State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,002 Florida births in 1926 across 771 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#69Essieoutside the national top 200
#55Nathaniel#176 nationally
#82Johnnie#191 nationally
#93Ernestine#193 nationally
#29Rosa#125 nationally
#98Maggie#189 nationally
#50Johnny#136 nationally
#91Eloise#175 nationally
#73Lula#154 nationally
#71Inez#149 nationally
#72Horace#149 nationally
#94Mamie#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,068US #1
#2Dorothy612US #2
#3Betty495US #3
#4Margaret332US #5
#5Helen284US #4
#6Doris250US #7
#7Mildred246US #9
#8Frances242US #10
#9Ruth237US #6
#10Annie235US #34
#11Elizabeth230US #11
#12Louise213US #27
#13Evelyn210US #13
#14Virginia207US #8
#15Alice176US #17
#16Barbara170US #16
#17Thelma170US #36
#18Martha163US #24
#19Edna152US #38
#20Willie150US #73
#21Gloria149US #20
#22Ruby147US #30
#23Juanita139US #52
#24Hazel132US #48
#25Lillian130US #28
#26Lois130US #19
#27Marjorie130US #22
#28Jean123US #12
#29Rosa120US #125
#30Gladys117US #35
#31Catherine116US #31
#32Edith113US #42
#33Bernice112US #45
#34Ethel105US #41
#35Lillie104US #99
#36Marie104US #18
#37Sarah100US #63
#38Patricia99US #23
#39Pauline93US #39
#40Joyce91US #44
#41Ida89US #82
#42Katherine88US #72
#43Florence87US #26
#44Josephine85US #37
#45Bertha81US #76
#46Mattie81US #109
#47Julia79US #75
#48Lucille79US #43
#49Marion79US #47
#50Anna78US #15
#51Myrtle78US #101
#52Nancy78US #57
#53Emma77US #59
#54Irene77US #21
#55Shirley77US #14
#56Ella76US #98
#57Clara75US #61
#58Grace75US #46
#59Geraldine74US #54
#60Rose74US #25
#61Beatrice73US #58
#62Minnie73US #111
#63Eleanor72US #32
#64Bessie70US #89
#65Ann68US #55
#66Eva68US #79
#67Norma67US #29
#68Vivian65US #80
#69Essie62
#70Vera62US #84
#71Inez61US #149
#72Laura61US #81
#73Lula60US #154
#74Carrie58US #138
#75Alma57US #91
#76Jane57US #56
#77Carolyn56US #114
#78Jessie56US #93
#79Kathryn56US #87
#80Margie55US #103
#81Charlotte54US #78
#82Johnnie54US #191
#83June54US #40
#84Nellie54US #102
#85Sara54US #131
#86Geneva53US #117
#87Mae53US #118
#88Peggy53US #104
#89Wilma53US #67
#90Audrey52US #60
#91Eloise52US #175
#92Cora51US #158
#93Ernestine50US #193
#94Mamie50US #167
#95Hilda48US #139
#96Marian48US #70
#97Christine47US #120
#98Maggie47US #189
#99Eunice46US #134
#100Esther45US #62

Boys

#1James1,080US #3
#2William851US #4
#3John773US #2
#4Robert753US #1
#5Charles490US #5
#6George441US #6
#7Willie347US #28
#8Thomas254US #11
#9Edward247US #10
#10Richard242US #7
#11Henry234US #19
#12Joseph234US #8
#13Jack216US #16
#14Frank199US #12
#15David186US #22
#16Walter159US #17
#17Harold154US #14
#18Donald152US #9
#19Ralph133US #24
#20Albert132US #21
#21Arthur126US #20
#22Raymond125US #15
#23Clarence124US #29
#24Harry124US #25
#25Joe115US #33
#26Earl114US #32
#27Paul114US #13
#28Ernest113US #37
#29Eugene109US #23
#30Leroy106US #51
#31Carl101US #26
#32Fred100US #31
#33Samuel99US #48
#34Louis96US #30
#35Roy90US #34
#36Herbert88US #44
#37Kenneth85US #18
#38Alfred80US #45
#39Charlie80US #81
#40Cecil79US #86
#41Johnnie79US #104
#42Daniel78US #46
#43Howard76US #27
#44Andrew69US #59
#45Eddie68US #108
#46Billy66US #40
#47Floyd65US #53
#48Lawrence65US #36
#49Marvin62US #50
#50Johnny60US #136
#51Herman59US #69
#52Lewis59US #82
#53Jimmie57US #115
#54Calvin55US #65
#55Nathaniel55US #176
#56Clifford51US #62
#57Oscar51US #105
#58Jesse50US #87
#59Leonard50US #38
#60Norman50US #39
#61Clyde49US #67
#62Benjamin48US #98
#63Bill47US #74
#64Curtis47US #112
#65Leon47US #73
#66Vernon47US #66
#67Melvin46US #47
#68Ray46US #57
#69Allen45US #93
#70Alvin45US #72
#71Marion45US #113
#72Horace44US #149
#73Wilbur44US #122
#74Gerald43US #41
#75Hubert42US #131
#76Earnest41US #147
#77Frederick41US #64
#78Rudolph41US #111
#79Theodore41US #63
#80Claude38US #106
#81Hugh38US #128
#82Russell38US #52
#83Edgar37US #109
#84Jessie36US #124
#85Lee36US #85
#86Milton36US #83
#87Edwin35US #55
#88Homer35US #123
#89Wallace35US #95
#90Wesley35US #132
#91Douglas34US #103
#92Gene34US #91
#93Leo34US #54
#94Lester34US #78
#95Peter34US #58
#96Warren34US #71
#97Bobby33US #116
#98Sam33US #92
#99Sidney33US #129
#100Elmer32US #61

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑38Marion#49
↑36Katherine#42
↑30Shirley#55
↑29Vernon#66
↑27Norma#67
↑26Lula#73
↑25Geraldine#59
↑25Floyd#47

Falling

↓36Jessie#78
↓31Christine#97
↓27Mamie#94
↓26Mae#87
↓25Jessie#84
↓24Marian#96
↓23Lee#85
↓22Theodore#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.