Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	816
2	Betty	544
3	Barbara	484
4	Shirley	351
5	Dorothy	299
6	Patricia	284
7	Martha	180
8	Margaret	178
9	Carolyn	170
10	Frances	157
10	Joyce	157
12	Nancy	149
13	Annie	148
14	Helen	143
15	Elizabeth	141
16	Joan	123
17	Doris	117
18	Sylvia	116
19	Evelyn	115
19	Gloria	115
21	Virginia	114
22	Jean	110
23	Juanita	105
24	Sandra	103
25	Carol	100
26	Alice	99
27	Ruth	93
28	Peggy	88
28	Willie	88
30	Sarah	87
31	Ruby	85
32	Ann	81
33	Thelma	78
34	Lillie	75
35	Edna	73
36	Lois	72
36	Louise	72
38	Jeanette	70
39	Ethel	69
39	Rosa	69
41	Mildred	68
41	Norma	68
43	Yvonne	66
44	Beverly	65
45	Emma	59
46	Catherine	57
47	Bertha	56
48	Delores	55
49	Jo	54
49	Minnie	54

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	918
2	Robert	668
3	William	617
4	John	583
5	Charles	505
6	George	303
7	Willie	291
8	Thomas	260
9	Donald	247
9	Richard	247
11	David	213
12	Edward	187
13	Joseph	173
14	Henry	162
15	Joe	135
16	Kenneth	122
17	Bobby	121
18	Ronald	120
18	Walter	120
20	Frank	119
21	Billy	106
22	Paul	104
23	Jack	101
24	Harold	100
24	Samuel	100
26	Fred	98
27	Ralph	97
28	Carl	95
29	Raymond	94
30	Eugene	93
31	Clarence	92
31	Leroy	92
33	Arthur	90
33	Jerry	90
35	Roy	83
36	Albert	82
37	Jimmie	79
38	Earl	76
39	Jimmy	74
40	Ernest	73
41	Johnny	69
42	Eddie	67
42	Harry	67
44	Johnnie	63
45	Gerald	62
46	Tommy	61
47	Marvin	57
48	Freddie	56
49	Alfred	53
49	Gene	53