State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,195 Florida births in 1916 across 561 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#42Nathaniel#194 nationally
#74Essie#197 nationally
#82Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#83Mackoutside the national top 200
#93Sallie#196 nationally
#92Ollie#193 nationally
#95Aaron#195 nationally
#90Isaac#186 nationally
#95Katie#191 nationally
#98Dan#192 nationally
#33Rosa#120 nationally
#70Susie#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary537US #1
#2Dorothy192US #3
#3Annie164US #36
#4Margaret149US #4
#5Ruth144US #5
#6Louise143US #18
#7Mildred142US #6
#8Thelma142US #29
#9Elizabeth140US #8
#10Willie139US #73
#11Helen127US #2
#12Ruby118US #23
#13Edna107US #19
#14Marie100US #12
#15Alice99US #13
#16Evelyn93US #11
#17Ethel92US #25
#18Frances86US #9
#19Gladys84US #22
#20Lillie84US #88
#21Lillian78US #16
#22Doris77US #32
#23Lucille77US #30
#24Edith75US #28
#25Hazel75US #31
#26Julia75US #46
#27Lois74US #43
#28Emma69US #41
#29Martha68US #24
#30Sarah68US #52
#31Bessie67US #56
#32Pauline66US #33
#33Rosa66US #120
#34Virginia66US #10
#35Bernice65US #42
#36Beatrice62US #38
#37Nellie61US #61
#38Jessie60US #68
#39Ida59US #54
#40Eva58US #55
#41Clara57US #39
#42Catherine56US #20
#43Josephine55US #21
#44Florence53US #14
#45Alma52US #70
#46Mamie51US #129
#47Juanita50US #90
#48Minnie50US #71
#49Ella49US #81
#50Anna47US #7
#51Bertha47US #49
#52Mattie47US #93
#53Esther46US #34
#54Myrtle46US #58
#55Viola46US #59
#56Grace45US #26
#57Mae45US #92
#58Irene44US #17
#59Betty43US #44
#60Marguerite43US #78
#61Carrie42US #103
#62Inez42US #107
#63Katherine42US #51
#64Vera41US #66
#65Daisy40US #137
#66Eunice40US #110
#67Rose40US #15
#68Gertrude39US #35
#69Mabel39US #65
#70Susie39US #156
#71Laura38US #64
#72Fannie37US #116
#73Lucile36US #139
#74Essie35US #197
#75Cora34US #114
#76Geneva33US #112
#77Hattie33US #115
#78Elsie32US #48
#79Marjorie32US #37
#80Estelle30US #122
#81Marion30US #47
#82Mable29US #136
#83Pearl29US #57
#84Lena28US #85
#85Sara28US #109
#86Agnes27US #50
#87Leona27US #75
#88Alberta26US #123
#89Dora26US #124
#90Lula26US #127
#91Maggie26US #157
#92Ollie26US #193
#93Sallie26US #196
#94Vivian26US #77
#95Katie25US #191
#96Lucy25US #84
#97Barbara24US #74
#98Blanche24US #89
#99Eleanor24US #27
#100Lottie24US #143

Boys

#1James536US #3
#2William420US #2
#3John403US #1
#4Robert270US #4
#5George202US #7
#6Willie200US #30
#7Charles182US #6
#8Henry178US #14
#9Joseph132US #5
#10Frank130US #9
#11Thomas129US #10
#12Edward112US #8
#13David102US #28
#14Richard95US #15
#15Joe90US #35
#16Arthur89US #18
#17Albert85US #17
#18Walter80US #11
#19Clarence79US #24
#20Leroy76US #63
#21Samuel76US #41
#22Ernest75US #36
#23Charlie72US #68
#24Harry71US #19
#25Fred70US #29
#26Ralph64US #21
#27Jack61US #26
#28Raymond59US #16
#29Eugene56US #39
#30Louis55US #22
#31Herbert52US #40
#32Paul51US #12
#33Harold50US #13
#34Roy45US #33
#35Clyde44US #62
#36Howard44US #25
#37Jesse43US #77
#38Andrew41US #46
#39Carl41US #23
#40Earl40US #32
#41Eddie39US #114
#42Nathaniel39US #194
#43Cecil38US #80
#44Sidney37US #95
#45Woodrow37US #64
#46Herman36US #56
#47Sam36US #74
#48Horace35US #126
#49Johnnie35US #115
#50Leonard35US #42
#51Alfred34US #43
#52Benjamin33US #79
#53Daniel32US #55
#54Donald30US #20
#55Jessie30US #117
#56Lawrence30US #38
#57Lewis30US #71
#58Allen28US #101
#59Lee28US #83
#60Clifford27US #61
#61Leo27US #47
#62Luther25US #116
#63Peter25US #50
#64Theodore25US #65
#65Curtis24US #120
#66Russell24US #51
#67Francis23US #31
#68Marvin23US #66
#69Milton23US #72
#70Oscar23US #86
#71Edgar22US #88
#72Leon22US #85
#73Willard22US #69
#74Lloyd21US #58
#75Ray20US #73
#76Alexander19US #99
#77Chester19US #54
#78Edwin19US #53
#79Frederick19US #52
#80Ira19US #149
#81Kenneth19US #27
#82Lonnie19
#83Mack19
#84Manuel19US #133
#85Norman19US #48
#86Otis19US #142
#87Ben18US #119
#88Warren18US #102
#89Claude17US #93
#90Isaac17US #186
#91Julius17US #111
#92Melvin17US #57
#93Oliver17US #127
#94Wilbur17US #94
#95Aaron16US #195
#96Abraham16US #158
#97Alvin16US #82
#98Dan16US #192
#99Elmer16US #45
#100Floyd16US #60

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑47Jessie#38
↑34Betty#59
↑23Geneva#76
↑23Leo#61
↑22Russell#66
↑21Andrew#38
↑20Katherine#63
↑19Mae#57

Falling

↓32Willard#73
↓30Lula#90
↓29Pearl#83
↓27Manuel#84
↓25Vivian#94
↓23Maggie#91
↓23Melvin#92
↓22Josephine#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.