Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	901
2	Betty	534
3	Barbara	522
4	Patricia	388
5	Dorothy	324
6	Shirley	303
7	Linda	236
8	Carolyn	235
9	Joyce	223
10	Margaret	222
11	Sandra	203
12	Frances	196
13	Nancy	195
14	Martha	192
15	Gloria	186
16	Annie	153
17	Elizabeth	151
18	Helen	145
19	Virginia	141
20	Judith	136
21	Carol	126
22	Evelyn	112
23	Alice	108
23	Doris	108
25	Judy	101
26	Joan	99
27	Sylvia	95
28	Sarah	91
29	Peggy	87
30	Marilyn	86
31	Ruby	84
32	Ann	83
32	Janice	83
34	Norma	80
35	Catherine	76
35	Juanita	76
35	Mildred	76
35	Willie	76
39	Emma	74
39	Ruth	74
41	Louise	73
42	Jean	72
43	Jeanette	71
44	Yvonne	70
45	Beverly	69
45	Geraldine	69
47	Thelma	68
48	Marie	67
48	Rosa	67
50	Annette	65

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,142
2	Robert	816
3	John	716
3	William	716
5	Charles	538
6	Richard	354
7	George	326
8	Thomas	307
9	David	302
10	Willie	290
11	Donald	247
12	Joseph	243
13	Jerry	178
14	Edward	170
15	Frank	168
16	Ronald	166
17	Henry	155
18	Kenneth	146
19	Paul	143
20	Bobby	141
20	Larry	141
22	Walter	137
23	Joe	120
24	Raymond	116
25	Arthur	114
25	Harold	114
25	Michael	114
28	Billy	109
29	Jack	104
30	Eugene	103
31	Roy	102
32	Albert	98
32	Carl	98
34	Earl	97
35	Johnny	96
36	Jimmy	94
37	Fred	93
37	Gerald	93
39	Ralph	91
40	Ernest	90
41	Eddie	88
41	Samuel	88
43	Tommy	86
44	Harry	81
45	Leroy	80
46	Marvin	79
47	Herbert	75
48	Clarence	73
49	Charlie	71
50	Nathaniel	70