State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,197 Florida births in 1920 across 623 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#57Essie#197 nationally
#53Lonnie#186 nationally
#35Nathaniel#166 nationally
#59Maggie#172 nationally
#94Mosesoutside the national top 200
#77Eloise#178 nationally
#100Addieoutside the national top 200
#96Isaac#191 nationally
#26Rosa#116 nationally
#98Rufus#188 nationally
#54Mamie#142 nationally
#69Daisy#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary626US #1
#2Dorothy299US #2
#3Margaret230US #4
#4Annie207US #35
#5Helen207US #3
#6Ruth187US #5
#7Mildred163US #6
#8Elizabeth161US #8
#9Frances156US #9
#10Willie151US #74
#11Doris134US #14
#12Evelyn123US #12
#13Louise122US #19
#14Alice120US #15
#15Thelma120US #31
#16Lillian116US #18
#17Edna111US #27
#18Ruby104US #26
#19Marie103US #13
#20Virginia100US #7
#21Gladys94US #22
#22Hazel91US #34
#23Edith85US #32
#24Sarah85US #50
#25Lillie84US #90
#26Rosa84US #116
#27Ethel82US #30
#28Bernice81US #40
#29Lucille81US #29
#30Martha81US #23
#31Betty75US #11
#32Juanita75US #61
#33Lois74US #38
#34Bessie72US #71
#35Florence72US #16
#36Bertha70US #57
#37Mattie70US #96
#38Nellie69US #76
#39Clara68US #44
#40Marjorie68US #24
#41Beatrice65US #41
#42Inez64US #122
#43Minnie64US #87
#44Ella62US #88
#45Josephine62US #28
#46Emma59US #46
#47Catherine58US #21
#48Ida58US #66
#49Myrtle58US #68
#50Eunice57US #115
#51Grace57US #37
#52Jessie57US #84
#53Laura56US #63
#54Mamie55US #142
#55Alma54US #80
#56Eva54US #58
#57Essie53US #197
#58Katherine53US #45
#59Maggie53US #172
#60Julia50US #55
#61Lula50US #139
#62Pauline50US #36
#63Vera50US #75
#64Anna49US #10
#65Carrie46US #121
#66Gertrude46US #42
#67Viola46US #59
#68Irene44US #17
#69Daisy43US #155
#70Hattie43US #132
#71Barbara42US #47
#72Vivian42US #64
#73Jean41US #33
#74Alberta40US #128
#75Nancy40US #95
#76Agnes39US #54
#77Eloise39US #178
#78Esther39US #39
#79Hilda36US #125
#80Ann35US #49
#81Cora35US #137
#82Wilma34US #78
#83Lucile33US #166
#84Dora32US #133
#85Mae32US #99
#86Marguerite32US #93
#87Norma32US #69
#88Pearl32US #62
#89Susie32US #163
#90Blanche30US #102
#91Eleanor30US #25
#92Elsie30US #51
#93Eula30US #169
#94June30US #53
#95Lucy30US #94
#96Rose30US #20
#97Fannie29US #127
#98Jane29US #48
#99Mabel28US #83
#100Addie27

Boys

#1James745US #4
#2John570US #1
#3William497US #2
#4Robert371US #3
#5George271US #6
#6Willie263US #29
#7Charles252US #5
#8Henry187US #17
#9Joseph186US #7
#10Edward163US #8
#11Thomas159US #11
#12Frank156US #9
#13Richard113US #10
#14Joe111US #35
#15Arthur107US #18
#16Walter107US #13
#17Albert105US #19
#18David103US #25
#19Jack94US #20
#20Samuel86US #44
#21Louis85US #28
#22Harold82US #12
#23Paul82US #14
#24Ernest80US #37
#25Clarence79US #26
#26Leroy79US #56
#27Earl77US #31
#28Harry77US #21
#29Fred76US #33
#30Ralph76US #22
#31Carl75US #27
#32Charlie71US #70
#33Raymond64US #15
#34Johnnie61US #99
#35Nathaniel58US #166
#36Howard56US #24
#37Cecil51US #77
#38Herbert51US #41
#39Andrew49US #49
#40Roy49US #32
#41Lawrence48US #36
#42Alfred47US #42
#43Herman47US #66
#44Donald45US #16
#45Eugene45US #30
#46Clyde42US #68
#47Daniel42US #52
#48Jesse42US #79
#49Leon42US #75
#50Horace40US #128
#51Benjamin39US #83
#52Lewis39US #72
#53Lonnie39US #186
#54Theodore39US #63
#55Eddie38US #104
#56Curtis37US #120
#57Kenneth37US #23
#58Leonard36US #38
#59Sam35US #84
#60Warren34US #39
#61Clifford33US #59
#62Floyd31US #61
#63Jimmie31US #147
#64Norman31US #47
#65Chester29US #55
#66Earnest29US #140
#67Jessie29US #111
#68Leo29US #48
#69Lloyd29US #58
#70Claude28US #92
#71Lester28US #69
#72Marvin28US #62
#73Oscar28US #90
#74Hubert26US #113
#75Lee26US #82
#76Milton26US #74
#77Ray26US #67
#78Edwin25US #53
#79Julius25US #125
#80Marion25US #109
#81Otis25US #146
#82Vernon25US #65
#83Francis24US #34
#84Wilbur24US #98
#85Edgar23US #89
#86Elmer23US #45
#87Melvin23US #54
#88Peter23US #57
#89Billy22US #132
#90Philip22US #71
#91Willard22US #88
#92Alvin21US #76
#93Clinton21US #158
#94Moses21
#95Wallace21US #93
#96Isaac20US #191
#97Oliver20US #135
#98Rufus20US #188
#99Russell20US #51
#100Allen19US #94

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑34Chester#65
↑32Lonnie#53
↑31Bertha#36
↑28Laura#53
↑26Floyd#62
↑24Sarah#24
↑24Ida#48
↑24Curtis#56

Falling

↓32Oscar#73
↓30Pearl#88
↓29Isaac#96
↓28Fannie#97
↓27Irene#68
↓22Rose#96
↓21Mabel#99
↓20Grace#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.