Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,169
2	John	2,097
3	Michael	2,020
4	David	1,986
5	Robert	1,953
6	William	1,432
7	Mark	1,150
8	Richard	1,036
9	Charles	937
10	Kenneth	787
11	Thomas	785
12	Joseph	715
13	Jeffrey	674
14	Timothy	657
15	Scott	631
16	Gregory	625
17	Donald	601
18	Steven	597
19	Anthony	568
20	Ronald	522
21	Daniel	507
21	Gary	507
23	Paul	506
24	Kevin	495
25	George	440

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	411
27	Christopher	407
28	Larry	370
29	Willie	363
30	Stephen	355
31	Douglas	341
31	Terry	341
33	Eric	331
34	Keith	320
35	Jeffery	318
36	Brian	315
37	Bruce	307
38	Johnny	290
39	Tony	268
40	Jerry	265
41	Ricky	261
42	Raymond	259
43	Randy	257
44	Steve	248
45	Danny	244
46	Mike	242
47	Frank	241
48	Alan	233
49	Roger	231
50	Glenn	225
51	Todd	224
52	Patrick	222
53	Dennis	218
54	Bobby	216
55	Jimmy	214
56	Wayne	213
57	Andrew	212
58	Curtis	208
59	Walter	207
60	Jeff	205
61	Billy	204
62	Carl	201
63	Darryl	200
64	Henry	197
65	Randall	189
66	Samuel	183
66	Troy	183
68	Vincent	178
69	Craig	176
69	Eddie	176
69	Gerald	176
72	Russell	175
73	Reginald	174
74	Phillip	172
75	Dale	169
76	Ronnie	168
77	Jack	157
77	Joe	157
79	Victor	155
80	Rodney	147
81	Micheal	145
82	Barry	140
83	Allen	139
83	Lawrence	139
85	Chris	138
85	Darrell	138
87	Arthur	137
88	Albert	135
88	Ralph	135
90	Marvin	133
91	Greg	132
92	Tommy	130
93	Harold	128
94	Peter	126
95	Matthew	123
95	Roy	123
97	Tim	122
98	Eugene	120
98	Frederick	120
100	Ernest	119