State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,830 Florida births in 1929 across 677 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#46Doyleoutside the national top 200
#58Nathaniel#184 nationally
#76Johnnie#195 nationally
#57Freddie#172 nationally
#93Carltonoutside the national top 200
#94Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#95Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#96Essieoutside the national top 200
#27Rosa#129 nationally
#85Mamie#176 nationally
#58Carrie#148 nationally
#83Inez#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary823US #1
#2Betty486US #2
#3Dorothy424US #3
#4Helen223US #4
#5Doris212US #6
#6Margaret209US #5
#7Mildred190US #18
#8Barbara185US #7
#9Annie183US #37
#10Frances183US #16
#11Ruth162US #8
#12Elizabeth159US #15
#13Louise142US #31
#14Virginia137US #11
#15Evelyn128US #19
#16Martha122US #27
#17Willie119US #76
#18Joyce115US #23
#19Thelma115US #41
#20Juanita112US #60
#21Ruby112US #36
#22Alice111US #21
#23Hazel98US #64
#24Edna93US #51
#25Patricia93US #10
#26Lois88US #17
#27Rosa84US #129
#28Jean82US #12
#29Marjorie82US #30
#30Gloria81US #28
#31Bernice79US #55
#32Geraldine78US #43
#33Gladys78US #44
#34Ethel75US #56
#35Catherine74US #34
#36Shirley70US #9
#37Sarah69US #68
#38Clara67US #65
#39Lillian67US #40
#40Emma66US #69
#41Rose63US #26
#42Edith62US #59
#43Irene62US #29
#44Lucille62US #57
#45Joan61US #13
#46Marie60US #22
#47Mattie60US #121
#48Nancy60US #32
#49Lillie59US #103
#50Alma58US #106
#51Minnie58US #124
#52Ann56US #46
#53Vivian56US #81
#54Carolyn55US #77
#55Ida55US #96
#56Julia55US #88
#57Norma55US #25
#58Carrie53US #148
#59Marion53US #53
#60Pauline53US #50
#61Peggy53US #70
#62Anna52US #20
#63Ella52US #102
#64Bertha51US #93
#65Dolores51US #14
#66Florence50US #35
#67Vera50US #99
#68Grace48US #54
#69Laura48US #90
#70Nellie48US #113
#71Josephine47US #45
#72Audrey45US #58
#73Katherine45US #84
#74Myrtle44US #117
#75Eva41US #83
#76Johnnie41US #195
#77Jessie40US #110
#78June40US #48
#79Lula39US #158
#80Sara39US #133
#81Bessie38US #107
#82Christine38US #123
#83Inez38US #165
#84Jane38US #62
#85Mamie38US #176
#86Margie38US #108
#87Alberta37US #143
#88Beatrice37US #72
#89Mae37US #132
#90Viola37US #109
#91Charlotte36US #73
#92Gertrude36US #95
#93Kathryn36US #104
#94Cora35US #153
#95Ernestine35
#96Essie35
#97Esther35US #71
#98Eunice35US #145
#99Jacqueline35US #87
#100Anne34US #91

Boys

#1James846US #2
#2Robert578US #1
#3William552US #4
#4John537US #3
#5Charles393US #5
#6George298US #8
#7Willie259US #29
#8Thomas214US #11
#9Joseph194US #9
#10Richard172US #6
#11Henry171US #21
#12Frank163US #12
#13Herbert154US #25
#14David148US #17
#15Edward146US #10
#16Donald139US #7
#17Jack139US #14
#18Walter131US #19
#19Joe113US #30
#20Harold110US #16
#21Albert104US #24
#22Eugene102US #20
#23Arthur100US #22
#24Harry96US #27
#25Ralph93US #26
#26Leroy92US #51
#27Paul91US #13
#28Raymond91US #15
#29Ernest90US #43
#30Billy89US #23
#31Clarence85US #37
#32Kenneth79US #18
#33Samuel78US #53
#34Alfred75US #41
#35Louis74US #32
#36Roy73US #35
#37Eddie72US #102
#38Fred70US #34
#39Earl69US #36
#40Carl66US #28
#41Johnnie64US #103
#42Charlie62US #87
#43Clyde61US #74
#44Daniel55US #47
#45Leonard52US #42
#46Doyle50
#47Howard49US #31
#48Jimmie49US #98
#49Bobby48US #50
#50Leon48US #81
#51Lawrence47US #38
#52Benjamin45US #107
#53Curtis42US #99
#54Lewis42US #84
#55Herman41US #75
#56Cecil40US #101
#57Freddie40US #172
#58Nathaniel40US #184
#59Edwin39US #66
#60Norman39US #40
#61Calvin38US #109
#62Johnny38US #113
#63Bill36US #63
#64Jesse36US #93
#65Tommy36US #144
#66Clifford35US #72
#67Jimmy35US #115
#68Marvin35US #46
#69Oscar35US #117
#70Andrew34US #59
#71Vernon34US #71
#72Hubert33US #124
#73Lloyd33US #62
#74Alvin32US #77
#75Horace32US #153
#76Melvin32US #49
#77Ray32US #57
#78Floyd31US #58
#79Ronald31US #45
#80Rudolph31US #140
#81Earnest30US #155
#82Frederick29US #67
#83Gerald29US #33
#84Lee29US #85
#85Marion29US #118
#86Wilbur29US #131
#87Sam28US #105
#88Theodore28US #65
#89Warren27US #92
#90Milton26US #94
#91Philip26US #76
#92Allen25US #86
#93Carlton25
#94Roosevelt25
#95Douglas24US #97
#96Francis24US #39
#97Gene24US #68
#98Harvey24US #90
#99Bernard23US #52
#100Junior23US #120

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑39Mattie#47
↑36Calvin#61
↑32Jimmy#67
↑28Tommy#65
↑27Oscar#69
↑26Hubert#72
↑25Vivian#53
↑23Edwin#59

Falling

↓34Johnnie#76
↓30Theodore#88
↓30Gene#97
↓27Myrtle#74
↓26Bessie#81
↓25Bertha#64
↓24Beatrice#88
↓23Ernestine#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.