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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,663 Florida births in 1914 across 511 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#43Nathaniel#185 nationally
#63Lonnie#186 nationally
#64Essie#181 nationally
#84Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#86Flossieoutside the national top 200
#92Leolaoutside the national top 200
#86Julian#189 nationally
#96Eloise#198 nationally
#99Corineoutside the national top 200
#79Rufus#179 nationally
#100Grover#200 nationally
#77Jimmie#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary427US #1
#2Annie154US #33
#3Dorothy149US #3
#4Ruby124US #24
#5Margaret114US #4
#6Helen112US #2
#7Thelma112US #26
#8Ruth108US #5
#9Louise107US #17
#10Mildred106US #7
#11Elizabeth103US #8
#12Edna94US #19
#13Evelyn87US #11
#14Willie87US #66
#15Ethel86US #21
#16Gladys85US #20
#17Lillie81US #74
#18Frances80US #9
#19Beatrice74US #38
#20Marie69US #10
#21Rosa69US #104
#22Lillian66US #16
#23Lucille64US #30
#24Alice63US #12
#25Irene61US #22
#26Nellie59US #61
#27Josephine58US #23
#28Martha58US #27
#29Lois56US #51
#30Alma55US #69
#31Bernice55US #43
#32Sarah55US #47
#33Eva54US #52
#34Hazel54US #29
#35Jessie53US #64
#36Daisy52US #126
#37Florence52US #13
#38Ida52US #49
#39Mamie52US #115
#40Inez50US #101
#41Myrtle50US #60
#42Emma49US #39
#43Gertrude49US #32
#44Bertha48US #41
#45Doris48US #36
#46Edith48US #31
#47Minnie48US #67
#48Anna47US #6
#49Bessie47US #55
#50Catherine47US #18
#51Rose46US #15
#52Clara45US #37
#53Carrie42US #91
#54Maggie42US #141
#55Grace41US #25
#56Cora40US #105
#57Ella40US #72
#58Virginia40US #14
#59Mabel38US #58
#60Mattie38US #78
#61Lula37US #120
#62Pearl37US #56
#63Vera37US #68
#64Essie36US #181
#65Hattie36US #97
#66Julia36US #42
#67Susie36US #130
#68Eunice35US #109
#69Laura35US #59
#70Elsie33US #46
#71Fannie33US #99
#72Vivian33US #81
#73Agnes32US #44
#74Mae29US #85
#75Viola29US #57
#76Emily27US #98
#77Esther27US #35
#78Juanita27US #94
#79Lena27US #75
#80Blanche26US #80
#81Katherine26US #48
#82Lottie26US #142
#83Pauline26US #34
#84Alberta25US #119
#85Eleanor25US #28
#86Flossie25
#87Katie25US #167
#88Lucile25US #129
#89Mable25US #137
#90Eula24US #157
#91Nettie24US #154
#92Leola23
#93Lucy23US #73
#94Marion23US #50
#95Ellen22US #86
#96Eloise22US #198
#97Anne21US #53
#98Barbara21US #82
#99Corine21
#100Dora21US #121

Boys

#1James456US #3
#2William368US #2
#3John359US #1
#4Willie206US #25
#5Robert205US #4
#6George190US #6
#7Charles154US #7
#8Joseph154US #5
#9Henry133US #12
#10Thomas109US #11
#11Frank108US #9
#12Albert81US #15
#13David80US #29
#14Arthur73US #18
#15Charlie70US #65
#16Edward70US #8
#17Fred68US #28
#18Joe66US #34
#19Richard65US #17
#20Louis64US #20
#21Samuel64US #36
#22Leroy62US #60
#23Walter61US #10
#24Clarence59US #22
#25Ernest59US #38
#26Jack53US #27
#27Raymond52US #16
#28Harry51US #19
#29Paul50US #13
#30Earl46US #33
#31Johnnie45US #119
#32Cecil43US #79
#33Eugene42US #43
#34Woodrow42US #71
#35Ralph41US #21
#36Daniel39US #55
#37Eddie39US #109
#38Roy39US #32
#39Carl38US #24
#40Clyde35US #63
#41Harold34US #14
#42Herman34US #51
#43Nathaniel31US #185
#44Andrew30US #44
#45Herbert30US #42
#46Jesse30US #82
#47Sam30US #67
#48Howard29US #26
#49Curtis28US #120
#50Lawrence28US #35
#51Alfred27US #41
#52Clifford27US #62
#53Leon27US #85
#54Norman27US #54
#55Oscar27US #77
#56Benjamin25US #70
#57Donald25US #23
#58Ben24US #110
#59Frederick24US #52
#60Horace24US #125
#61Lewis24US #72
#62Jessie23US #117
#63Lonnie22US #186
#64Tom22US #137
#65Edgar21US #87
#66Kenneth21US #30
#67Lee21US #84
#68Luther21US #114
#69Allen20US #105
#70Hubert20US #118
#71Marion20US #115
#72Willard20US #92
#73Edwin19US #53
#74Oliver19US #122
#75Otis19US #140
#76Theodore19US #64
#77Jimmie18US #170
#78Manuel18US #128
#79Rufus18US #179
#80Claude17US #93
#81Lloyd17US #66
#82Francis16US #31
#83Peter16US #48
#84Roosevelt16
#85Russell16US #49
#86Julian15US #189
#87Leonard15US #45
#88Lester15US #57
#89Marvin15US #75
#90Sylvester15US #164
#91Tony15US #138
#92Wesley15US #132
#93Bernard14US #50
#94Bill14US #159
#95Chester14US #56
#96Earnest14US #147
#97Hugh14US #116
#98Isaac14US #177
#99Philip14US #68
#100Grover13US #200

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑40Norman#54
↑38Nellie#26
↑31Lois#29
↑31Bernice#31
↑22Daisy#36
↑22Vivian#72
↑21Irene#25
↑21Sarah#32

Falling

↓39Julia#66
↓36Mattie#60
↓35Virginia#58
↓31Viola#75
↓28Lee#67
↓24Edith#46
↓24Claude#80
↓24Peter#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.