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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,850 Florida births in 1935 across 662 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#72Inezoutside the national top 200
#73Johnnie#193 nationally
#63Nathaniel#180 nationally
#69Horace#174 nationally
#79Roosevelt#179 nationally
#81Gwendolyn#180 nationally
#51Freddie#145 nationally
#45Rosa#137 nationally
#91Lonnie#178 nationally
#95Rudolph#181 nationally
#78Earnest#163 nationally
#40Lillie#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary780US #1
#2Betty575US #4
#3Shirley491US #2
#4Barbara444US #3
#5Dorothy336US #6
#6Patricia233US #5
#7Margaret181US #8
#8Frances156US #19
#9Martha154US #24
#10Helen148US #10
#11Annie142US #38
#12Joyce141US #12
#13Doris135US #13
#14Elizabeth132US #17
#15Evelyn129US #31
#16Gloria129US #32
#17Virginia127US #16
#18Nancy124US #9
#19Carolyn123US #28
#20Joan108US #7
#21Mildred108US #35
#22Ruth105US #15
#23Juanita92US #72
#24Alice91US #25
#25Ruby90US #41
#26Louise88US #45
#27Willie87US #99
#28Sarah85US #61
#29Norma82US #29
#30Ann81US #30
#31Carol78US #11
#32Catherine77US #42
#33Edna77US #67
#34Bernice76US #90
#35Marie74US #33
#36Sylvia73US #60
#37Hazel70US #92
#38Lois70US #21
#39Thelma70US #76
#40Lillie69US #118
#41Jean68US #18
#42Gladys67US #78
#43Peggy67US #36
#44Marilyn62US #14
#45Rosa62US #137
#46Ethel61US #82
#47June59US #55
#48Geraldine58US #40
#49Delores56US #57
#50Lillian55US #66
#51Sandra54US #50
#52Clara52US #81
#53Joann50US #53
#54Irene48US #52
#55Anna47US #34
#56Jo46US #73
#57Lucille46US #85
#58Marjorie46US #46
#59Yvonne46US #98
#60Christine45US #130
#61Ella45US #122
#62Emma45US #89
#63Minnie45US #139
#64Pauline44US #80
#65Vera44US #124
#66Bessie43US #129
#67Charlotte43US #65
#68Ida43US #121
#69Julia43US #102
#70Laura43US #101
#71Beverly42US #20
#72Inez42
#73Johnnie41US #193
#74Marion41US #88
#75Sally41US #58
#76Beatrice40US #107
#77Bertha40US #114
#78Josephine40US #75
#79Rose40US #37
#80Eleanor39US #48
#81Gwendolyn39US #180
#82Dolores38US #26
#83Grace38US #83
#84Jeanette38US #104
#85Margie38US #100
#86Sara38US #128
#87Janet37US #22
#88Vivian37US #112
#89Bobbie36US #116
#90Bonnie36US #62
#91Edith36US #87
#92Jane34US #43
#93Katherine34US #103
#94Mae34US #160
#95Naomi33US #144
#96Annette32US #142
#97Donna32US #23
#98Marian32US #105
#99Marlene32US #39
#100Patsy32US #56

Boys

#1James890US #2
#2Robert627US #1
#3William566US #4
#4John562US #3
#5Charles464US #6
#6George278US #8
#7Willie250US #30
#8Richard248US #5
#9Donald229US #7
#10Thomas220US #9
#11David194US #11
#12Joseph190US #10
#13Frank154US #16
#14Edward140US #13
#15Henry134US #27
#16Billy120US #19
#17Walter114US #23
#18Joe108US #25
#19Paul106US #14
#20Bobby103US #24
#21Clarence103US #48
#22Arthur101US #29
#23Raymond101US #17
#24Samuel101US #62
#25Carl100US #28
#26Jack96US #18
#27Albert92US #31
#28Earl92US #46
#29Jimmy91US #47
#30Ralph90US #32
#31Fred89US #34
#32Leroy89US #50
#33Harold87US #20
#34Ronald87US #12
#35Eugene86US #26
#36Kenneth85US #15
#37Jerry83US #22
#38Ernest81US #55
#39Johnny77US #74
#40Eddie74US #87
#41Johnnie73US #118
#42Harry72US #37
#43Jimmie71US #69
#44Roy65US #40
#45Gerald64US #21
#46Herbert62US #58
#47Louis59US #42
#48Marvin59US #45
#49Franklin58US #71
#50Daniel57US #43
#51Freddie57US #145
#52Lawrence57US #35
#53Norman53US #38
#54Charlie52US #100
#55Howard52US #39
#56Tommy52US #95
#57Leon51US #86
#58Alfred50US #63
#59Clyde49US #82
#60Bill47US #60
#61Wayne47US #49
#62Ray43US #64
#63Nathaniel42US #180
#64Theodore42US #79
#65Edwin41US #89
#66Lee41US #80
#67Andrew39US #85
#68Jesse39US #104
#69Horace38US #174
#70Leonard38US #54
#71Lewis38US #98
#72Melvin38US #57
#73Calvin37US #127
#74Larry37US #33
#75Cecil36US #109
#76Gene36US #66
#77Michael36US #41
#78Earnest35US #163
#79Roosevelt35US #179
#80Clifford34US #88
#81Curtis34US #108
#82Alvin33US #91
#83Benjamin33US #123
#84Philip33US #65
#85Glenn32US #78
#86Herman32US #101
#87Allen31US #83
#88Floyd31US #76
#89Peter31US #59
#90Lloyd30US #84
#91Lonnie29US #178
#92Vernon29US #94
#93Wallace29US #133
#94Anthony28US #52
#95Rudolph28US #181
#96Gary27US #44
#97Jim27US #90
#98Hubert26US #160
#99Roger26US #36
#100Bernard25US #67

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑45Marilyn#44
↑34Delores#49
↑29Lucille#57
↑29Wayne#61
↑26Ella#61
↑22Johnnie#73
↑21Julia#69
↑19Clarence#21

Falling

↓43Edith#91
↓30Rose#79
↓24Bertha#77
↓24Lloyd#90
↓23Ida#68
↓23Mae#94
↓22Dolores#82
↓21Kenneth#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.