Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	888
2	Barbara	543
3	Betty	528
4	Patricia	328
5	Shirley	293
6	Dorothy	259
7	Martha	208
8	Margaret	206
9	Nancy	189
10	Carolyn	181
11	Joyce	169
12	Frances	167
13	Elizabeth	164
14	Sandra	157
15	Helen	156
16	Annie	148
17	Linda	131
18	Carol	130
19	Virginia	123
20	Gloria	117
21	Alice	113
22	Doris	107
23	Sylvia	103
24	Evelyn	102
25	Ruth	101
26	Judith	98
27	Ruby	96
28	Joan	93
28	Sarah	93
30	Mildred	91
31	Judy	90
32	Norma	83
33	Catherine	80
34	Willie	78
35	Janice	76
36	Marilyn	75
37	Jean	73
37	Juanita	73
39	Lillian	72
40	Geraldine	71
41	Peggy	70
42	Ann	68
42	Jeanette	68
44	Joann	65
44	Louise	65
46	Edna	62
47	Jacqueline	61
47	Thelma	61
49	Beverly	59
50	Emma	58

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,057
2	Robert	747
3	John	664
4	William	622
5	Charles	577
6	Willie	329
7	George	308
8	Richard	306
9	David	274
10	Donald	273
11	Thomas	255
12	Joseph	233
13	Edward	192
14	Henry	174
15	Kenneth	146
16	Ronald	144
17	Walter	136
18	Frank	135
18	Jerry	135
20	Joe	129
21	Bobby	123
22	Arthur	120
23	Jack	117
24	Billy	112
25	Harold	109
26	Raymond	104
27	Michael	103
28	Eugene	100
29	Albert	97
29	Carl	97
31	Larry	96
32	Gerald	95
32	Ralph	95
34	Eddie	91
35	Samuel	89
36	Clarence	88
36	Ernest	88
38	Paul	86
38	Roy	86
40	Jimmy	84
41	Earl	79
42	Johnny	78
43	Fred	77
44	Harry	73
44	Jimmie	73
44	Leroy	73
47	Lawrence	72
48	Daniel	70
48	Johnnie	70
50	Herbert	66