Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,532
2	Robert	1,130
3	John	1,123
4	William	1,050
5	Charles	741
6	Richard	515
7	Thomas	495
8	George	480
9	David	477
10	Willie	377
11	Joseph	372
12	Michael	347
13	Ronald	336
14	Donald	305
15	Larry	254
16	Edward	253
17	Jerry	232
18	Kenneth	227
19	Walter	209
20	Henry	208
21	Paul	192
22	Frank	186
23	Johnny	177
24	Raymond	161
25	Arthur	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	137
27	Harry	134
27	Ralph	134
29	Harold	132
30	Albert	130
31	Bobby	127
32	Eugene	123
32	Jack	123
34	Daniel	121
34	Samuel	121
36	Joe	118
36	Leroy	118
36	Wayne	118
39	Carl	117
39	Roy	117
41	Douglas	114
42	Gerald	113
43	Gary	110
44	Lawrence	104
45	Ernest	101
46	Eddie	96
47	Clarence	95
48	Earl	94
49	Tommy	92
50	Billy	91
50	Fred	91
50	Roger	91
53	Jimmie	86
54	Stephen	82
55	Terry	80
56	Howard	79
56	Johnnie	79
58	Marvin	77
59	Curtis	74
60	Alfred	73
60	Norman	73
62	Clifford	71
62	Leonard	71
64	Louis	70
65	Andrew	68
66	Charlie	66
66	Freddie	66
68	Ray	65
69	Bruce	64
69	Dennis	64
69	Peter	64
72	Benjamin	61
73	Cecil	60
73	Herbert	60
75	Anthony	59
75	Lewis	59
75	Melvin	59
78	Frederick	57
78	Nathaniel	57
80	Clyde	55
80	Jesse	55
82	Ronnie	53
83	Calvin	52
83	Leon	52
85	Lloyd	50
85	Phillip	50
87	Alvin	49
87	Franklin	49
89	Don	48
89	Glenn	48
89	Herman	48
89	Patrick	48
89	Vernon	48
94	Warren	47
95	Edwin	46
95	Jerome	46
95	Theodore	46
98	Gene	45
98	Lee	45
100	Earnest	43
100	Oscar	43