Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,216
2	Barbara	733
3	Linda	684
4	Patricia	662
5	Betty	598
6	Sandra	445
7	Carolyn	389
8	Shirley	367
9	Dorothy	322
10	Sharon	306
11	Margaret	292
12	Joyce	283
13	Carol	271
14	Nancy	263
15	Martha	260
16	Frances	240
16	Judith	240
18	Gloria	239
19	Elizabeth	228
20	Judy	213
21	Helen	184
22	Virginia	177
23	Annie	172
24	Susan	166
25	Evelyn	151
26	Alice	149
27	Donna	142
28	Doris	141
29	Janice	134
30	Beverly	132
31	Joan	128
32	Ann	127
33	Sarah	120
34	Brenda	118
35	Diane	116
36	Bonnie	112
37	Charlotte	106
38	Sylvia	105
39	Peggy	104
40	Juanita	103
41	Ruth	101
42	Karen	99
43	Mildred	98
44	Marie	96
45	Jo	92
46	Janet	90
47	Ruby	89
48	Geraldine	87
48	Marilyn	87
50	Catherine	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,532
2	Robert	1,130
3	John	1,123
4	William	1,050
5	Charles	741
6	Richard	515
7	Thomas	495
8	George	480
9	David	477
10	Willie	377
11	Joseph	372
12	Michael	347
13	Ronald	336
14	Donald	305
15	Larry	254
16	Edward	253
17	Jerry	232
18	Kenneth	227
19	Walter	209
20	Henry	208
21	Paul	192
22	Frank	186
23	Johnny	177
24	Raymond	161
25	Arthur	153
26	Jimmy	137
27	Harry	134
27	Ralph	134
29	Harold	132
30	Albert	130
31	Bobby	127
32	Eugene	123
32	Jack	123
34	Daniel	121
34	Samuel	121
36	Joe	118
36	Leroy	118
36	Wayne	118
39	Carl	117
39	Roy	117
41	Douglas	114
42	Gerald	113
43	Gary	110
44	Lawrence	104
45	Ernest	101
46	Eddie	96
47	Clarence	95
48	Earl	94
49	Tommy	92
50	Billy	91