Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,225
2	Robert	1,962
3	Michael	1,929
4	John	1,851
5	David	1,589
6	William	1,522
7	Richard	1,127
8	Charles	1,059
9	Mark	834
10	Thomas	825
11	Kenneth	755
12	Gary	681
13	Ronald	660
14	Joseph	659
15	Donald	647
16	Steven	638
17	Larry	561
18	George	504
19	Willie	481
20	Paul	470
21	Timothy	457
22	Stephen	448
23	Daniel	443
24	Gregory	432
25	Anthony	418

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	406
27	Jeffrey	351
28	Dennis	333
29	Bruce	323
30	Kevin	305
31	Jerry	302
32	Douglas	292
33	Johnny	286
34	Terry	282
35	Randy	272
36	Carl	267
37	Wayne	262
38	Frank	255
39	Raymond	233
40	Samuel	230
41	Keith	227
42	Scott	222
43	Henry	213
44	Arthur	206
45	Ronnie	202
46	Glenn	198
47	Roger	194
48	Walter	192
49	Danny	190
50	Roy	187
51	Alan	185
52	Patrick	184
53	Steve	178
54	Dale	176
55	Gerald	175
56	Curtis	173
57	Eddie	172
58	Jimmy	170
58	Ralph	170
58	Randall	170
61	Brian	167
61	Lawrence	167
61	Russell	167
64	Jeffery	164
65	Bobby	162
65	Harold	162
67	Christopher	159
68	Andrew	158
69	Ricky	157
70	Billy	156
71	Eugene	150
72	Jack	148
73	Stanley	147
74	Peter	143
75	Howard	140
76	Barry	133
76	Phillip	133
78	Albert	129
78	Tony	129
80	Harry	127
81	Micheal	126
82	Allen	124
82	Ernest	124
84	Alvin	121
85	Eric	120
85	Melvin	120
87	Calvin	117
88	Victor	116
89	Clarence	114
89	Clifford	114
89	Joe	114
92	Reginald	112
93	Rodney	108
94	Frederick	107
95	Nathaniel	106
96	Craig	105
96	Leroy	105
98	Earl	104
99	Jerome	103
99	Marvin	103
99	Norman	103