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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,869 Florida births in 1915 across 556 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#58Nathaniel#197 nationally
#60Lonnie#199 nationally
#62Rufus#188 nationally
#67Julian#191 nationally
#70Essie#191 nationally
#81Freddieoutside the national top 200
#86Leolaoutside the national top 200
#88Addieoutside the national top 200
#89Barneyoutside the national top 200
#94Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#96Mariooutside the national top 200
#98Eloiseoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary482US #1
#2Annie180US #36
#3Dorothy176US #3
#4Margaret172US #4
#5Ruth144US #5
#6Elizabeth141US #8
#7Helen141US #2
#8Edna135US #20
#9Willie123US #72
#10Mildred116US #6
#11Frances115US #9
#12Ruby114US #24
#13Evelyn112US #10
#14Louise109US #18
#15Thelma103US #30
#16Gladys99US #21
#17Alice97US #13
#18Hazel85US #26
#19Marie85US #11
#20Ethel82US #23
#21Josephine79US #22
#22Lillian77US #15
#23Bessie74US #57
#24Rosa74US #116
#25Lillie73US #84
#26Edith71US #31
#27Martha68US #25
#28Sarah67US #51
#29Virginia67US #12
#30Doris66US #34
#31Clara63US #38
#32Julia61US #44
#33Lois61US #47
#34Minnie61US #68
#35Myrtle61US #58
#36Lucille59US #29
#37Beatrice58US #37
#38Eva58US #55
#39Bernice57US #42
#40Ida57US #54
#41Alma56US #70
#42Florence56US #14
#43Anna53US #7
#44Emma53US #40
#45Ella50US #75
#46Grace50US #27
#47Irene47US #17
#48Vera47US #65
#49Inez46US #101
#50Pauline46US #32
#51Catherine45US #19
#52Gertrude45US #35
#53Nellie45US #63
#54Pearl45US #56
#55Carrie44US #103
#56Mamie44US #124
#57Juanita43US #92
#58Bertha42US #46
#59Hattie42US #113
#60Lula42US #129
#61Mattie41US #91
#62Laura39US #61
#63Lucile39US #135
#64Rose39US #16
#65Agnes38US #45
#66Esther38US #33
#67Fannie38US #105
#68Maggie38US #150
#69Vivian38US #78
#70Essie37US #191
#71Eunice37US #109
#72Mabel37US #62
#73Viola37US #59
#74Daisy36US #131
#75Elsie36US #41
#76Mae35US #89
#77Mable34US #145
#78Alberta33US #120
#79Marjorie33US #39
#80Eula32US #160
#81Marion32US #50
#82Estelle30US #117
#83Katherine30US #49
#84Violet30US #82
#85Jessie29US #66
#86Leola28
#87Sadie27US #133
#88Addie26
#89Cora26US #119
#90Jane26US #69
#91Leona26US #74
#92Sara26US #106
#93Betty25US #53
#94Ernestine25
#95Katie24US #181
#96Jean23US #48
#97Naomi23US #128
#98Eloise22
#99Geneva22US #110
#100Lena22US #77

Boys

#1James579US #3
#2William425US #2
#3John407US #1
#4Robert288US #4
#5Willie220US #30
#6George208US #6
#7Charles185US #7
#8Joseph140US #5
#9Henry131US #14
#10Thomas126US #10
#11Frank113US #9
#12Walter93US #11
#13Richard87US #15
#14Edward83US #8
#15David81US #31
#16Harry74US #19
#17Leroy73US #66
#18Joe72US #38
#19Albert71US #17
#20Clarence67US #24
#21Ernest66US #35
#22Fred66US #26
#23Samuel66US #39
#24Arthur61US #18
#25Jack59US #27
#26Ralph58US #21
#27Harold53US #12
#28Herbert52US #40
#29Louis52US #23
#30Roy52US #32
#31Carl51US #22
#32Raymond51US #16
#33Eddie50US #120
#34Charlie49US #75
#35Earl49US #33
#36Paul47US #13
#37Alfred44US #42
#38Sam44US #68
#39Cecil43US #76
#40Johnnie42US #117
#41Willard42US #58
#42Daniel40US #55
#43Donald40US #20
#44Eugene40US #41
#45Benjamin38US #71
#46Howard38US #25
#47Theodore37US #64
#48Clifford36US #61
#49Oscar34US #88
#50Herman33US #56
#51Woodrow33US #83
#52Clyde32US #63
#53Luther31US #115
#54Jesse30US #77
#55Curtis29US #128
#56Horace29US #122
#57Manuel28US #134
#58Nathaniel28US #197
#59Andrew27US #46
#60Lonnie27US #199
#61Leonard26US #44
#62Rufus26US #188
#63Edwin25US #53
#64Lawrence25US #37
#65Tom25US #142
#66Jessie24US #114
#67Julian24US #191
#68Lewis24US #70
#69Melvin24US #60
#70Philip24US #69
#71Edgar23US #85
#72Francis23US #29
#73Leon23US #82
#74Chester22US #54
#75Lester22US #57
#76Julius21US #109
#77Kenneth21US #28
#78Lee21US #84
#79Otis21US #141
#80Peter21US #49
#81Freddie20
#82Frederick20US #52
#83Hugh20US #111
#84Leo20US #47
#85Ray20US #67
#86Vernon20US #80
#87Harvey19US #95
#88Russell19US #51
#89Barney18
#90Earnest18US #143
#91Floyd18US #59
#92Marion18US #112
#93Morris18US #93
#94Gordon17US #90
#95Jimmie17US #183
#96Mario17
#97Norman17US #50
#98Booker16
#99Ellis16US #182
#100Elmer16US #45

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑34Julia#32
↑33Pauline#50
↑31Willard#41
↑29Virginia#29
↑29Theodore#47
↑29Philip#70
↑26Bessie#23
↑26Leonard#61

Falling

↓50Jessie#85
↓43Norman#97
↓38Daisy#74
↓33Cora#89
↓27Nellie#53
↓23Frederick#82
↓22Irene#47
↓21Lena#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.