Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1961

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

RankNameBabies
1James2,291
2Michael2,136
3John2,051
4David2,004
5Robert1,985
6William1,553
7Mark1,243
8Richard1,131
9Charles1,047
10Kenneth800
11Thomas750
12Joseph681
13Timothy677
14Steven671
15Gregory592
16Jeffrey582
17Anthony573
18Donald565
19Gary546
20Paul531
21Ronald521
22Scott499
23Kevin494
24Daniel465
25Larry438
RankNameBabies
26George437
27Willie398
28Edward391
29Stephen389
30Christopher383
31Terry365
32Keith336
33Brian333
34Douglas309
35Mike302
36Randy301
37Bruce300
38Ricky292
39Steve289
40Jerry287
41Tony284
42Jeffery281
43Frank278
44Raymond272
45Eric265
46Patrick261
47Dennis260
48Wayne259
49Johnny254
50Alan249
51Roger248
52Billy235
52Jimmy235
54Darryl217
55Samuel211
56Carl210
56Jeff210
58Dale209
58Danny209
60Eddie207
60Walter207
62Glenn196
63Arthur195
63Craig195
65Henry193
66Ronnie191
66Russell191
68Gerald188
69Bobby184
70Todd183
71Joe181
72Curtis179
73Andrew177
74Randall172
75Jack170
76Barry166
77Roy161
78Tim159
79Lawrence157
79Tommy157
81Phillip156
82Harold152
82Micheal152
84Dwayne147
85Allen145
86Rodney144
87Darrell143
88Matthew142
89Chris139
90Eugene138
91Howard132
91Ralph132
91Victor132
94Peter131
95Reginald130
96Jay128
97Greg126
97Vincent126
99Ernest125
100Troy124