State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,761 Florida births in 1928 across 687 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#43Doyleoutside the national top 200
#48Nathaniel#194 nationally
#42Johnnie#182 nationally
#70Freddie#191 nationally
#72Ernestine#193 nationally
#77Lonnie#197 nationally
#92Rufusoutside the national top 200
#92Iris#200 nationally
#94Carltonoutside the national top 200
#53Horace#147 nationally
#35Rosa#125 nationally
#70Inez#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary916US #1
#2Dorothy510US #3
#3Betty492US #2
#4Margaret279US #5
#5Helen261US #4
#6Annie211US #37
#7Doris208US #7
#8Ruth202US #6
#9Mildred198US #15
#10Barbara186US #8
#11Evelyn174US #17
#12Martha172US #22
#13Frances165US #13
#14Elizabeth156US #14
#15Louise155US #31
#16Virginia152US #9
#17Alice145US #19
#18Ruby136US #34
#19Patricia127US #11
#20Willie124US #74
#21Edna119US #45
#22Thelma117US #40
#23Gloria112US #25
#24Juanita112US #58
#25Lois102US #18
#26Sarah102US #64
#27Gladys101US #41
#28Joyce98US #30
#29Lillian98US #35
#30Jean93US #12
#31Bernice92US #53
#32Catherine92US #33
#33Shirley91US #10
#34Marjorie90US #29
#35Rosa89US #125
#36Marie84US #21
#37Hazel80US #59
#38Ethel77US #55
#39Bertha76US #81
#40Lillie76US #104
#41Edith73US #56
#42Johnnie68US #182
#43Geraldine67US #50
#44Nancy65US #43
#45Ella64US #100
#46Florence64US #32
#47Myrtle63US #116
#48Grace62US #52
#49Lucille62US #51
#50Pauline62US #48
#51Ann59US #54
#52Laura59US #83
#53Norma58US #23
#54Vera58US #92
#55Bessie57US #101
#56Ida56US #87
#57Irene56US #28
#58Peggy56US #76
#59Anna55US #16
#60Clara55US #65
#61Emma55US #67
#62Carolyn54US #91
#63Rose54US #24
#64Beatrice53US #70
#65Josephine53US #42
#66June53US #44
#67Alma52US #107
#68Carrie52US #140
#69Eva52US #79
#70Inez51US #160
#71Minnie51US #118
#72Ernestine49US #193
#73Mae49US #130
#74Marion49US #47
#75Audrey48US #60
#76Julia48US #80
#77Marian48US #71
#78Vivian48US #78
#79Sara46US #129
#80Elsie45US #73
#81Naomi45US #141
#82Hattie44US #159
#83Pearl44US #110
#84Wilma44US #69
#85Lula43US #158
#86Mattie42US #121
#87Nellie42US #111
#88Charlotte41US #72
#89Christine41US #120
#90Katherine41US #75
#91Esther40US #66
#92Iris40US #200
#93Jessie40US #109
#94Margie40US #108
#95Eleanor39US #36
#96Kathryn39US #99
#97Mamie39US #178
#98Jane38US #62
#99Daisy37US #169
#100Roberta37US #127

Boys

#1James958US #3
#2William685US #4
#3John628US #2
#4Robert621US #1
#5Charles448US #5
#6George355US #8
#7Willie314US #29
#8Richard229US #6
#9Thomas224US #11
#10Joseph208US #9
#11Edward197US #10
#12Henry192US #21
#13David184US #19
#14Frank169US #12
#15Jack166US #15
#16Walter156US #18
#17Donald142US #7
#18Albert126US #23
#19Harold125US #14
#20Earl120US #37
#21Joe120US #30
#22Harry116US #26
#23Paul116US #13
#24Herbert106US #25
#25Samuel106US #52
#26Eugene105US #20
#27Ralph103US #24
#28Arthur101US #22
#29Leroy100US #51
#30Clarence98US #35
#31Ernest95US #43
#32Raymond94US #16
#33Fred93US #36
#34Charlie77US #80
#35Kenneth76US #17
#36Roy76US #34
#37Carl75US #28
#38Howard74US #31
#39Alfred71US #33
#40Billy70US #27
#41Jimmie70US #100
#42Eddie69US #105
#43Doyle67
#44Daniel66US #47
#45Louis65US #32
#46Clyde58US #74
#47Johnnie56US #103
#48Nathaniel55US #194
#49Lawrence54US #38
#50Leon54US #81
#51Johnny53US #117
#52Lewis51US #86
#53Horace50US #147
#54Cecil48US #97
#55Jesse48US #91
#56Andrew45US #60
#57Marvin45US #46
#58Theodore44US #66
#59Leonard43US #42
#60Bill41US #64
#61Floyd41US #54
#62Clifford40US #68
#63Curtis40US #101
#64Jessie40US #124
#65Bobby39US #65
#66Earnest39US #153
#67Gene39US #62
#68Herman39US #78
#69Ray39US #57
#70Freddie38US #191
#71Norman38US #39
#72Jerry37US #79
#73Rudolph36US #134
#74Benjamin35US #106
#75Gerald35US #41
#76Lee35US #87
#77Lonnie35US #197
#78Wallace35US #104
#79Alvin34US #72
#80Warren34US #85
#81Hugh33US #129
#82Edwin32US #58
#83Francis32US #40
#84Lester32US #89
#85Edgar31US #114
#86Marion31US #118
#87Allen30US #93
#88Claude30US #116
#89Lloyd30US #59
#90Manuel30US #111
#91Melvin30US #48
#92Rufus30
#93Tommy30US #151
#94Carlton28
#95Oliver28US #161
#96Oscar28US #122
#97Calvin27US #94
#98Hubert27US #121
#99Jimmy27US #138
#100Otis27US #165

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑38Johnnie#42
↑38Bill#60
↑29Myrtle#47
↑27Ella#45
↑24Geraldine#43
↑24Horace#53
↑22Laura#52
↑20Peggy#58

Falling

↓39Oscar#96
↓34Mattie#86
↓30Marion#74
↓30Edwin#82
↓29Mamie#97
↓26Calvin#97
↓24Inez#70
↓23Beatrice#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.