Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,566
2	Mary	1,225
3	Patricia	901
4	Barbara	797
5	Sandra	620
6	Betty	462
7	Sharon	439
8	Carolyn	423
9	Susan	418
10	Nancy	393
11	Shirley	390
12	Carol	380
13	Brenda	355
14	Gloria	323
15	Margaret	320
16	Donna	302
17	Dorothy	285
18	Martha	268
19	Joyce	265
20	Cynthia	262
21	Judy	248
22	Elizabeth	226
23	Janice	225
24	Karen	223
25	Pamela	222
26	Judith	202
27	Cheryl	192
28	Beverly	189
29	Diane	181
30	Frances	178
31	Helen	171
32	Deborah	164
33	Peggy	161
33	Virginia	161
35	Annie	158
36	Kathleen	156
37	Catherine	144
38	Janet	143
39	Alice	142
40	Joan	138
41	Evelyn	131
42	Jo	130
42	Marilyn	130
44	Bonnie	129
45	Doris	123
45	Gail	123
47	Wanda	119
48	Gwendolyn	118
49	Sarah	112
50	Sylvia	111

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,726
2	Robert	1,442
3	John	1,428
4	William	1,185
5	Charles	839
6	David	792
7	Richard	729
8	Michael	675
9	Thomas	595
10	Ronald	575
11	Larry	532
12	Joseph	451
13	George	444
14	Willie	410
15	Donald	398
16	Kenneth	389
17	Edward	312
18	Jerry	283
19	Gary	269
20	Paul	240
21	Henry	239
22	Daniel	235
23	Stephen	225
24	Johnny	224
25	Frank	205
26	Wayne	200
27	Raymond	197
28	Walter	196
29	Dennis	183
30	Arthur	167
31	Harold	164
31	Ralph	164
33	Harry	161
34	Eddie	154
35	Lawrence	152
36	Carl	151
36	Terry	151
38	Ronnie	143
39	Eugene	142
39	Samuel	142
41	Steven	140
42	Bruce	139
43	Jack	136
44	Albert	135
44	Roger	135
44	Roy	135
47	Jimmy	134
48	Ernest	131
49	Douglas	125
50	Joe	122