Baby names in Florida in the 1950s

In Florida in the 1950s the most given names were James (20,595 boys) and Linda (12,664 girls), of 812,996 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Florida each year, the 1950s shaded

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

Florida, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Florida, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#	Name	Births
1	Linda	12,664
2	Mary	12,365
3	Patricia	10,821
4	Deborah	10,271
5	Susan	8,096
6	Debra	7,904
7	Barbara	7,636
8	Cynthia	7,247
9	Brenda	6,118
10	Sandra	6,076
11	Karen	5,923
12	Donna	5,711
13	Sharon	5,645
14	Pamela	5,063
15	Nancy	4,837
16	Carol	4,073
17	Carolyn	3,678
18	Cheryl	3,674
19	Elizabeth	3,595
20	Shirley	3,584

Boys, 1950-1959
#	Name	Births
1	James	20,595
2	Robert	17,789
3	John	16,912
4	Michael	16,330
5	David	14,413
6	William	14,390
7	Richard	11,141
8	Charles	10,158
9	Thomas	7,670
10	Kenneth	6,190
11	Mark	6,070
12	Donald	5,859
13	Larry	5,819
14	Ronald	5,808
15	Joseph	5,807
16	Gary	5,682
17	Steven	4,955
18	George	4,696
19	Willie	4,397
20	Edward	4,011

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Florida in the 1950s

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

Elouise · 5.6×Leola · 3.2×Queen · 3.1×Harriett · 3.0×Essie · 2.9×Cassandra · 2.9×

Boys

Alphonso · 7.1×Emory · 5.0×Ulysses · 4.7×Elijah · 3.7×Horace · 3.6×Lorenzo · 3.5×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.

More about names in Florida

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