Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,104
2	Robert	1,817
3	Michael	1,722
4	John	1,664
5	David	1,537
6	William	1,472
7	Richard	1,168
8	Charles	1,019
9	Thomas	782
10	Mark	670
11	Kenneth	659
12	Larry	620
13	Donald	608
14	Gary	606
15	Joseph	584
16	Steven	573
17	Ronald	562
18	George	460
19	Stephen	452
20	Willie	449
21	Paul	445
22	Daniel	436
23	Edward	409
24	Gregory	389
25	Timothy	373

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	326
27	Jeffrey	305
28	Terry	298
29	Bruce	280
30	Dennis	279
31	Jerry	270
32	Douglas	266
33	Frank	249
34	Henry	246
34	Johnny	246
36	Raymond	235
37	Carl	226
38	Walter	220
39	Wayne	210
40	Randy	207
41	Lawrence	200
42	Roger	192
43	Roy	181
44	Alan	180
45	Samuel	178
46	Glenn	176
46	Jack	176
46	Keith	176
49	Harold	174
50	Arthur	172
51	Ronnie	165
52	Albert	164
52	Danny	164
54	Randall	161
55	Kevin	159
56	Patrick	158
57	Scott	156
58	Gerald	153
59	Ralph	152
60	Eddie	151
61	Curtis	149
61	Ernest	149
63	Christopher	143
64	Steve	142
65	Bobby	141
66	Andrew	136
66	Eugene	136
68	Stanley	131
69	Dale	129
70	Jeffery	128
71	Marvin	126
71	Russell	126
73	Rodney	125
74	Joe	124
74	Ricky	124
76	Allen	123
76	Harry	123
76	Jimmy	123
79	Leroy	121
80	Clarence	117
80	Peter	117
82	Frederick	115
82	Tommy	115
84	Howard	112
84	Jerome	112
86	Leonard	109
87	Phillip	107
88	Billy	106
89	Barry	105
89	Herbert	105
91	Alvin	104
91	Reginald	104
93	Calvin	102
94	Brian	101
94	Micheal	101
96	Tony	97
97	Benjamin	95
98	Alfred	93
98	Bernard	93
98	Craig	93
98	Johnnie	93