State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,093 Florida births in 1919 across 629 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#40Nathaniel#175 nationally
#60Essie#189 nationally
#72Johnny#193 nationally
#85Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#67Isaac#178 nationally
#91Amosoutside the national top 200
#95Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#95Freddieoutside the national top 200
#98Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#98Aaron#195 nationally
#66Maggie#155 nationally
#27Rosa#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary620US #1
#2Dorothy236US #3
#3Annie207US #35
#4Ruth200US #5
#5Margaret193US #4
#6Mildred181US #6
#7Helen166US #2
#8Ruby154US #24
#9Elizabeth148US #8
#10Willie138US #61
#11Louise125US #20
#12Evelyn114US #11
#13Gladys113US #21
#14Thelma111US #31
#15Edna108US #22
#16Frances105US #9
#17Marie105US #12
#18Hazel104US #32
#19Doris103US #18
#20Lillie100US #81
#21Ethel99US #28
#22Alice96US #13
#23Edith92US #29
#24Bessie90US #59
#25Virginia88US #7
#26Martha85US #25
#27Rosa85US #110
#28Lillian77US #17
#29Juanita75US #73
#30Bernice70US #42
#31Grace70US #34
#32Lucille69US #27
#33Emma67US #45
#34Clara66US #43
#35Lois66US #40
#36Catherine65US #23
#37Eunice65US #119
#38Jessie65US #75
#39Mattie65US #95
#40Betty61US #15
#41Irene61US #16
#42Florence60US #14
#43Ella59US #87
#44Myrtle59US #67
#45Nellie59US #69
#46Eva58US #55
#47Josephine58US #26
#48Sarah58US #46
#49Beatrice56US #41
#50Minnie56US #80
#51Julia53US #48
#52Pauline53US #36
#53Marjorie52US #33
#54Vera51US #65
#55Mamie50US #132
#56Anna49US #10
#57Inez49US #117
#58Pearl49US #56
#59Alma48US #76
#60Essie47US #189
#61Agnes46US #50
#62Gertrude46US #39
#63Lula46US #134
#64Hattie44US #125
#65Mae44US #99
#66Maggie44US #155
#67Bertha43US #52
#68Katherine43US #51
#69Fannie42US #121
#70Susie42US #151
#71Daisy40US #148
#72Ida40US #57
#73Carrie39US #111
#74Rose39US #19
#75Barbara38US #60
#76Cora37US #122
#77Estelle37US #141
#78Mabel36US #78
#79Viola36US #58
#80Marguerite35US #96
#81Laura34US #71
#82Sara34US #112
#83Nancy33US #100
#84Eleanor32US #30
#85Lucile32US #152
#86Vivian32US #72
#87Geneva31US #107
#88Hilda31US #123
#89Mable31US #143
#90Alberta30US #120
#91Naomi30US #140
#92Audrey29US #115
#93Blanche29US #97
#94Dora29US #127
#95Ernestine29
#96Lena29US #94
#97Christine28US #116
#98Johnnie28
#99Elsie27US #47
#100Velma27US #104

Boys

#1James656US #3
#2John469US #1
#3William437US #2
#4Robert319US #4
#5Willie270US #23
#6George242US #6
#7Charles230US #5
#8Joseph171US #7
#9Henry163US #16
#10Thomas150US #10
#11Frank129US #9
#12Edward126US #8
#13Walter116US #11
#14Arthur100US #19
#15Richard99US #12
#16Joe95US #35
#17David93US #27
#18Ernest89US #36
#19Albert88US #18
#20Leroy84US #55
#21Paul78US #15
#22Clarence77US #25
#23Fred77US #30
#24Jack74US #21
#25Harold72US #13
#26Samuel69US #43
#27Charlie67US #66
#28Ralph67US #22
#29Eugene65US #33
#30Herbert65US #40
#31Harry63US #20
#32Earl62US #31
#33Johnnie62US #95
#34Louis59US #28
#35Carl58US #29
#36Raymond58US #14
#37Eddie54US #99
#38Lawrence51US #38
#39Alfred49US #42
#40Nathaniel49US #175
#41Oscar48US #88
#42Clyde47US #67
#43Roy46US #32
#44Andrew43US #47
#45Daniel42US #51
#46Theodore42US #54
#47Howard41US #24
#48Leon41US #80
#49Leonard41US #39
#50Sam40US #75
#51Clifford39US #60
#52Jessie38US #109
#53Herman37US #61
#54Jesse36US #77
#55Lee35US #82
#56Lewis35US #74
#57Woodrow35US #91
#58Marvin34US #63
#59Cecil33US #78
#60Edwin33US #52
#61Horace33US #127
#62Lester33US #62
#63Lloyd32US #58
#64Vernon32US #65
#65Jimmie31US #143
#66Donald30US #17
#67Isaac30US #178
#68Wilbur30US #98
#69Benjamin29US #79
#70Ray28US #69
#71Claude27US #92
#72Johnny27US #193
#73Marion27US #106
#74Alvin26US #76
#75Leo26US #49
#76Luther26US #117
#77Elmer25US #44
#78Francis25US #34
#79Kenneth25US #26
#80Curtis24US #120
#81Edgar24US #89
#82Willard24US #87
#83Earnest23US #139
#84Homer23US #104
#85Lonnie23
#86Otis23US #146
#87Allen22US #101
#88Floyd22US #59
#89Hubert22US #115
#90Ira22US #164
#91Amos21
#92Archie21US #142
#93Oliver21US #128
#94Philip21US #71
#95Freddie20
#96Harvey20US #85
#97Wilson20US #155
#98Aaron19US #195
#99Chester19US #53
#100Julius19US #123

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑45Eunice#37
↑32Betty#40
↑28Mattie#39
↑28Pauline#52
↑27Bernice#30
↑27Marion#73
↑26Maggie#66
↑26Ray#70

Falling

↓32Ida#72
↓32Laura#81
↓32Lucile#85
↓32Woodrow#57
↓29Alma#59
↓29Cecil#59
↓27Allen#87
↓27Archie#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.