Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,175
2	Barbara	809
3	Linda	786
4	Patricia	776
5	Betty	537
6	Sandra	530
7	Carolyn	425
8	Carol	382
9	Shirley	371
10	Nancy	341
11	Dorothy	339
12	Sharon	335
13	Judith	311
14	Margaret	302
15	Joyce	295
16	Gloria	275
17	Elizabeth	241
18	Judy	235
19	Susan	225
20	Martha	220
21	Donna	218
22	Frances	217
23	Helen	180
24	Karen	157
25	Alice	156
26	Janice	154
26	Virginia	154
28	Annie	153
29	Brenda	152
30	Joan	149
31	Diane	136
32	Janet	130
33	Beverly	122
34	Marilyn	121
35	Sarah	117
36	Ann	116
36	Cheryl	116
36	Evelyn	116
39	Bonnie	114
40	Doris	110
41	Kathleen	107
42	Catherine	106
42	Jean	106
44	Carole	103
45	Sylvia	101
46	Pamela	100
47	Ruby	98
48	Peggy	91
48	Ruth	91
50	Charlotte	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,658
2	Robert	1,240
3	John	1,223
4	William	1,040
5	Charles	762
6	Richard	641
7	David	549
8	Thomas	548
9	George	458
10	Willie	402
11	Donald	382
12	Ronald	375
13	Michael	352
14	Joseph	349
15	Larry	303
16	Edward	278
17	Jerry	257
18	Kenneth	256
19	Henry	241
20	Frank	226
21	Paul	224
22	Walter	201
23	Johnny	190
24	Raymond	176
25	Gary	171
26	Jimmy	160
27	Roy	154
28	Albert	152
28	Arthur	152
28	Jack	152
31	Gerald	142
32	Harold	138
32	Ralph	138
34	Daniel	134
34	Wayne	134
36	Carl	129
37	Samuel	124
38	Eugene	123
38	Harry	123
40	Joe	120
41	Billy	117
41	Eddie	117
43	Bobby	116
44	Dennis	112
45	Lawrence	111
46	Ernest	108
47	Douglas	105
48	Roger	104
49	Stephen	100
50	Earl	98