State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,563 Florida births in 1918 across 598 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#51Essie#194 nationally
#52Nathaniel#193 nationally
#82Lonnie#195 nationally
#89Amosoutside the national top 200
#72Rufus#183 nationally
#90Leolaoutside the national top 200
#91Emanueloutside the national top 200
#93Mosesoutside the national top 200
#53Lucile#156 nationally
#86Eloise#189 nationally
#22Rosa#117 nationally
#78Eula#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary585US #1
#2Dorothy218US #3
#3Annie180US #36
#4Margaret180US #4
#5Ruth180US #5
#6Elizabeth152US #9
#7Willie152US #70
#8Louise150US #18
#9Mildred138US #6
#10Helen136US #2
#11Thelma132US #32
#12Ruby128US #27
#13Frances126US #8
#14Edna124US #23
#15Evelyn118US #11
#16Marie105US #12
#17Doris104US #19
#18Lillie102US #89
#19Alice101US #13
#20Ethel97US #28
#21Gladys97US #22
#22Rosa93US #117
#23Hazel86US #33
#24Edith82US #30
#25Emma81US #46
#26Virginia80US #7
#27Josephine79US #24
#28Lucille77US #29
#29Myrtle75US #62
#30Alma74US #73
#31Bessie74US #61
#32Catherine73US #20
#33Beatrice72US #40
#34Lillian72US #15
#35Martha72US #25
#36Sarah70US #52
#37Eva69US #55
#38Lois69US #42
#39Florence66US #14
#40Ida66US #57
#41Minnie66US #88
#42Grace64US #31
#43Jessie61US #75
#44Bertha60US #51
#45Irene60US #16
#46Juanita60US #85
#47Anna59US #10
#48Nellie58US #65
#49Laura56US #64
#50Clara55US #43
#51Essie55US #194
#52Julia54US #48
#53Lucile53US #156
#54Mamie53US #137
#55Marjorie53US #34
#56Agnes52US #47
#57Bernice52US #41
#58Gertrude52US #39
#59Lula52US #132
#60Inez51US #115
#61Carrie48US #113
#62Daisy48US #149
#63Ella48US #84
#64Fannie48US #120
#65Mae48US #95
#66Viola48US #59
#67Mattie47US #100
#68Vera47US #68
#69Esther44US #38
#70Lena44US #93
#71Marguerite44US #86
#72Betty42US #21
#73Hattie42US #121
#74Pearl40US #56
#75Rose40US #17
#76Susie40US #159
#77Elsie38US #49
#78Eula38US #168
#79Mable38US #144
#80Pauline38US #35
#81Dora36US #136
#82Eunice36US #111
#83Vivian36US #72
#84Eleanor34US #26
#85Katherine34US #50
#86Eloise32US #189
#87Kathryn32US #63
#88Sara31US #109
#89Mabel30US #74
#90Leola29
#91Leona29US #79
#92Maggie29US #158
#93Cora28US #124
#94Jean26US #37
#95Lola26US #146
#96Nancy26US #102
#97Wilma26US #82
#98Alberta25US #122
#99Ellen25US #92
#100Hilda25US #114

Boys

#1James641US #3
#2William456US #2
#3John437US #1
#4Robert325US #4
#5George263US #6
#6Charles246US #5
#7Willie241US #29
#8Henry173US #16
#9Thomas153US #10
#10Joseph141US #7
#11Frank139US #9
#12Edward122US #8
#13Joe108US #34
#14Walter104US #11
#15Albert100US #19
#16Arthur97US #17
#17Jack95US #21
#18David84US #28
#19Clarence82US #23
#20Leroy82US #57
#21Samuel80US #43
#22Ernest79US #37
#23Richard79US #12
#24Charlie70US #70
#25Woodrow67US #58
#26Harold66US #13
#27Johnnie65US #110
#28Fred64US #33
#29Earl62US #31
#30Cecil61US #82
#31Harry61US #20
#32Ralph61US #22
#33Raymond59US #15
#34Paul58US #14
#35Carl52US #25
#36Eugene48US #35
#37Jesse48US #78
#38Alfred47US #42
#39Andrew47US #46
#40Eddie47US #117
#41Howard46US #26
#42Roy46US #32
#43Herbert45US #40
#44Horace45US #132
#45Louis45US #24
#46Daniel44US #52
#47Oscar44US #87
#48Lawrence43US #38
#49Lewis43US #74
#50Benjamin41US #79
#51Clifford41US #60
#52Nathaniel41US #193
#53Sam41US #75
#54Jessie40US #120
#55Herman38US #65
#56Leonard37US #41
#57Clyde36US #67
#58Leon34US #77
#59Vernon34US #66
#60Allen32US #98
#61Theodore32US #64
#62Lee31US #86
#63Donald30US #18
#64Edgar30US #89
#65Archie27US #138
#66Claude27US #95
#67Willard27US #83
#68Edwin26US #55
#69Leo26US #48
#70Sidney26US #94
#71Jimmie25US #159
#72Rufus25US #183
#73Tom25US #139
#74Manuel24US #126
#75Peter24US #53
#76Wilson24US #122
#77Frederick23US #59
#78Lloyd23US #51
#79Wilbur23US #97
#80Alvin22US #80
#81Francis22US #30
#82Lonnie22US #195
#83Luther22US #119
#84Chester21US #54
#85Curtis21US #123
#86Earnest21US #142
#87Julius21US #118
#88Willis21US #141
#89Amos20
#90Ben20US #128
#91Emanuel20
#92Kenneth20US #27
#93Moses20
#94Norman20US #49
#95Otis20US #151
#96Ray20US #69
#97Victor20US #63
#98Elmer19US #44
#99Harvey19US #88
#100Marion19US #107

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑24Catherine#32
↑24Laura#49
↑21Emma#25
↑21Lloyd#78
↑20Tom#73
↑19Lula#59
↑18Horace#44
↑18Wilson#76

Falling

↓37Alberta#98
↓34Marion#100
↓33Mattie#67
↓32Curtis#85
↓31Ray#96
↓22Otis#95
↓21Bernice#57
↓21Inez#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.