Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Florida, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,538
2	Mary	1,107
3	Patricia	846
4	Barbara	742
5	Sandra	588
6	Sharon	473
7	Shirley	472
8	Susan	468
9	Betty	446
10	Brenda	418
11	Carolyn	383
12	Nancy	375
13	Gloria	362
14	Carol	336
15	Margaret	329
16	Donna	319
17	Deborah	266
18	Elizabeth	265
19	Cynthia	261
20	Joyce	260
21	Dorothy	255
22	Judy	253
23	Janice	250
24	Martha	238
25	Karen	229
26	Diane	203
27	Pamela	201
28	Beverly	184
29	Cheryl	183
30	Bonnie	179
31	Kathleen	177
32	Frances	174
33	Catherine	167
34	Judith	160
35	Virginia	159
36	Peggy	154
37	Janet	153
38	Wanda	149
39	Helen	144
40	Gwendolyn	141
41	Christine	133
42	Annie	132
43	Alice	130
44	Charlotte	127
45	Jo	126
46	Doris	122
47	Rebecca	121
48	Joan	118
49	Sylvia	117
50	Kathryn	115

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,643
2	Robert	1,422
3	John	1,411
4	William	1,168
5	Charles	873
6	David	793
7	Michael	765
8	Richard	692
9	Thomas	598
10	Larry	525
11	George	463
12	Ronald	461
13	Donald	432
14	Willie	428
15	Kenneth	379
16	Joseph	378
17	Gary	320
18	Edward	300
19	Paul	287
20	Stephen	247
21	Daniel	243
22	Jerry	231
23	Henry	219
24	Frank	218
25	Johnny	213
26	Wayne	202
27	Steven	201
28	Dennis	198
29	Raymond	195
30	Walter	189
31	Harold	170
32	Arthur	165
32	Eddie	165
34	Bruce	164
34	Douglas	164
36	Jimmy	163
37	Roger	160
38	Terry	157
39	Jack	153
40	Albert	152
41	Samuel	149
42	Roy	147
43	Anthony	145
44	Carl	143
45	Lawrence	142
46	Ronnie	141
47	Ralph	133
48	Mark	132
49	Harry	130
50	Danny	129