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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,688 Florida births in 1912 across 416 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Florida more than they say America.

#51Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#56Rufus#175 nationally
#47Nathaniel#164 nationally
#87Edmondoutside the national top 200
#82Mack#195 nationally
#83Ola#193 nationally
#91Mariooutside the national top 200
#81Leola#190 nationally
#93Amosoutside the national top 200
#66Sylvester#167 nationally
#100Janieoutside the national top 200
#56Essie#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary290US #1
#2Annie134US #27
#3Ruby100US #23
#4Dorothy91US #3
#5Ruth88US #5
#6Willie88US #61
#7Margaret86US #4
#8Elizabeth83US #8
#9Louise83US #17
#10Thelma83US #26
#11Helen76US #2
#12Mildred72US #6
#13Gladys71US #19
#14Marie69US #10
#15Ethel68US #18
#16Lillie64US #67
#17Edna63US #16
#18Frances62US #9
#19Eva56US #49
#20Florence55US #12
#21Alice54US #11
#22Lillian53US #14
#23Minnie53US #60
#24Beatrice52US #37
#25Rosa51US #94
#26Myrtle50US #50
#27Alma47US #62
#28Gertrude47US #30
#29Emma46US #35
#30Mattie45US #70
#31Evelyn42US #13
#32Hazel42US #25
#33Pearl41US #54
#34Bessie40US #43
#35Martha39US #29
#36Sarah39US #41
#37Clara38US #34
#38Lucille38US #32
#39Rose38US #15
#40Ida37US #45
#41Carrie36US #82
#42Edith35US #31
#43Grace35US #24
#44Alberta34US #106
#45Catherine34US #21
#46Josephine34US #28
#47Anna33US #7
#48Bertha33US #36
#49Daisy33US #112
#50Ella33US #69
#51Inez33US #100
#52Jessie33US #65
#53Lois33US #63
#54Maggie33US #115
#55Nellie33US #59
#56Essie32US #155
#57Irene32US #22
#58Pauline32US #38
#59Hattie31US #90
#60Mamie31US #95
#61Eunice30US #109
#62Laura30US #57
#63Bernice29US #51
#64Susie29US #120
#65Lula27US #107
#66Mae27US #74
#67Virginia27US #20
#68Doris26US #48
#69Agnes25US #40
#70Lucile25US #129
#71Elsie24US #42
#72Mable24US #125
#73Ada23US #96
#74Fannie23US #87
#75Geneva23US #116
#76Julia23US #44
#77Viola23US #52
#78Cora22US #98
#79Esther22US #33
#80Juanita21US #103
#81Leola21US #190
#82Marjorie21US #56
#83Ola21US #193
#84Rebecca21US #144
#85Eula20US #147
#86Lena20US #72
#87Mabel20US #46
#88Marguerite20US #79
#89Vera20US #68
#90Blanche19US #75
#91Flora19US #128
#92Katie19US #149
#93Sallie19US #164
#94Estelle18US #111
#95Lucy18US #78
#96Maude18US #169
#97Vivian18US #84
#98Marion17US #55
#99Eleanor16US #39
#100Janie16

Boys

#1James319US #3
#2John252US #1
#3William241US #2
#4Robert155US #4
#5Willie153US #22
#6George125US #6
#7Henry123US #12
#8Charles114US #7
#9Joseph89US #5
#10Thomas81US #10
#11Leroy75US #66
#12Walter71US #11
#13Edward69US #8
#14Frank64US #9
#15Joe63US #36
#16Arthur55US #15
#17Albert52US #17
#18Clarence51US #21
#19David50US #29
#20Richard47US #19
#21Charlie46US #57
#22Ernest44US #32
#23Jack43US #28
#24Roy39US #31
#25Samuel38US #30
#26Fred35US #26
#27Woodrow34US #46
#28Johnnie32US #106
#29Harry31US #16
#30Lewis31US #68
#31Paul31US #14
#32Eugene29US #41
#33Sam29US #63
#34Andrew27US #44
#35Eddie27US #104
#36Raymond27US #18
#37Carl26US #24
#38Louis26US #20
#39Cecil25US #76
#40Ralph24US #23
#41Earl23US #34
#42Herman23US #50
#43Jessie23US #109
#44Clyde22US #65
#45Lee22US #78
#46Lawrence21US #38
#47Nathaniel21US #164
#48Ben20US #102
#49Benjamin20US #67
#50Oscar20US #73
#51Roosevelt20
#52Alfred18US #40
#53Wilbur18US #92
#54Clifford17US #62
#55Herbert17US #39
#56Rufus17US #175
#57Theodore17US #52
#58Harold16US #13
#59Jerry16US #147
#60Jesse16US #74
#61Leonard16US #45
#62Manuel16US #137
#63Otis16US #126
#64Earnest15US #132
#65Frederick15US #51
#66Sylvester15US #167
#67Allen14US #103
#68Claude14US #89
#69Curtis14US #121
#70Daniel14US #53
#71Howard14US #25
#72Marion14US #112
#73Edwin12US #54
#74Gilbert12US #115
#75Jose12US #163
#76Melvin12US #71
#77Russell12US #56
#78Alexander11US #97
#79Chester11US #55
#80Horace11US #119
#81Hugh11US #116
#82Mack11US #195
#83Norman11US #61
#84Peter11US #48
#85Tom11US #124
#86Clinton10US #161
#87Edmond10
#88Isaac10US #162
#89Leon10US #79
#90Luther10US #114
#91Mario10
#92Wesley10US #134
#93Amos9
#94Anthony9US #37
#95Calvin9US #157
#96Douglas9US #165
#97Edgar9US #85
#98Francis9US #35
#99Jimmie9US #160
#100Julius9US #100

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑40Myrtle#26
↑40Herman#42
↑37Maggie#54
↑36Otis#63
↑29Andrew#34
↑27Carl#37
↑26Gertrude#28
↑26Lucile#70

Falling

↓47Julia#76
↓33Chester#79
↓32Horace#80
↓31Mack#82
↓30Viola#77
↓30Leon#89
↓29Jimmie#99
↓26Mabel#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.