Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,765
2	Robert	1,586
3	John	1,324
4	William	1,311
5	Charles	862
6	David	769
7	Richard	762
8	Michael	649
9	Thomas	597
10	Ronald	536
11	Larry	520
12	George	501
13	Donald	442
14	Willie	431
15	Joseph	404
16	Kenneth	382
17	Edward	299
18	Jerry	298
19	Gary	284
20	Paul	264
21	Henry	237
22	Frank	222
23	Daniel	214
23	Wayne	214
25	Johnny	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	208
27	Arthur	204
28	Walter	202
29	Raymond	190
30	Stephen	181
31	Dennis	173
31	Harry	173
33	Jimmy	165
34	Eddie	164
35	Roy	157
36	Terry	156
37	Joe	151
38	Gerald	141
38	Samuel	141
40	Jack	140
41	Lawrence	139
42	Ralph	138
43	Ronnie	137
44	Albert	136
44	Clarence	136
46	Carl	135
47	Fred	129
48	Roger	128
49	Bruce	127
50	Ernest	124
51	Eugene	123
52	Douglas	122
52	Tommy	122
54	Steven	121
55	Billy	115
56	Bobby	113
57	Howard	108
58	Leroy	107
59	Danny	99
60	Anthony	98
61	Earl	96
61	Glenn	96
63	Charlie	91
64	Jimmie	90
65	Alan	88
65	Leonard	88
67	Marvin	87
68	Norman	86
69	Louis	85
69	Phillip	85
71	Clifford	84
71	Freddie	84
73	Curtis	82
73	Herbert	82
75	Allen	80
75	Andrew	80
75	Gregory	80
75	Leon	80
75	Steve	80
75	Timothy	80
81	Alfred	78
82	Benjamin	77
83	Nathaniel	75
84	Frederick	74
84	Peter	74
86	Alvin	72
87	Stanley	71
88	Melvin	70
89	Patrick	67
90	Don	65
90	Ray	65
92	Barry	64
92	Johnnie	64
92	Mark	64
92	Theodore	64
96	Calvin	60
96	Lewis	60
98	Jesse	57
99	Herman	56
99	Lee	56
99	Russell	56