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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,924 Florida births in 1930 across 652 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#48Nathaniel#185 nationally
#75Ernestine#199 nationally
#94Elouiseoutside the national top 200
#97Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#99Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#58Horace#158 nationally
#32Rosa#129 nationally
#76Inez#171 nationally
#62Earnest#153 nationally
#100Eloise#189 nationally
#84Freddie#171 nationally
#99Daisy#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary801US #1
#2Betty576US #2
#3Dorothy377US #3
#4Barbara208US #6
#5Margaret204US #5
#6Doris193US #9
#7Helen193US #4
#8Mildred170US #21
#9Frances166US #16
#10Evelyn151US #19
#11Elizabeth146US #15
#12Ruth146US #10
#13Annie144US #40
#14Martha143US #27
#15Joyce117US #18
#16Thelma117US #45
#17Louise114US #31
#18Alice111US #20
#19Ruby109US #36
#20Willie104US #87
#21Gloria102US #30
#22Patricia101US #7
#23Virginia101US #12
#24Jean98US #14
#25Juanita97US #57
#26Edna96US #51
#27Shirley96US #11
#28Gladys90US #48
#29Sarah90US #70
#30Lois89US #17
#31Catherine83US #35
#32Rosa83US #129
#33Marjorie81US #32
#34Lillie79US #111
#35Lillian78US #44
#36Bernice77US #58
#37Marie75US #26
#38Nancy74US #24
#39Hazel73US #71
#40Ethel72US #65
#41Ida69US #94
#42Vivian66US #91
#43Geraldine65US #43
#44Carolyn64US #72
#45Edith61US #61
#46Emma61US #73
#47Joan61US #8
#48Clara60US #64
#49Laura59US #89
#50Rose57US #29
#51Lucille56US #59
#52Ella55US #107
#53Minnie55US #122
#54Pauline54US #52
#55Dolores53US #13
#56Grace53US #62
#57Ann51US #41
#58Norma51US #25
#59Jane50US #55
#60Josephine48US #49
#61Julia48US #90
#62Vera47US #104
#63Eleanor46US #39
#64Eva46US #86
#65Irene46US #33
#66Jessie46US #114
#67Mae46US #137
#68Myrtle45US #123
#69Peggy45US #67
#70Bertha44US #95
#71June44US #47
#72Marilyn44US #22
#73Anna42US #23
#74Christine42US #124
#75Ernestine41US #199
#76Inez41US #171
#77Marion41US #60
#78Audrey40US #63
#79Charlotte40US #75
#80Eunice40US #148
#81Nellie40US #113
#82Katherine39US #85
#83Delores38US #66
#84Viola38US #116
#85Wanda38US #56
#86Elsie37US #88
#87Mattie37US #128
#88Sara37US #134
#89Florence36US #38
#90Bessie35US #108
#91Agnes34US #102
#92Ellen34US #100
#93Lucy34US #119
#94Elouise33
#95Alma32US #109
#96Carrie32US #145
#97Johnnie32
#98Violet32US #120
#99Daisy31US #181
#100Eloise31US #189

Boys

#1James824US #2
#2William631US #4
#3Robert601US #1
#4John584US #3
#5Charles404US #6
#6George311US #8
#7Willie264US #29
#8Richard213US #5
#9Joseph207US #9
#10Thomas201US #11
#11Edward194US #10
#12Henry164US #22
#13David159US #15
#14Donald147US #7
#15Frank138US #13
#16Jack138US #14
#17Walter124US #19
#18Eugene117US #21
#19Leroy114US #53
#20Harold113US #18
#21Joe110US #27
#22Earl105US #38
#23Albert97US #24
#24Clarence96US #39
#25Arthur94US #23
#26Harry88US #28
#27Ralph87US #25
#28Paul85US #12
#29Billy83US #20
#30Roy82US #33
#31Carl81US #26
#32Fred81US #32
#33Ernest80US #43
#34Howard79US #31
#35Kenneth79US #17
#36Samuel79US #55
#37Johnnie78US #104
#38Herbert76US #35
#39Raymond76US #16
#40Eddie68US #97
#41Johnny65US #101
#42Bobby64US #41
#43Charlie62US #91
#44Louis59US #34
#45Daniel58US #47
#46Alfred56US #46
#47Theodore55US #67
#48Nathaniel54US #185
#49Lawrence48US #36
#50Jimmie46US #86
#51Marvin46US #48
#52Benjamin45US #115
#53Clyde45US #76
#54Jesse43US #94
#55Jimmy42US #102
#56Clifford41US #73
#57Herman41US #78
#58Horace41US #158
#59Jerry41US #51
#60Edwin40US #66
#61Floyd40US #61
#62Earnest39US #153
#63Oscar39US #124
#64Curtis38US #106
#65Leon38US #81
#66Andrew37US #62
#67Norman37US #40
#68Cecil34US #99
#69Rudolph34US #140
#70Gene33US #70
#71Gerald33US #30
#72Hubert33US #137
#73Leonard33US #45
#74Ray33US #57
#75Lee32US #82
#76Ronald32US #37
#77Milton31US #93
#78Vernon31US #72
#79Allen30US #85
#80Sam30US #110
#81Tommy30US #127
#82Wallace30US #112
#83Edgar29US #119
#84Freddie29US #171
#85Leo29US #63
#86Jessie28US #133
#87Lloyd28US #69
#88Stanley28US #49
#89Bill27US #59
#90Calvin27US #111
#91Don27US #68
#92Alvin26US #79
#93Harvey26US #92
#94Melvin26US #50
#95Morris26US #152
#96Elmer25US #80
#97Glenn25US #71
#98Lester25US #95
#99Roosevelt25
#100Douglas24US #89

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑41Theodore#47
↑27Gene#70
↑25Jane#59
↑22Mae#67
↑21Johnny#41
↑20Laura#49
↑20Ernestine#75
↑19Earnest#62

Falling

↓45Alma#95
↓40Mattie#87
↓38Carrie#96
↓29Calvin#90
↓28Leonard#73
↓27Freddie#84
↓26Bill#89
↓25Herbert#38

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.