State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,297 Florida births in 1913 across 433 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#40Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#75Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#82Leolaoutside the national top 200
#84Janieoutside the national top 200
#88Johnieoutside the national top 200
#91Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#96Willoutside the national top 200
#97Alfonsooutside the national top 200
#98Estellaoutside the national top 200
#100Charleyoutside the national top 200
#78Essie#175 nationally
#80Isaac#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary327US #1
#2Annie137US #30
#3Ruth95US #5
#4Elizabeth94US #8
#5Louise94US #17
#6Thelma92US #26
#7Margaret87US #4
#8Mildred85US #6
#9Marie81US #10
#10Ruby78US #23
#11Dorothy77US #3
#12Willie77US #65
#13Helen76US #2
#14Edna73US #18
#15Alice68US #11
#16Evelyn65US #12
#17Frances65US #9
#18Gladys64US #19
#19Ethel63US #20
#20Rosa63US #101
#21Lillie60US #71
#22Edith58US #29
#23Virginia58US #15
#24Mattie55US #75
#25Lillian53US #16
#26Eva48US #50
#27Julia48US #42
#28Josephine47US #24
#29Martha47US #28
#30Myrtle45US #53
#31Lucille44US #31
#32Beatrice42US #37
#33Bessie42US #47
#34Grace42US #25
#35Hazel42US #27
#36Anna40US #7
#37Florence40US #13
#38Inez40US #98
#39Minnie40US #63
#40Ida39US #49
#41Alma38US #64
#42Emma38US #38
#43Jessie38US #61
#44Viola38US #52
#45Doris36US #44
#46Irene36US #21
#47Vera36US #68
#48Carrie35US #90
#49Gertrude35US #33
#50Hattie35US #96
#51Mamie35US #106
#52Catherine34US #22
#53Sarah34US #43
#54Bertha33US #39
#55Rose33US #14
#56Mae32US #79
#57Agnes31US #41
#58Daisy31US #123
#59Ella31US #70
#60Lois31US #59
#61Susie31US #131
#62Bernice30US #45
#63Eunice29US #107
#64Nellie29US #58
#65Cora27US #103
#66Maggie27US #127
#67Alberta26US #108
#68Clara26US #36
#69Elsie26US #40
#70Pearl26US #55
#71Laura25US #62
#72Betty24US #67
#73Geneva24US #120
#74Lucile24US #128
#75Lula24US #111
#76Fannie23US #91
#77Mabel23US #56
#78Essie22US #175
#79Pauline22US #35
#80Ada21US #104
#81Katie21US #171
#82Leola21
#83Juanita19US #95
#84Janie18
#85Kathryn18US #66
#86Blanche17US #76
#87Estelle17US #112
#88Esther17US #32
#89Marjorie17US #48
#90Beulah16US #85
#91Eloise16
#92Nancy16US #102
#93Ollie16US #172
#94Vivian16US #83
#95Addie15US #187
#96Ann15US #46
#97Christine15US #124
#98Estella15
#99Eula15US #153
#100Flora15US #132

Boys

#1James355US #3
#2John271US #1
#3William250US #2
#4Robert168US #4
#5Willie152US #24
#6George141US #6
#7Charles117US #7
#8Joseph111US #5
#9Henry110US #12
#10Frank101US #9
#11Leroy76US #63
#12Thomas70US #10
#13Walter66US #11
#14Richard62US #19
#15Arthur61US #17
#16Clarence60US #21
#17Edward60US #8
#18Charlie52US #62
#19Joe52US #37
#20Harry48US #15
#21Ernest47US #34
#22Fred46US #27
#23Albert43US #16
#24Woodrow43US #44
#25Samuel42US #36
#26Louis41US #20
#27Raymond41US #18
#28Carl39US #23
#29David38US #29
#30Harold38US #13
#31Jack35US #28
#32Paul35US #14
#33Ralph34US #22
#34Johnnie32US #118
#35Alfred30US #42
#36Roy30US #32
#37Earl28US #31
#38Herman28US #53
#39Lee27US #78
#40Nathaniel27
#41Cecil26US #74
#42Eugene26US #43
#43Benjamin25US #70
#44Daniel25US #54
#45Herbert25US #39
#46Jesse25US #79
#47Sam25US #65
#48Lewis24US #72
#49Luther24US #116
#50Oscar24US #76
#51Andrew23US #47
#52Clifford23US #68
#53Tom22US #135
#54Clyde21US #64
#55Howard21US #26
#56Claude20US #88
#57Eddie20US #102
#58Jessie20US #114
#59Peter20US #51
#60Ben18US #108
#61Horace18US #123
#62Kenneth18US #33
#63Leon18US #81
#64Lester18US #59
#65Theodore18US #60
#66Allen17US #100
#67Lawrence17US #35
#68Marion17US #111
#69Anthony16US #38
#70Curtis16US #119
#71Wilbur16US #91
#72Leo15US #48
#73Lloyd15US #67
#74Manuel15US #125
#75Roosevelt15
#76Francis14US #30
#77Frederick14US #49
#78Gordon14US #94
#79Hubert14US #112
#80Isaac14US #172
#81Jim14US #154
#82Milton14US #71
#83Sylvester14US #157
#84Edgar13US #87
#85Edwin13US #55
#86Oliver13US #124
#87Rufus13US #169
#88Johnie12
#89Julius12US #106
#90Leonard12US #46
#91Russell12US #50
#92Archie11US #134
#93Chester11US #56
#94Norman11US #57
#95Wallace11US #126
#96Will11
#97Alfonso10
#98Bennie10US #159
#99Bill10US #156
#100Charley10

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑49Julia#27
↑44Virginia#23
↑42Vera#47
↑41Luther#49
↑33Viola#44
↑32Tom#53
↑28Harold#30
↑26Daniel#44

Falling

↓37Pearl#70
↓31Clara#68
↓31Rufus#87
↓29Leonard#90
↓24Roosevelt#75
↓23Alberta#67
↓22Essie#78
↓22Eddie#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.