Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1959

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

RankNameBabies
1James2,288
2Michael2,065
3Robert1,958
4David1,934
5John1,908
6William1,517
7Richard1,239
8Charles1,104
9Mark1,065
10Thomas839
11Kenneth837
12Timothy687
13Joseph668
14Steven649
15Donald611
16Ronald592
17Gregory570
18Gary568
19Anthony544
20Larry527
21George501
22Edward467
23Daniel466
24Jeffrey464
25Willie457
RankNameBabies
26Paul430
27Stephen386
28Kevin380
29Terry359
30Dennis354
31Scott351
32Bruce323
33Ricky322
34Steve316
35Jerry311
36Douglas310
37Christopher287
38Mike283
39Keith282
40Frank281
41Johnny274
41Randy274
43Brian273
44Raymond265
45Wayne263
46Ronnie259
47Tony255
48Danny248
49Jimmy239
50Carl237
51Walter235
52Dale234
53Jeffery227
54Craig225
55Henry222
56Alan220
57Curtis219
58Eddie216
59Billy215
60Patrick214
61Eric213
62Joe206
63Roger204
64Bobby202
65Samuel196
66Russell186
67Arthur181
67Glenn181
69Jack177
70Lawrence176
71Randall173
72Andrew172
73Phillip168
74Albert167
75Harold165
76Roy163
77Gerald162
78Darrell161
79Tommy160
80Micheal158
81Jeff154
82Ralph153
83Peter152
84Rodney149
85Reginald141
86Eugene139
87Allen138
88Tim132
89Matthew131
89Stanley131
91Alvin128
92Barry126
93Leonard125
94Calvin124
94Chris124
96Clifford121
96Ernest121
98Marvin118
98Victor118
100Harry117
100Louis117
100Rickey117