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Baby names in Florida in the 1930s

In Florida in the 1930s the most given names were James (8,813 boys) and Mary (7,958 girls), of 248,166 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Florida each year, the 1930s shaded
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Florida births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Florida births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Florida births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

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

Florida, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Florida, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Mary7,958
2Betty5,588
3Barbara3,931
4Dorothy3,293
5Shirley2,572
6Patricia2,144
7Margaret1,904
8Martha1,673
9Helen1,651
10Frances1,533
11Annie1,504
12Joyce1,474
13Elizabeth1,418
14Doris1,353
15Carolyn1,284
16Evelyn1,232
17Nancy1,216
18Virginia1,180
19Gloria1,154
20Mildred1,138
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1James8,813
2Robert6,348
3John5,805
4William5,734
5Charles4,675
6George2,933
7Willie2,689
8Richard2,450
9Thomas2,187
10Donald2,074
11David1,996
12Joseph1,895
13Edward1,678
14Henry1,499
15Frank1,357
16Walter1,269
17Jack1,161
18Joe1,153
19Harold1,059
20Kenneth1,045

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Florida in the 1930s

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

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1930-1939.

More about names in Florida

  1. The 1930s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Florida: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Florida in the 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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