Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,658
2	Robert	1,240
3	John	1,223
4	William	1,040
5	Charles	762
6	Richard	641
7	David	549
8	Thomas	548
9	George	458
10	Willie	402
11	Donald	382
12	Ronald	375
13	Michael	352
14	Joseph	349
15	Larry	303
16	Edward	278
17	Jerry	257
18	Kenneth	256
19	Henry	241
20	Frank	226
21	Paul	224
22	Walter	201
23	Johnny	190
24	Raymond	176
25	Gary	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	160
27	Roy	154
28	Albert	152
28	Arthur	152
28	Jack	152
31	Gerald	142
32	Harold	138
32	Ralph	138
34	Daniel	134
34	Wayne	134
36	Carl	129
37	Samuel	124
38	Eugene	123
38	Harry	123
40	Joe	120
41	Billy	117
41	Eddie	117
43	Bobby	116
44	Dennis	112
45	Lawrence	111
46	Ernest	108
47	Douglas	105
48	Roger	104
49	Stephen	100
50	Earl	98
50	Fred	98
50	Jimmie	98
50	Leroy	98
54	Clarence	94
55	Howard	90
56	Tommy	88
57	Louis	82
58	Terry	77
59	Freddie	76
60	Andrew	74
61	Benjamin	73
61	Ronnie	73
63	Melvin	71
64	Theodore	70
65	Herbert	69
66	Leon	68
66	Ray	68
68	Peter	65
69	Allen	64
69	Curtis	64
69	Johnnie	64
69	Marvin	64
73	Nathaniel	62
74	Bruce	61
75	Clyde	60
75	Phillip	60
75	Russell	60
78	Jesse	59
79	Lee	58
79	Leonard	58
79	Lewis	58
82	Alfred	57
82	Charlie	57
82	Glenn	57
82	Stanley	57
86	Norman	56
87	Alvin	55
87	Clifford	55
89	Frederick	54
90	Alan	53
90	Anthony	53
90	Edwin	53
90	Patrick	53
94	Bill	51
94	Don	51
94	Steven	51
97	Warren	49
98	Cecil	48
98	Herman	48
100	Franklin	47