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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,379 Florida births in 1934 across 643 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#76Mamieoutside the national top 200
#51Nathaniel#174 nationally
#84Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#94Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#56Freddie#152 nationally
#85Gwendolyn#181 nationally
#95Johnnie#190 nationally
#67Earnest#161 nationally
#78Horace#170 nationally
#88Lonnie#180 nationally
#46Rosa#136 nationally
#77Wilbur#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary787US #1
#2Betty505US #2
#3Barbara375US #3
#4Dorothy327US #5
#5Shirley236US #4
#6Patricia193US #6
#7Helen168US #9
#8Margaret166US #8
#9Martha164US #27
#10Frances149US #19
#11Annie146US #38
#12Joyce143US #12
#13Evelyn134US #29
#14Doris131US #11
#15Carolyn128US #33
#16Virginia123US #15
#17Elizabeth112US #18
#18Joan112US #7
#19Nancy112US #10
#20Mildred109US #35
#21Juanita107US #64
#22Gloria105US #30
#23Alice102US #25
#24Jean101US #16
#25Louise90US #40
#26Ruby90US #39
#27Catherine88US #42
#28Ruth87US #13
#29Norma80US #24
#30Edna77US #55
#31Thelma76US #65
#32Willie73US #102
#33Lois71US #20
#34Peggy70US #36
#35Bernice69US #82
#36Geraldine67US #43
#37Sylvia67US #70
#38Ann63US #32
#39Gladys63US #66
#40Carol62US #14
#41Clara62US #76
#42Lillian62US #52
#43Marjorie58US #41
#44Sarah58US #67
#45Ida56US #118
#46Rosa55US #136
#47Marie54US #34
#48Edith53US #81
#49Rose53US #37
#50Emma52US #85
#51Hazel52US #87
#52June51US #46
#53Bertha50US #112
#54Ethel49US #78
#55Minnie48US #133
#56Lillie47US #116
#57Anna46US #31
#58Vera45US #127
#59Christine43US #121
#60Dolores43US #26
#61Florence42US #61
#62Joann42US #50
#63Alma41US #123
#64Beatrice41US #99
#65Audrey40US #69
#66Bessie40US #128
#67Beverly40US #22
#68Charlotte40US #72
#69Josephine40US #60
#70Laura40US #96
#71Mae40US #147
#72Irene39US #49
#73Jeanette39US #106
#74Jo39US #75
#75Joanne39US #45
#76Mamie39
#77Marion39US #86
#78Eva38US #100
#79Jessie38US #129
#80Margie38US #103
#81Sara38US #125
#82Wanda38US #47
#83Delores37US #51
#84Ernestine37
#85Gwendolyn37US #181
#86Lucille37US #84
#87Ella36US #113
#88Katherine36US #101
#89Marilyn36US #17
#90Julia34US #105
#91Mattie34US #132
#92Sally34US #62
#93Agnes33US #120
#94Eloise33
#95Johnnie33US #190
#96Esther32US #91
#97Faye32US #146
#98Grace32US #79
#99Myrtle32US #141
#100Janet31US #21

Boys

#1James868US #2
#2Robert625US #1
#3John557US #3
#4William527US #4
#5Charles417US #7
#6George275US #8
#7Willie233US #30
#8Richard228US #5
#9Thomas217US #9
#10Donald215US #6
#11David185US #12
#12Joseph177US #10
#13Henry153US #27
#14Edward152US #13
#15Kenneth128US #15
#16Walter128US #21
#17Frank122US #16
#18Jack118US #17
#19Harold111US #18
#20Joe111US #26
#21Billy109US #20
#22Raymond106US #19
#23Eugene96US #24
#24Ronald91US #11
#25Jerry87US #25
#26Bobby86US #23
#27Samuel86US #66
#28Ernest85US #51
#29Leroy83US #54
#30Albert81US #32
#31Paul81US #14
#32Ralph81US #31
#33Carl79US #28
#34Harry79US #36
#35Arthur78US #29
#36Jimmie75US #68
#37Franklin72US #46
#38Roy72US #35
#39Eddie71US #92
#40Clarence70US #45
#41Louis69US #40
#42Earl68US #41
#43Jimmy68US #56
#44Johnny68US #83
#45Johnnie65US #116
#46Herbert64US #57
#47Clyde56US #84
#48Fred56US #33
#49Charlie55US #100
#50Howard53US #37
#51Nathaniel52US #174
#52Gerald51US #22
#53Norman51US #38
#54Daniel50US #42
#55Ray48US #63
#56Freddie45US #152
#57Marvin45US #44
#58Larry44US #43
#59Lewis44US #94
#60Clifford43US #85
#61Leonard43US #53
#62Andrew42US #76
#63Bill42US #59
#64Leon42US #87
#65Tommy42US #98
#66Lloyd41US #82
#67Earnest40US #161
#68Lawrence39US #34
#69Roosevelt39US #149
#70Theodore39US #74
#71Cecil38US #111
#72Vernon36US #89
#73Benjamin35US #117
#74Francis35US #49
#75Alfred34US #64
#76Allen34US #88
#77Wilbur34US #162
#78Horace33US #170
#79Alvin32US #93
#80Herman32US #97
#81Gordon31US #71
#82Jesse31US #102
#83Melvin31US #55
#84Edwin30US #80
#85Jessie30US #144
#86Calvin29US #128
#87Gene29US #67
#88Lonnie29US #180
#89Peter29US #61
#90Wayne28US #48
#91Michael27US #47
#92Milton27US #115
#93Marion26US #139
#94Curtis25US #103
#95Oscar25US #143
#96Sidney25US #159
#97Don24US #50
#98Douglas24US #72
#99Frederick24US #77
#100Jackie24US #114

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑47Rose#49
↑29Charlotte#68
↑28Alma#63
↑27Minnie#55
↑27Lloyd#66
↑24Carol#40
↑24Bertha#53
↑23Leonard#61

Falling

↓42Curtis#94
↓30Katherine#88
↓30Johnnie#95
↓26Marilyn#89
↓24Herman#80
↓22Julia#90
↓22Mattie#91
↓21Jesse#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.