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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,201 Florida births in 1933 across 655 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#65Johnnie#195 nationally
#59Nathaniel#178 nationally
#86Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#70Horace#165 nationally
#100Inez#194 nationally
#42Rosa#132 nationally
#66Freddie#156 nationally
#71Eunice#154 nationally
#36Johnnie#115 nationally
#88Lula#166 nationally
#100Lonnie#176 nationally
#67Geneva#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary680US #1
#2Betty597US #2
#3Dorothy329US #4
#4Barbara325US #3
#5Margaret188US #7
#6Patricia173US #6
#7Helen171US #8
#8Annie159US #37
#9Joyce145US #12
#10Shirley144US #9
#11Martha142US #27
#12Doris132US #10
#13Elizabeth130US #17
#14Frances129US #18
#15Ruth123US #13
#16Alice112US #22
#17Mildred106US #32
#18Carolyn105US #40
#19Gloria105US #31
#20Nancy100US #11
#21Evelyn99US #30
#22Virginia99US #15
#23Jean96US #14
#24Joan95US #5
#25Louise81US #39
#26Juanita79US #63
#27Edna77US #55
#28Norma77US #23
#29Sarah75US #58
#30Peggy74US #36
#31Ruby74US #43
#32Lois73US #19
#33Willie71US #93
#34Hazel69US #82
#35Clara68US #67
#36Bernice64US #83
#37Gladys64US #60
#38Thelma63US #57
#39Lillian62US #51
#40Ann61US #34
#41Lillie61US #111
#42Rosa61US #132
#43Marjorie60US #41
#44Catherine57US #44
#45Geraldine57US #42
#46Ethel55US #71
#47Sylvia55US #84
#48Vivian52US #98
#49Emma49US #75
#50Ida49US #109
#51Eleanor47US #38
#52Vera47US #121
#53Josephine46US #62
#54Marie46US #33
#55Florence45US #49
#56Nellie45US #120
#57Edith44US #80
#58Katherine44US #100
#59Anna43US #29
#60Christine43US #128
#61June43US #45
#62Beverly42US #26
#63Marilyn42US #16
#64Carol41US #20
#65Johnnie41US #195
#66Bobbie40US #114
#67Geneva40US #141
#68Julia40US #97
#69Mattie40US #130
#70Dolores39US #21
#71Eunice39US #154
#72Lucille39US #78
#73Jane38US #47
#74Jo38US #90
#75Bessie37US #117
#76Joanne37US #56
#77Bertha36US #106
#78Delores36US #52
#79Irene36US #46
#80Margie36US #95
#81Mae35US #148
#82Minnie35US #135
#83Ella34US #113
#84Laura34US #91
#85Pauline33US #64
#86Bettye32
#87Carrie32US #150
#88Lula32US #166
#89Patsy32US #65
#90Sara32US #123
#91Alma31US #124
#92Jessie31US #127
#93Janet30US #25
#94Marian30US #89
#95Phyllis30US #28
#96Rose30US #35
#97Charlotte29US #79
#98Esther29US #88
#99Hattie29US #167
#100Inez29US #194

Boys

#1James749US #2
#2John523US #3
#3Robert517US #1
#4William470US #4
#5Charles407US #6
#6Willie246US #32
#7George240US #8
#8Richard218US #5
#9David187US #13
#10Thomas180US #10
#11Donald168US #7
#12Joseph165US #9
#13Edward154US #11
#14Frank130US #16
#15Henry121US #24
#16Walter116US #21
#17Joe115US #27
#18Harold104US #18
#19Eugene101US #23
#20Franklin99US #33
#21Raymond99US #19
#22Jack94US #17
#23Albert91US #30
#24Kenneth91US #15
#25Ralph89US #29
#26Arthur88US #25
#27Billy87US #20
#28Bobby87US #26
#29Paul87US #14
#30Leroy86US #56
#31Ronald85US #12
#32Clarence80US #43
#33Harry80US #35
#34Samuel76US #61
#35Carl73US #28
#36Johnnie73US #115
#37Ernest71US #50
#38Charlie70US #95
#39Fred65US #34
#40Herbert63US #49
#41Earl61US #41
#42Louis59US #40
#43Marvin57US #44
#44Jimmie56US #72
#45Johnny55US #90
#46Jerry54US #31
#47Jimmy53US #64
#48Eddie52US #93
#49Daniel51US #42
#50Roy51US #39
#51Ray50US #62
#52Curtis49US #107
#53Howard49US #36
#54Lawrence48US #38
#55Benjamin46US #118
#56Herman45US #96
#57Norman45US #37
#58Gerald44US #22
#59Nathaniel44US #178
#60Alfred43US #57
#61Jesse43US #100
#62Cecil42US #111
#63Roosevelt42US #132
#64Andrew40US #76
#65Clyde39US #87
#66Freddie39US #156
#67Clifford37US #86
#68Gene34US #66
#69Lewis34US #92
#70Horace33US #165
#71Allen32US #84
#72Alvin32US #88
#73Leon32US #85
#74Tommy32US #109
#75Vernon32US #83
#76Warren32US #99
#77Leo31US #75
#78Larry30US #58
#79Theodore30US #68
#80Melvin29US #51
#81Willard29US #130
#82Glenn28US #74
#83Jessie28US #143
#84Leonard28US #47
#85Sam28US #121
#86Claude27US #131
#87Don27US #54
#88Milton27US #113
#89Wayne27US #52
#90Lee26US #79
#91Edwin25US #77
#92Jackie25US #123
#93Lloyd25US #73
#94Oscar25US #142
#95Philip25US #70
#96Wallace25US #120
#97Floyd24US #69
#98Luther24US #162
#99Calvin23US #112
#100Lonnie23US #176

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑33Josephine#53
↑32Marilyn#63
↑28Franklin#20
↑26Clara#35
↑26Nellie#56
↑25Beverly#62
↑24Carol#64
↑23Joanne#76

Falling

↓40Rose#96
↓33Pauline#85
↓31Minnie#82
↓24Alma#91
↓22Carrie#87
↓21Laura#84
↓20Dolores#70
↓20Bertha#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.