Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	581
2	Margaret	198
3	Annie	179
4	Dorothy	172
5	Helen	159
6	Ruth	154
7	Thelma	133
8	Mildred	132
9	Elizabeth	128
10	Edna	122
11	Louise	119
12	Alice	115
13	Willie	109
14	Frances	100
15	Ruby	97
16	Hazel	96
16	Martha	96
18	Marie	90
19	Gladys	86
20	Evelyn	85
20	Virginia	85
22	Rosa	82
23	Lillie	80
24	Ethel	78
25	Doris	74
26	Edith	70
26	Lucille	70
28	Beatrice	69
28	Myrtle	69
28	Sarah	69
31	Lillian	67
31	Lois	67
33	Minnie	66
34	Mattie	65
35	Julia	61
36	Bernice	60
36	Josephine	60
38	Florence	59
38	Inez	59
40	Alma	58
40	Bessie	58
40	Clara	58
40	Irene	58
40	Juanita	58
45	Ella	56
45	Emma	56
45	Jessie	56
48	Eva	54
48	Ida	54
50	Carrie	53

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	555
2	William	452
3	John	442
4	Robert	272
5	Charles	246
6	Willie	213
7	George	195
8	Joseph	173
9	Henry	157
10	Thomas	134
11	Frank	130
12	Walter	106
13	Edward	105
14	David	93
15	Albert	91
16	Joe	89
17	Arthur	86
18	Clarence	83
19	Richard	82
20	Leroy	79
21	Samuel	76
22	Harold	74
23	Jack	71
24	Ralph	63
25	Fred	60
26	Ernest	55
27	Earl	54
28	Charlie	53
28	Johnnie	53
30	Paul	51
31	Carl	50
31	Raymond	50
33	Harry	49
33	Herbert	49
35	Roy	47
36	Eddie	46
37	Alfred	45
37	Louis	45
37	Woodrow	45
40	Eugene	44
40	Nathaniel	44
42	Lewis	43
43	Jesse	42
44	Herman	41
44	Howard	41
44	Sam	41
47	Cecil	39
48	Leon	37
49	Benjamin	35
49	Daniel	35