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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,075 Florida births in 1922 across 666 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#55Essie#200 nationally
#38Nathaniel#175 nationally
#84Freddieoutside the national top 200
#90Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#91Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#93Lonnie#195 nationally
#83Eloise#179 nationally
#35Inez#130 nationally
#30Rosa#123 nationally
#52Earnest#143 nationally
#100Lucile#189 nationally
#72Daisy#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary706US #1
#2Dorothy346US #2
#3Margaret217US #4
#4Ruth207US #5
#5Annie200US #30
#6Helen189US #3
#7Mildred182US #8
#8Elizabeth174US #9
#9Louise174US #22
#10Evelyn158US #13
#11Doris148US #11
#12Ruby145US #26
#13Frances141US #10
#14Virginia139US #7
#15Edna136US #29
#16Willie130US #70
#17Thelma114US #31
#18Ethel110US #32
#19Betty107US #6
#20Alice106US #15
#21Gladys103US #25
#22Martha103US #21
#23Edith100US #34
#24Lillie98US #85
#25Lillian95US #19
#26Juanita94US #57
#27Lois93US #35
#28Hazel92US #37
#29Bernice91US #41
#30Rosa90US #123
#31Sarah88US #51
#32Marie87US #14
#33Marjorie85US #16
#34Ida78US #65
#35Inez77US #130
#36Bertha76US #63
#37Irene76US #17
#38Clara73US #47
#39Lucille72US #33
#40Catherine70US #24
#41Bessie69US #81
#42Minnie68US #91
#43Josephine67US #27
#44Pauline67US #36
#45Anna66US #12
#46Florence66US #18
#47Grace66US #38
#48Myrtle63US #75
#49Laura62US #68
#50Julia59US #60
#51Geraldine57US #58
#52Jessie57US #87
#53Vera57US #79
#54Vivian57US #74
#55Essie56US #200
#56Nellie56US #83
#57Alma54US #84
#58Mattie54US #103
#59Eva53US #64
#60Gertrude53US #48
#61Norma52US #46
#62Rose52US #23
#63Beatrice51US #43
#64Emma51US #50
#65Gloria51US #61
#66Katherine50US #54
#67Mae50US #111
#68Mamie49US #147
#69Jean48US #20
#70Viola48US #72
#71Wilma48US #77
#72Daisy47US #157
#73Lula45US #142
#74Pearl44US #71
#75Agnes43US #62
#76Carrie41US #122
#77Elsie41US #59
#78Ella40US #90
#79Marguerite40US #106
#80Esther39US #44
#81Barbara37US #40
#82Christine37US #116
#83Eloise37US #179
#84Alberta36US #136
#85Eleanor36US #28
#86Kathryn36US #73
#87Mable36US #152
#88Margie36US #100
#89Violet36US #86
#90Eunice35US #119
#91Johnnie35
#92Rebecca35US #173
#93Audrey34US #89
#94Dora34US #138
#95Hattie34US #139
#96Lucy34US #93
#97Maggie34US #170
#98Sara34US #118
#99Ann33US #49
#100Lucile33US #189

Boys

#1James731US #4
#2William556US #3
#3John517US #1
#4Robert426US #2
#5Charles314US #5
#6George306US #6
#7Willie260US #28
#8Henry209US #17
#9Thomas189US #11
#10Joseph180US #7
#11Edward169US #8
#12Frank165US #10
#13Walter136US #15
#14Albert120US #20
#15David120US #24
#16Richard117US #9
#17Joe113US #35
#18Jack104US #18
#19Harold98US #13
#20Arthur96US #19
#21Clarence93US #29
#22Fred90US #33
#23Leroy90US #55
#24Samuel86US #43
#25Ralph85US #23
#26Paul83US #14
#27Earl77US #31
#28Ernest75US #37
#29Eugene72US #25
#30Charlie70US #72
#31Louis70US #27
#32Harry67US #22
#33Herbert67US #40
#34Johnnie67US #105
#35Cecil64US #85
#36Eddie64US #112
#37Carl62US #30
#38Nathaniel61US #175
#39Howard60US #26
#40Lawrence60US #36
#41Donald58US #12
#42Raymond58US #16
#43Kenneth55US #21
#44Alfred53US #42
#45Daniel53US #47
#46Clyde52US #67
#47Roy51US #32
#48Leon46US #77
#49Warren44US #45
#50Lewis43US #75
#51Oscar43US #92
#52Earnest42US #143
#53Benjamin41US #82
#54Curtis41US #113
#55Theodore40US #62
#56Claude39US #97
#57Edwin38US #52
#58Francis37US #34
#59Leonard36US #38
#60Andrew35US #53
#61Clifford35US #63
#62Herman35US #66
#63Lee35US #83
#64Ray34US #65
#65Floyd32US #61
#66Horace32US #132
#67Sam32US #84
#68Edgar30US #93
#69Jessie30US #111
#70Julius30US #129
#71Lloyd30US #59
#72Luther30US #118
#73Jesse29US #81
#74Marion29US #107
#75Milton28US #74
#76Norman28US #44
#77Allen27US #95
#78Lester27US #69
#79Rudolph27US #138
#80Jimmie26US #140
#81Otis26US #156
#82Wallace26US #87
#83Franklin25US #126
#84Freddie25
#85Frederick25US #60
#86Hubert25US #116
#87Oliver25US #134
#88Peter25US #57
#89Alvin24US #73
#90Aubrey24
#91Bennie23US #166
#92Johnny23US #170
#93Lonnie23US #195
#94Wilbur23US #102
#95Alexander22US #125
#96Archie22US #150
#97Bill22US #104
#98Calvin22US #128
#99Chester22US #64
#100Marvin22US #56

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑33Gloria#65
↑27Clifford#61
↑24Earnest#52
↑23Norma#61
↑22Rosa#30
↑22Laura#49
↑22Floyd#65
↑22Luther#72

Falling

↓29Alvin#89
↓27Marvin#100
↓24Hubert#86
↓23Emma#64
↓21Carrie#76
↓19Maggie#97
↓19Sara#98
↓18Beatrice#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.