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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,445 Florida births in 1927 across 742 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#49Nathaniel#187 nationally
#70Freddie#198 nationally
#86Iris#198 nationally
#80Johnnie#191 nationally
#92Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#97Essieoutside the national top 200
#46Inez#149 nationally
#68Mamie#164 nationally
#88Eloise#180 nationally
#34Rosa#124 nationally
#57Carrie#139 nationally
#95Daisy#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,043US #1
#2Dorothy552US #2
#3Betty540US #3
#4Margaret313US #5
#5Mildred275US #11
#6Helen272US #4
#7Doris266US #7
#8Frances211US #12
#9Annie196US #36
#10Ruth196US #6
#11Evelyn184US #15
#12Virginia183US #8
#13Louise181US #27
#14Elizabeth175US #13
#15Barbara174US #10
#16Martha174US #24
#17Thelma161US #38
#18Alice158US #17
#19Juanita152US #55
#20Ruby149US #30
#21Willie145US #71
#22Edna144US #40
#23Lois139US #19
#24Gloria128US #22
#25Marie128US #20
#26Gladys126US #37
#27Catherine120US #31
#28Sarah115US #61
#29Bernice112US #49
#30Jean112US #14
#31Patricia109US #18
#32Ethel108US #47
#33Hazel108US #53
#34Rosa108US #124
#35Shirley108US #9
#36Joyce101US #35
#37Lillian101US #32
#38Marjorie101US #25
#39Edith99US #48
#40Lillie99US #94
#41Beatrice82US #67
#42Rose79US #23
#43Irene77US #21
#44Marion75US #51
#45Emma74US #64
#46Inez72US #149
#47Bertha71US #80
#48Florence71US #28
#49Alma70US #97
#50Bessie70US #88
#51Clara70US #63
#52Mattie70US #113
#53Ida69US #84
#54Lucille69US #45
#55Nancy68US #56
#56Pauline68US #42
#57Carrie66US #139
#58Josephine66US #39
#59Grace65US #50
#60Norma65US #26
#61Vera65US #89
#62Eva64US #79
#63Ann63US #59
#64Anna63US #16
#65June61US #43
#66Nellie59US #105
#67Geraldine58US #58
#68Mamie58US #164
#69Carolyn57US #99
#70Katherine57US #73
#71Minnie57US #114
#72Ella56US #98
#73Julia56US #76
#74Laura55US #82
#75Lula55US #150
#76Myrtle54US #110
#77Jane53US #60
#78Peggy52US #96
#79Eleanor51US #33
#80Johnnie51US #191
#81Agnes50US #81
#82Jessie50US #95
#83Vivian50US #77
#84Eunice49US #134
#85Gertrude49US #78
#86Iris49US #198
#87Marian49US #74
#88Eloise48US #180
#89Esther48US #65
#90Hattie48US #156
#91Christine47US #117
#92Mae46US #125
#93Viola46US #101
#94Audrey45US #62
#95Daisy45US #172
#96Violet45US #103
#97Essie44
#98Wilma44US #68
#99Elsie43US #72
#100Margie43US #104

Boys

#1James1,030US #3
#2William767US #4
#3John719US #2
#4Robert694US #1
#5Charles510US #5
#6George396US #7
#7Willie316US #27
#8Joseph254US #9
#9Richard251US #6
#10Thomas244US #11
#11Edward207US #10
#12Frank200US #12
#13Jack194US #16
#14Henry181US #19
#15David172US #21
#16Walter154US #17
#17Donald150US #8
#18Albert147US #23
#19Harold141US #14
#20Joe136US #30
#21Samuel132US #49
#22Raymond128US #15
#23Harry125US #25
#24Clarence124US #32
#25Paul120US #13
#26Earl118US #33
#27Arthur114US #22
#28Ralph114US #24
#29Ernest113US #41
#30Fred111US #35
#31Eugene110US #20
#32Carl104US #26
#33Herbert102US #42
#34Charlie99US #80
#35Louis94US #29
#36Roy88US #34
#37Leroy87US #51
#38Billy85US #31
#39Johnnie85US #105
#40Kenneth81US #18
#41Alfred80US #45
#42Daniel77US #46
#43Howard70US #28
#44Eddie69US #103
#45Leonard66US #40
#46Clyde65US #68
#47Cecil63US #92
#48Jimmie61US #108
#49Nathaniel58US #187
#50Jesse56US #89
#51Andrew53US #56
#52Edwin53US #57
#53Lawrence53US #37
#54Leon53US #78
#55Marvin53US #47
#56Johnny50US #132
#57Oscar50US #113
#58Bobby49US #91
#59Lee49US #86
#60Lewis49US #82
#61Norman49US #39
#62Curtis48US #118
#63Herman47US #70
#64Ray47US #60
#65Jessie46US #124
#66Gerald44US #38
#67Theodore44US #62
#68Alvin43US #66
#69Edgar42US #107
#70Freddie42US #198
#71Calvin41US #73
#72Clifford41US #65
#73Rudolph41US #110
#74Warren41US #79
#75Allen40US #95
#76Gordon39US #74
#77Horace39US #145
#78Earnest38US #148
#79Floyd38US #53
#80Frederick38US #64
#81Lester38US #83
#82Milton38US #88
#83Vernon38US #71
#84Gene37US #72
#85Melvin37US #48
#86Benjamin36US #101
#87Claude36US #114
#88Francis35US #36
#89Leo35US #55
#90Wallace34US #96
#91Philip33US #75
#92Roosevelt33
#93Stanley33US #44
#94Sam32US #102
#95Bernard31US #50
#96Hubert31US #128
#97Marion30US #117
#98Bill29US #69
#99Harvey29US #94
#100Lloyd29US #58

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑39Bobby#58
↑35Edwin#52
↑26Alma#49
↑26Mamie#68
↑26Lee#59
↑25Inez#46
↑22Warren#74
↑20Shirley#35

Falling

↓35Bill#98
↓32Floyd#79
↓28Katherine#70
↓28Essie#97
↓26Julia#73
↓26Marion#97
↓25Myrtle#76
↓24Benjamin#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.