Baby names in Florida in the 1910s

In Florida in the 1910s the most given names were James (4,529 boys) and Mary (4,311 girls), of 132,870 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Florida each year, the 1910s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Florida, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Florida, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	4,311
2	Annie	1,534
3	Dorothy	1,403
4	Margaret	1,284
5	Ruth	1,234
6	Elizabeth	1,102
7	Helen	1,071
8	Louise	1,066
9	Willie	1,055
10	Mildred	1,050
11	Ruby	1,044
12	Thelma	1,021
13	Edna	923
14	Frances	816
15	Marie	800
16	Ethel	798
17	Gladys	793
18	Alice	791
19	Evelyn	776
20	Lillie	766

Boys, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	James	4,529
2	John	3,397
3	William	3,312
4	Robert	2,173
5	Willie	1,902
6	George	1,740
7	Charles	1,601
8	Henry	1,272
9	Joseph	1,205
10	Frank	1,032
11	Thomas	1,030
12	Edward	813
13	Walter	778
14	Joe	710
15	Arthur	691
16	Albert	687
17	David	676
18	Leroy	672
19	Richard	669
20	Clarence	602

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Florida in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Essie · 4.3×Corine · 4.1×Gussie · 4.0×Rosa · 3.9×Pearlie · 3.8×Willie · 3.4×

Boys

Nathaniel · 5.5×Freddie · 4.1×Roosevelt · 3.9×Willie · 3.4×Moses · 3.3×Johnnie · 3.3×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Florida

The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
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