	Roy	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	136
27	Raymond	134
28	Eugene	129
29	Bobby	124
29	Douglas	124
31	Samuel	119
32	Gerald	118
33	Harold	117
34	Ralph	116
35	Albert	111
36	Gary	106
37	Daniel	105
38	Howard	104
38	Wayne	104
40	Leroy	103
41	Joe	100
42	Carl	96
43	Clarence	95
44	Eddie	94
44	Jack	94
46	Jimmie	91
47	Billy	90
48	Harry	89
49	Ernest	87
50	Johnnie	84
51	Fred	82
52	Tommy	79
53	Charlie	77
54	Earl	75
54	Freddie	75
56	Roger	72
57	Alfred	69
57	Marvin	69
59	Dennis	67
59	Lawrence	67
61	Stephen	63
62	Franklin	62
63	Herbert	61
64	Andrew	60
64	Norman	60
66	Lee	59
67	Gene	58
68	Curtis	57
68	Louis	57
68	Ronnie	57
71	Clifford	56
71	Leon	56
73	Jesse	55
73	Nathaniel	55
75	Russell	53
76	Cecil	52
76	Ray	52
78	Calvin	51
78	Don	51
80	Leonard	50
80	Terry	50
80	Theodore	50
83	Benjamin	48
83	Stanley	48
85	Alvin	46
85	Anthony	46
87	Frederick	44
87	Lewis	44
89	Allen	42
89	Glenn	42
89	Philip	42
89	Phillip	42
93	Herman	41
94	Bruce	40
95	Edwin	39
95	Timothy	39
97	Clyde	38
97	Melvin	38
97	Vernon	38
97	Warren	38