State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,999 Florida births in 1924 across 683 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#54Nathaniel#180 nationally
#75Freddieoutside the national top 200
#83Essieoutside the national top 200
#76Julian#193 nationally
#73Eloise#185 nationally
#89Mackoutside the national top 200
#86Johnnie#196 nationally
#63Daisy#166 nationally
#34Rosa#129 nationally
#90Maggie#181 nationally
#59Lula#146 nationally
#62Hattie#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary847US #1
#2Dorothy443US #2
#3Margaret278US #5
#4Betty254US #4
#5Helen233US #3
#6Mildred233US #8
#7Ruth205US #6
#8Elizabeth196US #11
#9Annie195US #32
#10Doris189US #9
#11Frances186US #10
#12Louise175US #24
#13Willie157US #68
#14Evelyn152US #12
#15Thelma149US #33
#16Ruby136US #26
#17Alice132US #15
#18Virginia131US #7
#19Martha124US #21
#20Gladys123US #30
#21Edna120US #31
#22Juanita119US #48
#23Lillian114US #23
#24Marie110US #14
#25Marjorie108US #17
#26Hazel105US #42
#27Lois105US #22
#28Bernice104US #47
#29Edith101US #36
#30Ethel101US #39
#31Sarah94US #54
#32Lillie92US #97
#33Florence86US #20
#34Rosa83US #129
#35Catherine81US #27
#36Bessie77US #86
#37Bertha76US #65
#38Eva75US #66
#39Ida75US #70
#40Alma73US #87
#41Myrtle73US #89
#42Josephine71US #34
#43Vera71US #85
#44Lucille70US #37
#45Anna69US #13
#46Minnie68US #100
#47Jessie67US #91
#48Julia66US #62
#49Barbara64US #28
#50Jean63US #16
#51Clara61US #56
#52Gloria61US #41
#53Grace61US #43
#54Katherine61US #59
#55Agnes57US #63
#56Irene56US #18
#57Patricia56US #35
#58Elsie54US #61
#59Lula54US #146
#60Mattie54US #109
#61Geraldine53US #58
#62Hattie52US #149
#63Daisy51US #166
#64Emma51US #57
#65Laura51US #72
#66Naomi51US #140
#67Vivian51US #71
#68Beatrice50US #50
#69Esther50US #51
#70Pauline50US #38
#71Viola49US #82
#72Ella48US #94
#73Eloise48US #185
#74Inez48US #144
#75Rose48US #25
#76Nellie47US #92
#77Eunice46US #130
#78Marion46US #46
#79Nancy46US #69
#80Ann45US #55
#81Kathryn45US #81
#82Carrie44US #135
#83Essie43
#84Pearl43US #78
#85Violet43US #88
#86Johnnie42US #196
#87Norma42US #40
#88Sara42US #116
#89Shirley42US #19
#90Maggie40US #181
#91Peggy40US #133
#92Carolyn39US #127
#93Eleanor39US #29
#94Flora39US #167
#95Joyce39US #83
#96Mae39US #114
#97Gertrude38US #60
#98Jane38US #53
#99Rebecca38US #171
#100Audrey37US #84

Boys

#1James902US #4
#2William592US #3
#3John582US #2
#4Robert559US #1
#5Charles370US #5
#6Willie315US #30
#7George295US #6
#8Thomas218US #11
#9Joseph197US #7
#10Edward192US #9
#11Henry187US #18
#12Frank168US #12
#13Richard159US #8
#14Jack146US #17
#15Albert139US #21
#16David130US #24
#17Walter124US #16
#18Arthur116US #20
#19Joe111US #35
#20Clarence106US #29
#21Harold104US #13
#22Ralph104US #23
#23Samuel104US #45
#24Harry100US #22
#25Leroy97US #53
#26Paul97US #14
#27Louis95US #28
#28Ernest90US #37
#29Eugene87US #25
#30Fred86US #32
#31Earl84US #33
#32Raymond80US #15
#33Herbert78US #41
#34Donald76US #10
#35Howard71US #26
#36Roy71US #31
#37Alfred68US #43
#38Charlie64US #80
#39Carl62US #27
#40Eddie59US #113
#41Lawrence59US #36
#42Calvin58US #44
#43Andrew57US #56
#44Cecil56US #85
#45Kenneth55US #19
#46Oscar55US #99
#47Clyde53US #69
#48Johnnie53US #101
#49Theodore53US #65
#50Benjamin52US #89
#51Herman51US #70
#52Leon51US #76
#53Lewis50US #77
#54Nathaniel48US #180
#55Daniel44US #47
#56Jesse44US #86
#57Edwin43US #55
#58Horace43US #143
#59Marvin43US #50
#60Warren43US #58
#61Ray42US #60
#62Clifford41US #64
#63Sam40US #91
#64Floyd38US #66
#65Hubert38US #115
#66Wallace38US #87
#67Lee36US #83
#68Marion36US #112
#69Jimmie35US #132
#70Leonard35US #38
#71Billy34US #63
#72Edgar34US #96
#73Earnest33US #145
#74Alvin31US #73
#75Freddie31
#76Julian31US #193
#77Milton31US #81
#78Johnny30US #152
#79Lester30US #72
#80Vernon30US #68
#81Lloyd29US #61
#82Allen28US #94
#83Bill28US #92
#84Frederick28US #62
#85Wilbur28US #106
#86Curtis27US #117
#87Leo27US #51
#88Jessie26US #124
#89Mack26
#90Rudolph26US #138
#91Claude25US #103
#92Gerald25US #49
#93Hugh25US #116
#94Leslie25US #107
#95Luther25US #127
#96Norman25US #42
#97Russell25US #52
#98Sidney25US #119
#99Alexander24US #129
#100Elmer24US #57

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑36Lula#59
↑34Naomi#66
↑31Calvin#42
↑28Jimmie#69
↑24Vera#43
↑23Hubert#65
↑22Billy#71
↑21Marion#78

Falling

↓44Norman#96
↓33Curtis#86
↓31Emma#64
↓27Carrie#82
↓27Norma#87
↓26Inez#74
↓26Nellie#76
↓26Luther#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.