Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,822
2	Robert	1,469
3	John	1,381
4	William	1,141
5	Charles	904
6	Michael	870
7	David	845
8	Richard	795
9	Thomas	582
10	Larry	560
11	Ronald	516
12	Donald	459
13	Joseph	450
14	George	442
15	Gary	420
16	Willie	413
17	Kenneth	384
18	Edward	346
19	Daniel	279
20	Paul	276
21	Stephen	263
22	Jerry	259
23	Johnny	233
24	Frank	225
25	Raymond	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	218
27	Steven	216
28	Wayne	190
29	Walter	188
30	Bruce	186
31	Dennis	172
32	Arthur	165
33	Carl	157
33	Ralph	157
35	Douglas	146
35	Harold	146
37	Jimmy	145
37	Mark	145
37	Roger	145
40	Lawrence	142
40	Terry	142
42	Roy	141
43	Samuel	138
44	Gerald	136
45	Gregory	135
46	Anthony	134
47	Ronnie	133
48	Danny	131
49	Timothy	129
50	Eddie	125
51	Albert	123
52	Harry	122
52	Jack	122
54	Eugene	120
55	Ernest	118
55	Joe	118
57	Glenn	112
58	Allen	110
59	Bobby	109
60	Curtis	105
61	Billy	104
62	Fred	103
63	Freddie	102
64	Clarence	100
64	Earl	100
64	Louis	100
67	Howard	98
68	Leroy	97
69	Alan	96
70	Tommy	94
71	Leon	92
71	Leonard	92
73	Johnnie	91
74	Andrew	90
74	Steve	90
76	Phillip	89
77	Patrick	87
78	Marvin	85
79	Herbert	84
79	Jerome	84
81	Melvin	81
81	Philip	81
83	Dale	80
84	Charlie	79
84	Jeffrey	79
84	Nathaniel	79
87	Clifford	78
87	Jimmie	78
89	Alfred	76
89	Calvin	76
91	Alvin	75
92	Barry	73
92	Randall	73
94	Benjamin	72
94	Russell	72
96	Christopher	70
96	Jesse	70
96	Theodore	70
99	Frederick	69
100	Peter	66