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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,805 Florida births in 1937 across 680 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#63Johnnie#198 nationally
#78Daisyoutside the national top 200
#73Nathaniel#187 nationally
#40Rosa#152 nationally
#78Roosevelt#190 nationally
#50Minnie#156 nationally
#93Rudolph#197 nationally
#97Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#81Gwendolyn#184 nationally
#34Lillie#131 nationally
#84Horace#180 nationally
#89Mae#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary816US #1
#2Betty544US #5
#3Barbara484US #2
#4Shirley351US #4
#5Dorothy299US #8
#6Patricia284US #3
#7Martha180US #24
#8Margaret178US #10
#9Carolyn170US #20
#10Frances157US #19
#11Joyce157US #11
#12Nancy149US #7
#13Annie148US #46
#14Helen143US #12
#15Elizabeth141US #17
#16Joan123US #9
#17Doris117US #22
#18Gloria116US #32
#19Sylvia116US #50
#20Evelyn115US #36
#21Virginia114US #16
#22Jean110US #23
#23Juanita105US #75
#24Sandra103US #26
#25Carol100US #6
#26Alice99US #28
#27Ruth93US #15
#28Peggy88US #31
#29Willie88US #114
#30Sarah87US #65
#31Ruby85US #52
#32Ann81US #30
#33Thelma78US #78
#34Lillie75US #131
#35Edna73US #74
#36Lois72US #29
#37Louise72US #48
#38Jeanette70US #90
#39Ethel69US #88
#40Rosa69US #152
#41Mildred68US #43
#42Norma68US #33
#43Yvonne66US #77
#44Beverly65US #14
#45Emma59US #89
#46Catherine57US #47
#47Bertha56US #121
#48Delores55US #68
#49Jo54US #73
#50Minnie54US #156
#51Annette53US #115
#52Hazel53US #106
#53Marilyn53US #13
#54Rose53US #38
#55Vivian53US #127
#56Marjorie51US #57
#57Bernice49US #104
#58Gladys49US #86
#59Marie49US #35
#60Geraldine48US #44
#61Janice48US #25
#62June48US #71
#63Johnnie47US #198
#64Julia47US #112
#65Florence46US #81
#66Jane46US #42
#67Lillian46US #84
#68Nellie46US #140
#69Patsy46US #54
#70Charlotte45US #67
#71Mattie45US #148
#72Ida44US #133
#73Laura43US #105
#74Josephine42US #82
#75Katherine42US #103
#76Sara42US #130
#77Wanda42US #55
#78Daisy41
#79Vera41US #150
#80Bobbie40US #122
#81Gwendolyn40US #184
#82Janet40US #18
#83Sue40US #101
#84Anna39US #39
#85Bonnie39US #64
#86Edith39US #96
#87Dolores38US #37
#88Jacqueline38US #70
#89Mae38US #185
#90Phyllis38US #27
#91Bessie37US #143
#92Ella37US #134
#93Eva37US #117
#94Irene37US #62
#95Jessie37US #144
#96Margie36US #111
#97Bettye35
#98Joann35US #58
#99Christine34US #135
#100Eleanor34US #53

Boys

#1James918US #2
#2Robert668US #1
#3William617US #4
#4John583US #3
#5Charles505US #6
#6George303US #10
#7Willie291US #32
#8Thomas260US #9
#9Donald247US #7
#10Richard247US #5
#11David212US #8
#12Edward187US #13
#13Joseph173US #12
#14Henry162US #30
#15Joe135US #25
#16Kenneth122US #14
#17Bobby121US #24
#18Ronald120US #11
#19Walter120US #26
#20Frank119US #18
#21Billy106US #22
#22Paul104US #15
#23Jack101US #23
#24Harold100US #21
#25Samuel100US #66
#26Fred98US #35
#27Ralph96US #34
#28Carl95US #28
#29Raymond94US #19
#30Eugene93US #33
#31Clarence92US #54
#32Leroy92US #56
#33Arthur90US #31
#34Jerry90US #17
#35Roy83US #40
#36Albert82US #37
#37Jimmie79US #72
#38Earl76US #48
#39Jimmy74US #45
#40Ernest73US #53
#41Johnny69US #69
#42Eddie67US #83
#43Harry67US #41
#44Johnnie63US #118
#45Gerald62US #20
#46Tommy61US #84
#47Marvin57US #49
#48Freddie56US #134
#49Alfred53US #60
#50Gene53US #61
#51Lawrence53US #38
#52Daniel52US #39
#53Larry51US #16
#54Leon51US #85
#55Curtis49US #109
#56Howard49US #42
#57Charlie48US #110
#58Herbert48US #65
#59Franklin46US #77
#60Theodore46US #86
#61Leonard45US #58
#62Michael45US #27
#63Wayne45US #44
#64Herman44US #101
#65Jesse44US #102
#66Louis44US #46
#67Clyde43US #93
#68Melvin43US #50
#69Norman43US #43
#70Alvin42US #99
#71Lewis41US #104
#72Andrew39US #79
#73Nathaniel37US #187
#74Ray37US #71
#75Roger37US #36
#76Bill35US #64
#77Clifford35US #90
#78Roosevelt35US #190
#79Floyd34US #80
#80Frederick33US #68
#81Lester32US #116
#82Edwin31US #89
#83Lee31US #78
#84Horace30US #180
#85Benjamin29US #119
#86Gary29US #29
#87Harvey29US #95
#88Lloyd29US #91
#89Phillip29US #98
#90Calvin28US #125
#91Don28US #51
#92Glenn28US #88
#93Rudolph28US #197
#94Wilbur28US #183
#95Cecil27US #114
#96Gordon27US #75
#97Jessie27US #148
#98Allen26US #76
#99Earnest26US #174
#100Edgar26US #145

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑39Gene#50
↑33Annette#51
↑32Sandra#24
↑31Julia#64
↑31Herman#64
↑29Jeanette#38
↑29Bertha#47
↑20Samuel#25

Falling

↓38Eleanor#100
↓29Cecil#95
↓28Geraldine#60
↓28Joann#98
↓26Edith#86
↓23Don#91
↓22Mildred#41
↓22Bessie#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.