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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,133 Florida births in 1925 across 722 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#65Lonnie#200 nationally
#49Nathaniel#178 nationally
#73Essieoutside the national top 200
#82Freddieoutside the national top 200
#84Rufusoutside the national top 200
#77Johnnie#189 nationally
#90Amosoutside the national top 200
#87Julian#195 nationally
#25Rosa#125 nationally
#81Eloise#180 nationally
#67Mamie#160 nationally
#57Inez#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary972US #1
#2Dorothy506US #2
#3Betty364US #3
#4Margaret294US #5
#5Helen292US #4
#6Annie285US #32
#7Ruth260US #6
#8Elizabeth247US #10
#9Doris227US #8
#10Mildred207US #9
#11Evelyn188US #12
#12Louise188US #27
#13Ruby177US #30
#14Frances174US #11
#15Edna172US #37
#16Martha164US #23
#17Thelma159US #35
#18Alice148US #15
#19Virginia147US #7
#20Juanita137US #49
#21Willie137US #68
#22Lillie129US #91
#23Gladys128US #33
#24Gloria127US #20
#25Rosa117US #125
#26Barbara110US #22
#27Lois110US #18
#28Marjorie106US #21
#29Hazel104US #45
#30Sarah104US #58
#31Bernice102US #46
#32Marie102US #16
#33Ethel99US #43
#34Edith97US #42
#35Catherine95US #29
#36Lillian95US #25
#37Emma94US #57
#38Patricia90US #28
#39Clara84US #55
#40Julia84US #65
#41Lucille84US #41
#42Jessie79US #97
#43Minnie78US #104
#44Anna77US #13
#45Bertha75US #74
#46Grace75US #44
#47Jean75US #14
#48Mattie75US #100
#49Vera74US #86
#50Pauline70US #38
#51Irene68US #19
#52Eva67US #71
#53Josephine67US #36
#54Ida66US #82
#55Bessie65US #87
#56Ella65US #93
#57Inez65US #139
#58Joyce65US #59
#59Florence64US #24
#60Carrie62US #134
#61Mae62US #116
#62Beatrice61US #50
#63Myrtle60US #95
#64June59US #39
#65Carolyn58US #127
#66Christine56US #123
#67Mamie56US #160
#68Rose56US #26
#69Eleanor55US #31
#70Elsie55US #63
#71Alma54US #94
#72Marian54US #67
#73Essie52
#74Nellie51US #98
#75Vivian51US #76
#76Ann50US #52
#77Johnnie50US #189
#78Katherine50US #61
#79Pearl50US #90
#80Viola50US #84
#81Eloise49US #180
#82Laura49US #75
#83Fannie48US #151
#84Geraldine48US #54
#85Shirley48US #17
#86Jane47US #53
#87Marion47US #47
#88Hilda46US #142
#89Margie46US #99
#90Wilma46US #62
#91Agnes45US #69
#92Daisy44US #169
#93Esther44US #56
#94Norma43US #34
#95Sara43US #133
#96Eunice42US #130
#97Gertrude41US #70
#98Charlotte40US #77
#99Lula40US #149
#100Kathleen39US #81

Boys

#1James980US #4
#2William714US #3
#3John669US #2
#4Robert561US #1
#5Charles405US #5
#6George373US #6
#7Willie338US #27
#8Thomas268US #11
#9Joseph246US #7
#10Richard223US #8
#11Henry215US #18
#12Edward214US #9
#13Jack177US #17
#14Frank173US #12
#15Walter152US #16
#16David137US #22
#17Harry128US #23
#18Arthur125US #20
#19Paul122US #13
#20Harold117US #14
#21Clarence114US #30
#22Albert113US #21
#23Leroy113US #52
#24Ernest110US #37
#25Eugene110US #24
#26Donald102US #10
#27Ralph99US #25
#28Carl97US #28
#29Raymond94US #15
#30Joe93US #34
#31Fred91US #33
#32Earl89US #31
#33Charlie85US #78
#34Samuel84US #46
#35Johnnie81US #100
#36Eddie76US #101
#37Roy76US #32
#38Cecil75US #87
#39Louis73US #29
#40Herbert71US #42
#41Howard69US #26
#42Alfred67US #43
#43Kenneth64US #19
#44Clifford62US #59
#45Daniel62US #44
#46Jimmie59US #121
#47Lawrence59US #36
#48Herman58US #69
#49Nathaniel57US #178
#50Jesse53US #85
#51Benjamin52US #93
#52Calvin51US #47
#53Andrew50US #56
#54Clyde50US #68
#55Curtis49US #118
#56Lewis47US #79
#57Theodore47US #63
#58Leon46US #76
#59Jessie44US #123
#60Lloyd44US #62
#61Oscar43US #99
#62Lee42US #82
#63Billy40US #49
#64Frederick40US #65
#65Lonnie40US #200
#66Horace39US #145
#67Leonard39US #38
#68Marvin39US #51
#69Ray38US #64
#70Wallace37US #92
#71Edgar36US #96
#72Floyd36US #58
#73Johnny36US #142
#74Russell36US #53
#75Allen35US #94
#76Norman35US #41
#77Edwin34US #57
#78Francis34US #35
#79Milton34US #80
#80Alvin33US #70
#81Bill33US #84
#82Freddie33
#83Leo33US #54
#84Rufus33
#85Earnest32US #148
#86Elmer32US #61
#87Julian32US #195
#88Sam32US #91
#89Melvin30US #50
#90Amos29
#91Lester29US #81
#92Hubert28US #124
#93Tony28US #158
#94Jerry27US #107
#95Vernon27US #67
#96Harvey26US #88
#97Morris26US #126
#98Stanley26US #40
#99Willis26US #139
#100Claude25US #102

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑37Joyce#58
↑35Mae#61
↑31Curtis#55
↑29Jessie#59
↑28Gloria#24
↑27Emma#37
↑27Carolyn#65
↑24Eleanor#69

Falling

↓40Lula#99
↓36Agnes#91
↓31Alma#71
↓29Daisy#92
↓27Hubert#92
↓26Florence#59
↓25Sam#88
↓24Katherine#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.