Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,004
2	Robert	1,864
3	Michael	1,664
4	John	1,652
5	William	1,482
6	David	1,369
7	Richard	1,183
8	Charles	1,049
9	Thomas	784
10	Donald	642
11	Gary	611
12	Larry	601
13	Kenneth	598
14	Joseph	572
15	Ronald	547
16	Mark	517
17	Steven	496
18	George	472
19	Willie	442
20	Edward	430
21	Stephen	411
22	Paul	396
23	Daniel	367
24	Anthony	310
25	Dennis	286

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	279
27	Terry	274
28	Bruce	270
29	Jerry	262
30	Timothy	259
31	Jeffrey	244
31	Raymond	244
33	Wayne	243
34	Douglas	240
34	Johnny	240
36	Frank	233
36	Henry	233
38	Samuel	229
39	Carl	219
40	Walter	205
41	Lawrence	199
42	Roger	184
43	Arthur	180
44	Jack	174
45	Randy	172
46	Glenn	170
47	Harold	163
48	Eddie	159
49	Gerald	155
50	Alan	154
50	Ralph	154
50	Roy	154
53	Patrick	149
54	Ronnie	147
55	Eugene	146
55	Marvin	146
57	Harry	144
58	Danny	142
58	Steve	142
60	Andrew	140
61	Dale	137
62	Bobby	135
63	Keith	133
64	Jimmy	132
65	Christopher	130
66	Albert	129
67	Kevin	128
68	Allen	126
68	Earl	126
70	Stanley	125
71	Clarence	124
72	Joe	119
73	Leonard	118
73	Rodney	118
75	Billy	117
76	Leroy	116
77	Howard	114
77	Scott	114
79	Curtis	113
80	Ernest	112
80	Ricky	112
80	Russell	112
83	Alvin	110
83	Benjamin	110
85	Jerome	108
85	Nathaniel	108
87	Randall	106
88	Frederick	105
89	Phillip	102
90	Lee	101
91	Barry	100
92	Tommy	99
93	Johnnie	97
93	Louis	97
95	Peter	96
96	Clifford	95
97	Philip	94
98	Tony	93
99	Calvin	92
99	Herbert	92
99	Jesse	92
99	Victor	92