Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,064
2	Barbara	604
3	Betty	563
4	Patricia	532
5	Linda	501
6	Sandra	364
7	Carolyn	328
8	Shirley	319
9	Dorothy	290
10	Margaret	245
11	Martha	232
12	Nancy	230
13	Joyce	225
14	Gloria	222
15	Elizabeth	219
16	Carol	201
17	Judith	197
18	Frances	192
19	Sharon	187
20	Virginia	169
21	Annie	168
22	Helen	150
23	Judy	145
24	Joan	126
25	Alice	123
26	Ruth	113
27	Evelyn	112
28	Doris	106
29	Sylvia	104
30	Donna	101
31	Beverly	100
31	Susan	100
33	Sarah	99
34	Janice	94
34	Marie	94
36	Brenda	91
37	Catherine	85
38	Willie	83
39	Charlotte	82
39	Juanita	82
39	Mildred	82
39	Peggy	82
43	Ann	80
43	Ruby	80
45	Norma	79
46	Bonnie	78
47	Janet	75
48	Geraldine	72
48	Jean	72
50	Julia	69

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,366
2	Robert	938
3	William	892
4	John	877
5	Charles	675
6	George	410
7	David	400
8	Richard	398
9	Thomas	384
10	Willie	382
11	Joseph	275
12	Donald	273
13	Ronald	255
14	Edward	206
15	Jerry	205
16	Henry	202
17	Michael	200
18	Frank	195
19	Kenneth	186
20	Larry	178
21	Walter	163
22	Arthur	142
23	Johnny	141
24	Jimmy	139
25	Roy	137
26	Paul	136
27	Raymond	134
28	Eugene	129
29	Bobby	124
29	Douglas	124
31	Samuel	119
32	Gerald	118
33	Harold	117
34	Ralph	116
35	Albert	111
36	Gary	106
37	Daniel	105
38	Howard	104
38	Wayne	104
40	Leroy	103
41	Joe	100
42	Carl	96
43	Clarence	95
44	Eddie	94
44	Jack	94
46	Jimmie	91
47	Billy	90
48	Harry	89
49	Ernest	87
50	Johnnie	84