Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,726
2	Robert	1,442
3	John	1,428
4	William	1,185
5	Charles	839
6	David	792
7	Richard	729
8	Michael	675
9	Thomas	595
10	Ronald	575
11	Larry	532
12	Joseph	451
13	George	444
14	Willie	410
15	Donald	398
16	Kenneth	389
17	Edward	312
18	Jerry	283
19	Gary	269
20	Paul	240
21	Henry	239
22	Daniel	235
23	Stephen	225
24	Johnny	224
25	Frank	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	200
27	Raymond	197
28	Walter	196
29	Dennis	183
30	Arthur	167
31	Harold	164
31	Ralph	164
33	Harry	161
34	Eddie	154
35	Lawrence	152
36	Carl	151
36	Terry	151
38	Ronnie	143
39	Eugene	142
39	Samuel	142
41	Steven	140
42	Bruce	139
43	Jack	136
44	Albert	135
44	Roger	135
44	Roy	135
47	Jimmy	134
48	Ernest	131
49	Douglas	125
50	Joe	122
51	Gerald	115
52	Leroy	114
53	Bobby	113
54	Danny	112
55	Earl	111
56	Billy	109
56	Clarence	109
58	Timothy	107
59	Phillip	104
60	Anthony	103
61	Gregory	99
61	Tommy	99
63	Fred	96
64	Jimmie	93
65	Leon	91
66	Alan	89
66	Freddie	89
68	Andrew	88
68	Howard	88
70	Leonard	86
71	Alfred	84
71	Curtis	84
73	Louis	83
74	Mark	82
74	Patrick	82
76	Steve	80
77	Charlie	78
77	Glenn	78
79	Philip	77
80	Herbert	76
81	Allen	75
82	Ray	74
83	Frederick	73
84	Nathaniel	72
85	Marvin	69
86	Johnnie	68
86	Stanley	68
88	Jerome	67
89	Clifford	65
89	Norman	65
91	Alvin	62
91	Benjamin	62
91	Don	62
94	Theodore	61
95	Bill	60
95	Jeffrey	60
95	Peter	60
98	Jesse	57
99	Dale	56
99	Lee	56