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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,390 Florida births in 1932 across 658 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#69Johnnie#190 nationally
#58Roosevelt#171 nationally
#64Nathaniel#176 nationally
#72Daisy#176 nationally
#63Freddie#166 nationally
#31Rosa#131 nationally
#68Horace#168 nationally
#93Inez#185 nationally
#79Earnest#169 nationally
#40Vera#121 nationally
#65Carrie#145 nationally
#51Minnie#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary839US #1
#2Betty603US #2
#3Dorothy394US #4
#4Barbara307US #3
#5Margaret195US #7
#6Helen193US #8
#7Patricia161US #6
#8Martha153US #27
#9Annie152US #41
#10Doris151US #10
#11Elizabeth151US #17
#12Joyce146US #12
#13Frances141US #19
#14Virginia137US #14
#15Evelyn134US #23
#16Ruth131US #11
#17Mildred127US #26
#18Gloria126US #25
#19Shirley121US #9
#20Alice115US #21
#21Ruby113US #38
#22Louise110US #36
#23Juanita106US #58
#24Willie104US #91
#25Nancy102US #13
#26Joan93US #5
#27Sarah87US #67
#28Carolyn84US #46
#29Edna84US #50
#30Catherine83US #39
#31Rosa82US #131
#32Thelma82US #51
#33Lois78US #20
#34Gladys77US #54
#35Lillie74US #111
#36Hazel72US #75
#37Norma71US #22
#38Jean65US #15
#39Peggy64US #40
#40Vera63US #121
#41Edith62US #69
#42Ethel62US #66
#43Marjorie62US #37
#44Bernice61US #71
#45Emma61US #76
#46Marie61US #31
#47Ann60US #34
#48Lillian60US #48
#49Anna58US #24
#50Dolores57US #18
#51Minnie54US #129
#52Pauline54US #59
#53Vivian54US #90
#54Ida50US #105
#55Julia50US #92
#56Rose50US #33
#57Bertha49US #101
#58Florence49US #47
#59Geraldine48US #42
#60Bessie47US #117
#61Clara47US #70
#62Delores47US #56
#63Laura47US #88
#64Lucille46US #63
#65Carrie45US #145
#66Irene45US #43
#67Alma43US #119
#68Eunice43US #146
#69Johnnie43US #190
#70Mattie43US #125
#71Sara43US #130
#72Daisy42US #176
#73Eleanor42US #45
#74Eva41US #98
#75Anne40US #81
#76Constance40US #99
#77Jeanette40US #106
#78Christine39US #127
#79Ella39US #108
#80June39US #44
#81Myrtle39US #135
#82Nellie39US #123
#83Patsy39US #77
#84Beatrice38US #87
#85Bonnie38US #64
#86Josephine36US #57
#87Beverly35US #28
#88Carol35US #32
#89Charlotte35US #74
#90Grace35US #72
#91Jessie35US #126
#92Agnes34US #115
#93Inez34US #185
#94Mae34US #141
#95Marilyn34US #16
#96Wilma34US #65
#97Ellen33US #104
#98Elsie33US #97
#99Joanne33US #62
#100Kathryn33US #107

Boys

#1James854US #2
#2Robert624US #1
#3John584US #3
#4William540US #4
#5Charles496US #6
#6George274US #8
#7Willie270US #31
#8Richard213US #5
#9Thomas203US #10
#10Donald190US #7
#11David189US #12
#12Joseph188US #9
#13Edward168US #11
#14Henry150US #23
#15Frank137US #15
#16Walter122US #21
#17Jack120US #17
#18Harold115US #18
#19Joe112US #29
#20Billy108US #20
#21Eugene106US #22
#22Paul104US #13
#23Raymond104US #19
#24Albert100US #26
#25Carl100US #28
#26Earl97US #41
#27Leroy96US #53
#28Arthur93US #25
#29Clarence93US #40
#30Samuel92US #56
#31Ralph89US #27
#32Roy88US #38
#33Kenneth82US #14
#34Harry80US #32
#35Herbert78US #44
#36Bobby76US #30
#37Ernest76US #47
#38Jimmie76US #75
#39Ronald71US #16
#40Fred70US #33
#41Eddie68US #91
#42Louis68US #39
#43Howard66US #36
#44Johnnie60US #113
#45Charlie59US #90
#46Jerry59US #34
#47Johnny56US #96
#48Franklin55US #66
#49Lawrence55US #35
#50Lewis55US #92
#51Herman54US #89
#52Daniel51US #42
#53Alfred50US #49
#54Clyde49US #82
#55Curtis49US #103
#56Marvin49US #46
#57Jimmy48US #76
#58Roosevelt48US #171
#59Norman46US #37
#60Andrew45US #69
#61Cecil44US #108
#62Jesse43US #99
#63Freddie41US #166
#64Nathaniel41US #176
#65Benjamin40US #115
#66Gerald40US #24
#67Leonard40US #48
#68Horace39US #168
#69Ray39US #59
#70Bill38US #58
#71Melvin38US #51
#72Alvin37US #87
#73Edwin36US #72
#74Gene36US #64
#75Lee36US #86
#76Wallace36US #117
#77Clifford35US #84
#78Lester35US #101
#79Earnest34US #169
#80Theodore34US #67
#81Allen33US #80
#82Francis33US #43
#83Oscar33US #138
#84Edgar32US #135
#85Larry32US #65
#86Rudolph32US #158
#87Frederick31US #73
#88Vernon31US #78
#89Jessie30US #137
#90Tommy30US #109
#91Hugh29US #128
#92Milton29US #106
#93Tom29US #116
#94Don28US #55
#95Floyd28US #68
#96Marion28US #132
#97Otis28US #174
#98Douglas26US #85
#99Harvey26US #95
#100Russell26US #63

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑40Ronald#39
↑32Vera#40
↑28Sara#71
↑27Roosevelt#58
↑26Minnie#51
↑25Dolores#50
↑25Rose#56
↑25Melvin#71

Falling

↓40Marilyn#95
↓38Josephine#86
↓36June#80
↓29Tommy#90
↓26Oscar#83
↓25Clara#61
↓23Nellie#82
↓21Grace#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.