Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,023
2	Robert	1,702
3	John	1,652
4	Michael	1,506
5	William	1,388
6	David	1,331
7	Richard	1,113
8	Charles	1,038
9	Thomas	797
10	Larry	591
11	Gary	571
12	Ronald	556
13	Donald	553
14	Joseph	533
15	Kenneth	487
16	George	440
17	Willie	425
18	Stephen	416
19	Steven	414
20	Mark	411
21	Daniel	393
22	Paul	362
23	Edward	361
24	Gregory	285
25	Dennis	280

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	248
27	Bruce	245
28	Frank	243
29	Terry	239
30	Raymond	230
31	Timothy	227
32	Anthony	225
32	Henry	225
34	Wayne	224
35	Lawrence	219
36	Carl	208
37	Walter	203
38	Douglas	202
39	Johnny	184
40	Roger	179
41	Samuel	178
42	Jeffrey	171
43	Arthur	170
44	Jack	164
45	Harold	163
45	Patrick	163
47	Harry	162
48	Ralph	161
49	Gerald	160
50	Glenn	157
51	Albert	156
52	Eddie	155
53	Jimmy	148
54	Roy	147
55	Alan	146
56	Danny	143
57	Randall	139
58	Curtis	136
59	Dale	130
59	Stanley	130
61	Eugene	129
62	Randy	128
63	Bobby	127
63	Phillip	127
65	Ernest	124
66	Andrew	120
66	Frederick	120
68	Ronnie	118
69	Joe	114
70	Howard	113
70	Steve	113
72	Earl	112
73	Keith	110
73	Peter	110
75	Benjamin	109
75	Leroy	109
77	Billy	108
78	Leonard	107
79	Louis	105
79	Rodney	105
81	Herbert	104
82	Allen	103
83	Marvin	102
84	Clarence	101
84	Clifford	101
86	Christopher	100
87	Fred	95
87	Jerome	95
87	Scott	95
90	Lee	91
91	Micheal	90
92	Kevin	89
92	Leon	89
92	Philip	89
92	Russell	89
92	Tommy	89
97	Calvin	87
98	Alfred	86
98	Melvin	86
100	Alvin	85