Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,652
2	Robert	1,365
3	John	1,273
4	William	1,173
5	Charles	768
6	Richard	731
7	David	574
8	Thomas	528
9	Michael	499
10	Ronald	451
11	George	442
12	Donald	408
13	Willie	405
14	Larry	402
15	Joseph	358
16	Kenneth	287
17	Edward	278
18	Jerry	273
19	Gary	226
20	Frank	219
21	Henry	213
22	Paul	208
23	Johnny	200
24	Wayne	179
25	Daniel	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	175
27	Dennis	174
28	Walter	168
29	Harold	164
30	Harry	151
31	Roy	150
32	Samuel	146
33	Stephen	145
34	Arthur	144
34	Terry	144
36	Jimmy	140
37	Ronnie	139
38	Jack	138
38	Lawrence	138
40	Albert	136
41	Ernest	134
42	Carl	133
43	Ralph	132
44	Eddie	122
44	Leroy	122
46	Gerald	121
47	Roger	116
48	Billy	113
48	Bobby	113
48	Clarence	113
51	Douglas	111
51	Tommy	111
53	Joe	109
54	Eugene	104
55	Fred	102
56	Howard	99
57	Earl	98
58	Bruce	97
59	Freddie	95
60	Jimmie	93
61	Louis	86
62	Charlie	84
63	Danny	83
63	Herbert	83
65	Alan	82
66	Alfred	81
66	Andrew	81
68	Marvin	79
69	Glenn	78
70	Nathaniel	75
71	Curtis	74
71	Don	74
73	Frederick	73
74	Timothy	72
75	Anthony	71
76	Johnnie	70
76	Leonard	70
78	Allen	68
79	Norman	67
79	Steven	67
81	Leon	66
82	Patrick	65
82	Ray	65
84	Peter	63
84	Russell	63
86	Lewis	60
86	Steve	60
88	Benjamin	59
88	Edwin	59
90	Clifford	58
90	Gregory	58
92	Phillip	57
92	Theodore	57
94	Lee	56
95	Calvin	55
95	Cecil	55
95	Melvin	55
95	Philip	55
95	Rodney	55
100	Jesse	53