Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,207
2	Michael	2,028
3	Robert	1,962
4	John	1,848
5	David	1,805
6	William	1,619
7	Richard	1,329
8	Charles	1,068
9	Mark	887
10	Thomas	865
11	Kenneth	793
12	Donald	713
13	Joseph	694
14	Ronald	641
14	Steven	641
16	Gary	635
17	Larry	587
18	George	498
19	Timothy	497
20	Paul	496
21	Anthony	476
22	Gregory	463
23	Daniel	461
24	Edward	452
25	Stephen	451

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	438
27	Terry	364
28	Jeffrey	360
29	Bruce	347
30	Douglas	334
31	Kevin	321
32	Dennis	318
33	Jerry	293
33	Keith	293
35	Randy	281
36	Raymond	268
36	Scott	268
38	Wayne	262
39	Henry	250
40	Frank	247
41	Johnny	235
42	Walter	234
43	Ronnie	217
44	Carl	214
44	Ricky	214
46	Jeffery	212
47	Lawrence	211
48	Roger	206
49	Danny	199
49	Glenn	199
51	Gerald	195
51	Jack	195
53	Brian	191
53	Roy	191
55	Eddie	190
56	Arthur	188
57	Harold	187
58	Samuel	185
59	Christopher	182
60	Albert	175
61	Alan	174
62	Curtis	172
62	Ralph	172
64	Dale	168
65	Patrick	165
65	Tony	165
67	Russell	163
68	Jimmy	161
69	Randall	160
69	Steve	160
71	Bobby	158
72	Peter	157
73	Joe	154
74	Billy	151
75	Andrew	148
76	Craig	147
77	Micheal	144
78	Reginald	142
79	Eugene	141
79	Harry	141
81	Eric	134
82	Howard	132
82	Jerome	132
84	Calvin	131
85	Mike	130
86	Marvin	129
86	Phillip	129
86	Stanley	129
89	Tommy	128
90	Alvin	122
91	Ernest	121
92	Leroy	120
92	Victor	120
94	Rodney	117
95	Darrell	116
96	Leonard	114
97	Ray	113
98	Clifford	112
98	Melvin	112
100	Allen	110