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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,049 Florida births in 1923 across 654 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#193 nationally
#67Freddieoutside the national top 200
#71Rufus#199 nationally
#85Essieoutside the national top 200
#85Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#88Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#90Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#89Lucile#198 nationally
#29Rosa#130 nationally
#63Daisy#163 nationally
#48Inez#141 nationally
#68Johnny#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary793US #1
#2Dorothy373US #2
#3Margaret238US #4
#4Helen199US #3
#5Mildred196US #8
#6Annie194US #34
#7Ruth192US #6
#8Elizabeth177US #9
#9Doris161US #11
#10Louise161US #22
#11Betty153US #5
#12Willie153US #67
#13Ruby150US #25
#14Evelyn141US #12
#15Thelma139US #31
#16Alice133US #15
#17Frances132US #10
#18Martha130US #21
#19Virginia130US #7
#20Lillian120US #20
#21Edna118US #32
#22Juanita115US #51
#23Edith111US #36
#24Gladys110US #29
#25Marie103US #14
#26Marjorie97US #16
#27Hazel95US #40
#28Ethel87US #38
#29Rosa87US #130
#30Catherine84US #24
#31Bernice82US #43
#32Lois82US #27
#33Emma77US #53
#34Sarah77US #54
#35Lillie76US #91
#36Eva74US #66
#37Grace74US #39
#38Josephine71US #30
#39Julia70US #62
#40Clara66US #49
#41Florence66US #18
#42Ida66US #68
#43Alma65US #89
#44Beatrice64US #46
#45Jessie62US #94
#46Bertha60US #64
#47Myrtle59US #84
#48Inez57US #141
#49Lucille57US #35
#50Nellie57US #88
#51Rose56US #23
#52Anna55US #13
#53Barbara54US #33
#54Bessie54US #81
#55Carrie54US #134
#56Ella53US #93
#57Jean53US #19
#58Irene52US #17
#59Minnie52US #99
#60Norma52US #41
#61Pauline52US #37
#62Agnes51US #63
#63Daisy51US #163
#64Gloria51US #48
#65Katherine51US #60
#66Mattie51US #106
#67Vera51US #82
#68Pearl47US #78
#69Viola47US #79
#70Vivian47US #69
#71Eunice45US #125
#72Geraldine45US #58
#73Mae43US #109
#74Elsie42US #61
#75Esther41US #47
#76Margie41US #101
#77Eleanor40US #28
#78Hattie39US #147
#79Mamie39US #154
#80Violet39US #86
#81Wilma38US #74
#82Audrey37US #85
#83Laura37US #73
#84Emily36US #128
#85Essie36
#86Fannie36US #142
#87Cora35US #149
#88Johnnie34
#89Lucile34US #198
#90Marguerite34US #115
#91Sara34US #123
#92Charlotte33US #77
#93Christine33US #120
#94Joyce33US #104
#95Lula33US #151
#96Gertrude32US #59
#97Kathryn32US #72
#98Mable32US #162
#99Marion32US #44
#100Naomi32US #137

Boys

#1James773US #4
#2William543US #3
#3John499US #1
#4Robert452US #2
#5George293US #6
#6Charles279US #5
#7Willie260US #30
#8Thomas183US #12
#9Joseph182US #7
#10Henry160US #18
#11Edward150US #8
#12Frank146US #11
#13Richard145US #9
#14Walter124US #16
#15Albert119US #20
#16Jack117US #17
#17Harold111US #13
#18Joe111US #35
#19Arthur108US #19
#20David104US #24
#21Fred88US #33
#22Ralph88US #23
#23Raymond88US #15
#24Samuel88US #45
#25Clarence85US #29
#26Carl81US #28
#27Leroy79US #55
#28Harry75US #22
#29Eugene74US #25
#30Ernest73US #38
#31Paul73US #14
#32Charlie69US #79
#33Roy64US #32
#34Donald63US #10
#35Earl63US #31
#36Johnnie63US #107
#37Alfred60US #42
#38Louis60US #27
#39Herman57US #66
#40Eddie53US #110
#41Herbert53US #40
#42Daniel52US #47
#43Howard50US #26
#44Kenneth50US #21
#45Leon50US #77
#46Cecil49US #87
#47Leonard45US #37
#48Theodore43US #62
#49Andrew42US #53
#50Clyde42US #68
#51Nathaniel42US #193
#52Norman42US #44
#53Curtis41US #116
#54Warren40US #43
#55Oscar39US #96
#56Clifford38US #65
#57Lawrence38US #36
#58Lee38US #85
#59Wallace37US #69
#60Benjamin36US #86
#61Lewis36US #74
#62Edwin35US #56
#63Jesse35US #83
#64Lloyd32US #59
#65Sam32US #89
#66Claude31US #103
#67Freddie31
#68Johnny31US #159
#69Luther31US #126
#70Marvin31US #51
#71Rufus31US #199
#72Jessie30US #119
#73Calvin29US #82
#74Floyd29US #64
#75Marion29US #106
#76Ray29US #61
#77Earnest28US #146
#78Horace28US #134
#79Leo28US #49
#80Melvin28US #48
#81Wilbur28US #105
#82Allen27US #97
#83Elmer27US #57
#84Hugh27US #123
#85Lonnie27
#86Willard27US #92
#87Gordon26US #76
#88Hubert26US #117
#89Edgar25US #94
#90Roosevelt25
#91Alvin24US #73
#92Ben23US #148
#93Billy23US #78
#94Milton23US #81
#95Philip23US #70
#96Bill22US #98
#97Jimmie22US #141
#98Lester22US #71
#99Roland22US #104
#100Archie21US #162

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑31Emma#33
↑30Marvin#70
↑28Barbara#53
↑25Calvin#73
↑24Norman#52
↑24Johnny#68
↑23Eva#36
↑23Herman#39

Falling

↓36Gertrude#96
↓34Laura#83
↓30Essie#85
↓25Earnest#77
↓22Lula#95
↓21Irene#58
↓21Geraldine#72
↓21Edgar#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.