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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,968 Florida births in 1931 across 632 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#199 nationally
#51Johnnie#187 nationally
#85Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#87Julianoutside the national top 200
#90Ernestine#193 nationally
#94Eloise#197 nationally
#64Earnest#162 nationally
#74Freddie#171 nationally
#43Rosa#138 nationally
#89Lonnie#183 nationally
#92Alton#186 nationally
#56Carrie#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary781US #1
#2Betty577US #2
#3Dorothy387US #3
#4Barbara252US #4
#5Margaret210US #7
#6Helen182US #6
#7Elizabeth158US #16
#8Doris156US #10
#9Frances156US #18
#10Annie153US #41
#11Mildred149US #26
#12Martha142US #28
#13Patricia139US #8
#14Ruth137US #11
#15Evelyn131US #24
#16Joyce129US #15
#17Virginia115US #12
#18Shirley111US #9
#19Alice107US #21
#20Gloria107US #23
#21Thelma98US #53
#22Willie98US #93
#23Louise96US #33
#24Juanita92US #57
#25Joan89US #5
#26Lois89US #20
#27Ruby87US #39
#28Hazel85US #74
#29Catherine84US #36
#30Edna82US #52
#31Bernice81US #63
#32Lillian80US #47
#33Nancy80US #17
#34Jean79US #13
#35Carolyn78US #60
#36Clara75US #61
#37Sarah74US #71
#38Marjorie73US #34
#39Peggy66US #42
#40Edith63US #65
#41Ethel62US #67
#42Norma62US #22
#43Rosa62US #138
#44June60US #44
#45Marie60US #27
#46Ann59US #35
#47Gladys57US #55
#48Josephine57US #51
#49Emma56US #76
#50Vivian56US #82
#51Johnnie53US #187
#52Lillie53US #112
#53Lucille52US #62
#54Ida51US #100
#55Marilyn51US #19
#56Carrie47US #148
#57Geraldine47US #38
#58Julia47US #91
#59Nellie47US #119
#60Anna46US #25
#61Ella46US #110
#62Laura46US #89
#63Mattie46US #130
#64Alma45US #114
#65Bessie45US #113
#66Pauline45US #56
#67Bertha44US #102
#68Christine44US #125
#69Grace44US #70
#70Margie44US #107
#71Marian44US #84
#72Vera44US #111
#73Delores43US #58
#74Jessie43US #122
#75Dolores42US #14
#76Florence42US #43
#77Minnie42US #129
#78Myrtle42US #134
#79Inez41US #166
#80Katherine41US #92
#81Rose41US #30
#82Irene40US #37
#83Jane40US #50
#84Audrey39US #64
#85Jeanette39US #105
#86Beatrice38US #85
#87Eleanor38US #40
#88Eunice38US #147
#89Elsie37US #86
#90Ernestine37US #193
#91Joanne36US #68
#92Marion36US #66
#93Daisy34US #178
#94Eloise34US #197
#95Jacqueline33US #78
#96Phyllis33US #29
#97Eva32US #94
#98Mae32US #141
#99Sara31US #135
#100Wanda31US #54

Boys

#1James755US #2
#2William597US #4
#3Robert558US #1
#4John487US #3
#5Charles435US #6
#6George318US #8
#7Willie267US #31
#8Richard217US #5
#9Thomas197US #10
#10Jack179US #15
#11Donald170US #7
#12Joseph166US #9
#13Edward154US #11
#14Frank149US #16
#15David131US #13
#16Henry129US #22
#17Walter129US #20
#18Harold106US #18
#19Raymond102US #17
#20Eugene97US #21
#21Clarence95US #39
#22Carl92US #28
#23Billy90US #19
#24Samuel90US #56
#25Arthur89US #23
#26Earl86US #40
#27Fred83US #33
#28Paul83US #12
#29Albert81US #24
#30Bobby79US #32
#31Kenneth79US #14
#32Ernest78US #47
#33Ralph78US #25
#34Joe77US #29
#35Eddie74US #95
#36Harry74US #30
#37Roy74US #35
#38Herbert70US #41
#39Leroy70US #52
#40Louis67US #37
#41Charlie66US #94
#42Johnnie64US #110
#43Jimmie61US #81
#44Howard56US #34
#45Jimmy54US #89
#46Lawrence54US #38
#47Clyde53US #77
#48Johnny52US #105
#49Nathaniel52US #199
#50Lewis49US #87
#51Norman49US #36
#52Daniel48US #44
#53Jerry48US #43
#54Herman46US #83
#55Leonard46US #48
#56Marvin45US #45
#57Oscar44US #129
#58Alfred43US #50
#59Cecil43US #102
#60Ray43US #60
#61Tommy43US #115
#62Curtis41US #108
#63Andrew39US #65
#64Earnest39US #162
#65Gerald39US #26
#66Leon38US #84
#67Benjamin37US #113
#68Jesse37US #97
#69Horace35US #160
#70Wallace35US #114
#71Allen34US #79
#72Gene34US #64
#73Jessie34US #135
#74Freddie33US #171
#75Theodore32US #70
#76Bill30US #57
#77Philip30US #71
#78Clifford29US #75
#79Ronald29US #27
#80Douglas28US #85
#81Warren28US #100
#82Glenn27US #72
#83Edwin26US #67
#84Lee26US #90
#85Roosevelt25
#86Hubert24US #137
#87Julian24
#88Lester24US #96
#89Lonnie24US #183
#90Marion24US #133
#91Vernon24US #74
#92Alton23US #186
#93Alvin23US #80
#94Calvin23US #119
#95Floyd23US #66
#96Melvin23US #51
#97Otis23US #181
#98Wayne23US #58
#99Wilbur23US #149
#100Bernard22US #54

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑46Johnnie#51
↑40Carrie#56
↑31Alma#64
↑30Peggy#39
↑27June#44
↑25Bessie#65
↑24Mattie#63
↑22Joan#25

Falling

↓34Floyd#95
↓33Eva#97
↓31Rose#81
↓31Mae#98
↓28Theodore#75
↓24Minnie#77
↓24Jane#83
↓24Eleanor#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.