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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,405 Florida births in 1921 across 640 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#51Nathaniel#187 nationally
#63Essie#199 nationally
#80Freddieoutside the national top 200
#83Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#86Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#93Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#56Daisy#160 nationally
#99Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#100Ellisoutside the national top 200
#68Eloise#164 nationally
#78Maggie#173 nationally
#36Inez#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary717US #1
#2Dorothy349US #2
#3Margaret228US #4
#4Helen207US #3
#5Annie200US #36
#6Mildred198US #7
#7Ruth198US #5
#8Elizabeth158US #10
#9Louise158US #22
#10Frances153US #9
#11Doris152US #13
#12Willie149US #74
#13Evelyn140US #12
#14Thelma138US #30
#15Virginia130US #6
#16Edna125US #27
#17Ruby122US #26
#18Gladys118US #24
#19Alice112US #15
#20Hazel110US #34
#21Bernice107US #39
#22Lillian105US #19
#23Juanita104US #57
#24Ethel98US #32
#25Edith97US #33
#26Lillie92US #94
#27Lois91US #38
#28Marie91US #14
#29Marjorie87US #16
#30Florence83US #17
#31Martha83US #21
#32Lucille81US #31
#33Sarah79US #54
#34Irene78US #18
#35Betty76US #8
#36Inez73US #127
#37Minnie72US #96
#38Catherine67US #23
#39Grace67US #35
#40Bertha65US #59
#41Emma65US #52
#42Ida65US #67
#43Myrtle64US #73
#44Jessie62US #91
#45Beatrice61US #41
#46Bessie61US #75
#47Eva61US #63
#48Alma60US #78
#49Josephine60US #28
#50Vera58US #76
#51Mattie57US #105
#52Rosa57US #131
#53Clara56US #45
#54Anna55US #11
#55Carrie55US #126
#56Daisy54US #160
#57Julia54US #58
#58Pauline53US #37
#59Katherine51US #49
#60Lula51US #143
#61Elsie50US #55
#62Nellie50US #80
#63Essie49US #199
#64Viola49US #66
#65Geraldine48US #62
#66Rose48US #20
#67Agnes46US #56
#68Eloise46US #164
#69Vivian45US #68
#70Gertrude44US #46
#71Laura44US #71
#72Mamie43US #150
#73Cora42US #140
#74Pearl42US #65
#75Margie41US #106
#76Ella40US #89
#77Eunice39US #120
#78Maggie39US #173
#79Sara39US #115
#80Jean38US #25
#81Marion38US #43
#82Hattie37US #144
#83Kathryn37US #64
#84Norma37US #51
#85Susie37US #168
#86Ernestine36
#87Marguerite36US #98
#88Eleanor35US #29
#89June35US #50
#90Lucy35US #93
#91Wilma35US #72
#92Dora34US #130
#93Fannie34US #135
#94Alberta33US #133
#95Barbara32US #40
#96Estelle32US #161
#97Esther32US #42
#98Gloria32US #102
#99Johnnie32
#100Lucile32US #178

Boys

#1James803US #4
#2John569US #1
#3William512US #3
#4Robert388US #2
#5Charles283US #5
#6Willie261US #34
#7George260US #6
#8Henry199US #17
#9Joseph199US #7
#10Thomas184US #11
#11Frank169US #9
#12Edward151US #8
#13Richard134US #10
#14Jack130US #18
#15Walter129US #15
#16Joe104US #36
#17Harold99US #12
#18Harry99US #21
#19Arthur98US #19
#20Albert97US #20
#21Clarence94US #28
#22Ernest94US #38
#23Fred94US #33
#24David93US #25
#25Samuel88US #44
#26Raymond81US #16
#27Louis78US #29
#28Eugene76US #26
#29Leroy74US #55
#30Charlie72US #76
#31Earl72US #31
#32Carl70US #30
#33Ralph70US #23
#34Eddie68US #118
#35Paul68US #14
#36Herbert61US #42
#37Johnnie59US #108
#38Daniel53US #49
#39Howard53US #27
#40Lawrence51US #37
#41Warren51US #24
#42Roy50US #32
#43Leon49US #74
#44Cecil48US #79
#45Herman48US #64
#46Alfred47US #43
#47Donald47US #13
#48Benjamin45US #82
#49Sam45US #85
#50Clyde43US #69
#51Nathaniel41US #187
#52Edwin40US #54
#53Kenneth39US #22
#54Oscar37US #92
#55Jesse36US #77
#56Lee36US #86
#57Francis35US #35
#58Leonard35US #39
#59Lewis35US #71
#60Alvin34US #73
#61Horace32US #129
#62Hubert32US #115
#63Jessie31US #117
#64Claude30US #96
#65Jimmie30US #147
#66Marion30US #102
#67Melvin30US #53
#68Andrew29US #51
#69Curtis29US #122
#70Manuel29US #113
#71Ray29US #67
#72Theodore29US #65
#73Marvin28US #59
#74Oliver27US #135
#75Russell27US #52
#76Earnest26US #138
#77Julius26US #128
#78Lloyd26US #58
#79Elmer25US #48
#80Freddie25
#81Frederick25US #61
#82Leo25US #50
#83Lonnie25
#84Vernon25US #68
#85Willard25US #89
#86Douglas24US #111
#87Floyd24US #63
#88Clifford23US #62
#89Edgar23US #90
#90Norman23US #46
#91Wallace23US #88
#92Wilbur23US #100
#93Woodrow23
#94Luther22US #123
#95Otis21US #151
#96Tom21US #144
#97Chester20US #56
#98Virgil20US #98
#99Calvin19US #131
#100Ellis19

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑34Irene#34
↑32Alvin#60
↑31Elsie#61
↑30Rose#66
↑26Edwin#52
↑26Francis#57
↑24Russell#75
↑23Oliver#74

Falling

↓32Ella#76
↓32Chester#97
↓30Lonnie#83
↓29Andrew#68
↓27Eunice#77
↓27Clifford#88
↓26Rosa#52
↓26Norman#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.