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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,736 Florida births in 1917 across 580 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#41Nathaniel#189 nationally
#51Essie#194 nationally
#81Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#74Rufus#187 nationally
#89Leolaoutside the national top 200
#89Freddieoutside the national top 200
#93Effieoutside the national top 200
#94Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#95Amosoutside the national top 200
#97Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#22Rosa#121 nationally
#60Susie#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary581US #1
#2Margaret198US #4
#3Annie179US #35
#4Dorothy172US #3
#5Helen159US #2
#6Ruth154US #5
#7Thelma133US #32
#8Mildred132US #6
#9Elizabeth128US #8
#10Edna122US #20
#11Louise119US #19
#12Alice115US #13
#13Willie109US #72
#14Frances100US #9
#15Ruby97US #27
#16Hazel96US #31
#17Martha96US #22
#18Marie90US #12
#19Gladys86US #23
#20Evelyn85US #11
#21Virginia85US #10
#22Rosa82US #121
#23Lillie80US #86
#24Ethel78US #24
#25Doris74US #25
#26Edith70US #28
#27Lucille70US #29
#28Beatrice69US #39
#29Myrtle69US #58
#30Sarah69US #52
#31Lillian67US #15
#32Lois67US #43
#33Minnie66US #75
#34Mattie65US #94
#35Julia61US #47
#36Bernice60US #42
#37Josephine60US #21
#38Florence59US #14
#39Inez59US #110
#40Alma58US #71
#41Bessie58US #61
#42Clara58US #41
#43Irene58US #17
#44Juanita58US #87
#45Ella56US #83
#46Emma56US #46
#47Jessie56US #70
#48Eva54US #54
#49Ida54US #56
#50Carrie53US #109
#51Essie51US #194
#52Hattie51US #118
#53Anna50US #7
#54Bertha49US #51
#55Gertrude47US #37
#56Catherine46US #18
#57Rose46US #16
#58Grace44US #30
#59Nellie44US #64
#60Susie44US #159
#61Alberta43US #122
#62Marjorie42US #36
#63Agnes40US #48
#64Esther39US #38
#65Mae39US #96
#66Mamie39US #130
#67Marguerite39US #78
#68Pauline39US #33
#69Vera39US #66
#70Viola39US #59
#71Betty38US #34
#72Daisy38US #150
#73Laura37US #65
#74Pearl37US #57
#75Eunice36US #111
#76Katherine36US #49
#77Cora33US #126
#78Lula33US #135
#79Mable32US #144
#80Marion31US #45
#81Johnnie30
#82Mabel30US #68
#83Maggie30US #161
#84Nancy30US #98
#85Eleanor29US #26
#86Sara29US #107
#87Elsie27US #50
#88Eula27US #172
#89Leola27
#90Barbara26US #67
#91Blanche26US #91
#92Dora26US #125
#93Effie25
#94Ernestine25
#95Estelle25US #129
#96Jennie25US #81
#97Naomi25US #133
#98Audrey23US #117
#99Geraldine23US #89
#100Kathryn23US #60

Boys

#1James555US #3
#2William452US #2
#3John442US #1
#4Robert272US #4
#5Charles246US #7
#6Willie213US #31
#7George195US #6
#8Joseph173US #5
#9Henry157US #15
#10Thomas134US #10
#11Frank130US #9
#12Walter106US #11
#13Edward105US #8
#14David93US #28
#15Albert91US #18
#16Joe89US #35
#17Arthur86US #17
#18Clarence83US #25
#19Richard82US #14
#20Leroy79US #60
#21Samuel76US #42
#22Harold74US #12
#23Jack71US #22
#24Ralph63US #21
#25Fred60US #29
#26Ernest55US #37
#27Earl54US #32
#28Charlie53US #67
#29Johnnie53US #111
#30Paul51US #13
#31Carl50US #24
#32Raymond50US #16
#33Harry49US #19
#34Herbert49US #40
#35Roy47US #33
#36Eddie46US #118
#37Alfred45US #43
#38Louis45US #23
#39Woodrow45US #73
#40Eugene44US #39
#41Nathaniel44US #189
#42Lewis43US #70
#43Jesse42US #79
#44Sam42US #72
#45Herman41US #58
#46Howard41US #26
#47Cecil39US #83
#48Leon37US #82
#49Benjamin35US #76
#50Daniel35US #54
#51Andrew34US #48
#52Theodore34US #63
#53Curtis33US #121
#54Donald33US #20
#55Leonard32US #41
#56Clyde29US #64
#57Jessie29US #114
#58Lawrence29US #36
#59Manuel29US #128
#60Lee28US #85
#61Oscar28US #87
#62Horace26US #125
#63Willard26US #80
#64Clifford25US #59
#65Ray24US #74
#66Marion23US #108
#67Francis22US #30
#68Julius22US #113
#69Vernon22US #71
#70Earnest21US #143
#71Edgar21US #88
#72Edwin21US #55
#73Otis21US #145
#74Rufus21US #187
#75Kenneth20US #27
#76Norman20US #46
#77Oliver20US #127
#78Elmer19US #45
#79Jose19US #158
#80Melvin19US #57
#81Milton19US #75
#82Claude18US #98
#83Floyd18US #62
#84Frederick18US #51
#85Hubert18US #115
#86Leo18US #47
#87Leslie18US #107
#88Chester17US #56
#89Freddie17
#90Hugh17US #110
#91Marvin17US #68
#92Stanley17US #34
#93Tom17US #139
#94Wilson17US #144
#95Amos16
#96Homer16US #102
#97Johnny16
#98Lester16US #61
#99Lloyd16US #53
#100Lonnie16US #196

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑27Alberta#61
↑25Myrtle#29
↑25Hattie#52
↑25Manuel#59
↑24Leon#48
↑23Inez#39
↑23Essie#51
↑23Agnes#63

Falling

↓36Pauline#68
↓25Leo#86
↓25Lloyd#99
↓23Marvin#91
↓22Nellie#59
↓21Clyde#56
↓20Mamie#66
↓18Emma#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.