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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,095 Florida births in 1936 across 674 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#52Johnnie#193 nationally
#65Gwendolyn#191 nationally
#61Nathaniel#179 nationally
#76Rudolph#192 nationally
#79Alton#189 nationally
#75Roosevelt#180 nationally
#72Lula#175 nationally
#64Carrie#166 nationally
#80Cora#181 nationally
#99Deloris#196 nationally
#55Rosa#146 nationally
#99Horace#188 nationally

Girls

#1Mary783US #1
#2Betty557US #4
#3Barbara460US #3
#4Shirley400US #2
#5Dorothy292US #6
#6Patricia231US #5
#7Margaret198US #9
#8Martha179US #24
#9Joyce175US #12
#10Carolyn156US #23
#11Annie151US #45
#12Frances147US #19
#13Helen142US #11
#14Joan137US #7
#15Elizabeth135US #18
#16Nancy132US #8
#17Doris120US #15
#18Gloria118US #32
#19Mildred117US #40
#20Virginia117US #14
#21Evelyn108US #34
#22Alice106US #27
#23Ruth95US #16
#24Sylvia94US #53
#25Jean90US #20
#26Ruby87US #51
#27Louise86US #46
#28Peggy86US #35
#29Juanita83US #75
#30Thelma82US #74
#31Willie77US #108
#32Geraldine76US #41
#33Catherine73US #44
#34Ann71US #28
#35Sarah70US #63
#36Lois67US #26
#37Norma67US #29
#38Bernice64US #95
#39Marie63US #33
#40Edna62US #71
#41Lillie61US #124
#42Carol60US #10
#43Hazel57US #96
#44Janice57US #31
#45Rose56US #37
#46Jo55US #72
#47Marilyn55US #13
#48Beverly54US #17
#49Gladys54US #84
#50Lillian54US #79
#51Clara53US #91
#52Johnnie53US #193
#53Emma52US #85
#54Ethel51US #90
#55Rosa51US #146
#56Sandra51US #38
#57Yvonne51US #81
#58June50US #62
#59Marjorie50US #49
#60Edith49US #87
#61Minnie49US #148
#62Eleanor47US #47
#63Delores46US #58
#64Carrie45US #166
#65Gwendolyn45US #191
#66Jane44US #42
#67Jeanette44US #94
#68Vivian44US #115
#69Bessie41US #136
#70Joann41US #55
#71Laura41US #106
#72Lula41US #175
#73Sara41US #129
#74Alma40US #137
#75Ida40US #130
#76Bertha38US #122
#77Ella38US #126
#78Margie38US #102
#79Phyllis37US #25
#80Cora36US #181
#81Janet36US #21
#82Patsy36US #52
#83Sally36US #59
#84Annette35US #125
#85Bobbie35US #119
#86Josephine35US #77
#87Mattie35US #143
#88Vera35US #142
#89Beatrice34US #121
#90Gail34US #101
#91Jacqueline34US #66
#92Marion34US #93
#93Audrey33US #68
#94Grace33US #86
#95Julia33US #105
#96Marian33US #114
#97Anne32US #89
#98Bonnie32US #65
#99Deloris32US #196
#100Lucille32US #92

Boys

#1James880US #2
#2Robert638US #1
#3John616US #3
#4William584US #4
#5Charles442US #6
#6George300US #9
#7Richard263US #5
#8Willie246US #32
#9Donald216US #7
#10David208US #10
#11Thomas206US #8
#12Joseph188US #11
#13Edward184US #13
#14Henry156US #28
#15Joe147US #23
#16Frank142US #16
#17Walter130US #26
#18Bobby112US #24
#19Albert111US #34
#20Ronald109US #12
#21Eugene101US #29
#22Raymond100US #17
#23Harold98US #21
#24Jimmy95US #46
#25Billy93US #22
#26Carl92US #27
#27Leroy92US #57
#28Paul91US #15
#29Johnny90US #72
#30Kenneth90US #14
#31Jack89US #20
#32Arthur88US #30
#33Roy88US #42
#34Jerry86US #18
#35Clarence83US #52
#36Fred83US #36
#37Eddie77US #79
#38Harry73US #39
#39Franklin72US #64
#40Ralph72US #31
#41Jimmie71US #71
#42Johnnie66US #117
#43Herbert61US #62
#44Tommy60US #91
#45Samuel59US #67
#46Earl58US #47
#47Ernest58US #55
#48Howard58US #40
#49Wayne58US #45
#50Charlie57US #103
#51Alfred54US #60
#52Daniel54US #41
#53Louis54US #44
#54Gerald53US #19
#55Lawrence53US #37
#56Norman52US #43
#57Freddie51US #134
#58Larry51US #25
#59Marvin48US #49
#60Andrew47US #83
#61Nathaniel45US #179
#62Curtis43US #107
#63Clyde42US #89
#64Clifford40US #90
#65Theodore40US #87
#66Cecil39US #114
#67Ray39US #65
#68Don38US #51
#69Jesse38US #104
#70Leon37US #82
#71Leonard36US #54
#72Benjamin35US #123
#73Lewis35US #101
#74Melvin35US #53
#75Roosevelt34US #180
#76Rudolph34US #192
#77Edwin32US #84
#78Wallace32US #130
#79Alton31US #189
#80Floyd31US #86
#81Michael31US #33
#82Warren31US #95
#83Bernard30US #68
#84Bill30US #61
#85Roger30US #35
#86Russell30US #69
#87Vernon30US #93
#88Allen29US #81
#89Gene29US #66
#90Marion29US #148
#91Anthony28US #48
#92Philip28US #63
#93Wilbur28US #173
#94Harvey27US #97
#95Herman27US #105
#96Lee27US #76
#97Lloyd27US #88
#98Claude26US #132
#99Horace26US #188
#100Bennie25US #162

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑34Rose#45
↑31Edith#60
↑26Jane#66
↑23Beverly#48
↑21Johnnie#52
↑20Vivian#68
↑19Curtis#62
↑19Rudolph#76

Falling

↓43Lucille#100
↓30Lee#96
↓30Horace#99
↓26Julia#95
↓24Bill#84
↓23Vera#88
↓21Samuel#45
↓18Marion#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.