Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,123
2	Linda	933
3	Patricia	875
4	Barbara	804
5	Sandra	613
6	Betty	544
7	Carolyn	475
8	Carol	441
9	Sharon	437
10	Shirley	430
11	Susan	347
12	Nancy	332
13	Margaret	309
14	Dorothy	302
15	Gloria	301
16	Joyce	284
17	Martha	252
18	Donna	243
19	Judith	238
20	Judy	237
21	Elizabeth	224
22	Janice	220
23	Brenda	206
24	Frances	197
25	Helen	176
26	Alice	175
27	Diane	170
28	Virginia	169
29	Cynthia	163
29	Pamela	163
31	Cheryl	162
32	Beverly	154
33	Karen	150
34	Annie	144
35	Catherine	134
36	Kathleen	131
37	Janet	130
38	Joan	129
39	Marilyn	125
40	Bonnie	119
40	Evelyn	119
42	Sarah	116
43	Sylvia	110
44	Doris	109
45	Ann	107
45	Jane	107
45	Peggy	107
48	Laura	101
48	Wanda	101
50	Ruth	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,652
2	Robert	1,365
3	John	1,273
4	William	1,173
5	Charles	768
6	Richard	731
7	David	574
8	Thomas	528
9	Michael	499
10	Ronald	451
11	George	442
12	Donald	408
13	Willie	405
14	Larry	402
15	Joseph	358
16	Kenneth	287
17	Edward	278
18	Jerry	273
19	Gary	226
20	Frank	219
21	Henry	213
22	Paul	208
23	Johnny	200
24	Wayne	179
25	Daniel	176
26	Raymond	175
27	Dennis	174
28	Walter	168
29	Harold	164
30	Harry	151
31	Roy	150
32	Samuel	146
33	Stephen	145
34	Arthur	144
34	Terry	144
36	Jimmy	140
37	Ronnie	139
38	Jack	138
38	Lawrence	138
40	Albert	136
41	Ernest	134
42	Carl	133
43	Ralph	132
44	Eddie	122
44	Leroy	122
46	Gerald	121
47	Roger	116
48	Billy	113
48	Bobby	113
48	Clarence	113