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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,393 Florida births in 1938 across 705 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#50Nathaniel#186 nationally
#75Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#85Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#39Rosa#146 nationally
#82Horace#188 nationally
#90Rudolph#192 nationally
#69Gwendolyn#169 nationally
#60Vera#156 nationally
#65Minnie#161 nationally
#44Freddie#132 nationally
#35Willie#121 nationally
#96Carrie#179 nationally

Girls

#1Mary803US #1
#2Barbara533US #2
#3Betty526US #4
#4Shirley330US #5
#5Patricia301US #3
#6Dorothy293US #8
#7Martha208US #26
#8Carolyn195US #15
#9Margaret178US #9
#10Frances165US #23
#11Annie161US #47
#12Helen155US #13
#13Nancy154US #7
#14Joyce152US #11
#15Elizabeth149US #17
#16Sandra146US #14
#17Evelyn129US #38
#18Gloria129US #36
#19Virginia124US #22
#20Carol122US #6
#21Sylvia116US #56
#22Alice111US #29
#23Doris111US #25
#24Louise106US #59
#25Joan101US #10
#26Sarah97US #67
#27Mildred93US #52
#28Juanita92US #80
#29Ann91US #32
#30Ruth88US #21
#31Ruby83US #61
#32Peggy82US #35
#33Beverly81US #18
#34Norma81US #34
#35Willie81US #121
#36Edna78US #82
#37Catherine73US #48
#38Geraldine73US #45
#39Rosa73US #146
#40Thelma73US #86
#41Jean72US #27
#42Delores68US #75
#43Rose68US #39
#44Gladys64US #103
#45Hazel62US #111
#46Janice62US #24
#47Judith61US #12
#48Julia61US #107
#49Lillian59US #88
#50Lillie59US #132
#51Linda59US #31
#52Annette58US #119
#53Patsy58US #55
#54Vivian57US #135
#55Marjorie54US #53
#56Laura53US #108
#57Ethel52US #94
#58Jane52US #44
#59Marie52US #37
#60Vera52US #156
#61Emma51US #96
#62Jeanette51US #91
#63Lois51US #33
#64Marilyn51US #19
#65Minnie50US #161
#66Donna48US #20
#67Yvonne48US #101
#68Alma47US #147
#69Gwendolyn47US #169
#70Sara47US #124
#71Charlotte46US #70
#72Clara45US #98
#73Jo44US #78
#74Joann44US #68
#75Bettye43
#76Judy42US #41
#77Margie42US #109
#78Bertha41US #131
#79Phyllis41US #28
#80Susan41US #71
#81Bobbie40US #127
#82Eleanor40US #60
#83Ella40US #140
#84Ida40US #141
#85Johnnie40
#86Sally40US #54
#87Anna39US #40
#88Bernice39US #112
#89Bonnie39US #65
#90Irene39US #72
#91Christine38US #129
#92Edith38US #102
#93Jacqueline38US #69
#94June38US #79
#95Wanda38US #49
#96Carrie37US #179
#97Audrey36US #87
#98Josephine36US #83
#99Loretta36US #62
#100Mae36US #183

Boys

#1James1,018US #2
#2Robert743US #1
#3John645US #3
#4William580US #4
#5Charles528US #6
#6George326US #11
#7Richard297US #5
#8Willie293US #34
#9David255US #8
#10Thomas248US #9
#11Donald219US #7
#12Joseph208US #12
#13Henry156US #30
#14Edward153US #13
#15Walter150US #26
#16Kenneth143US #14
#17Bobby136US #27
#18Frank131US #18
#19Ronald128US #10
#20Jerry121US #17
#21Arthur117US #32
#22Harold116US #23
#23Raymond115US #20
#24Jack109US #25
#25Joe109US #28
#26Billy108US #24
#27Paul106US #15
#28Eugene102US #33
#29Ralph100US #35
#30Johnny94US #63
#31Carl93US #29
#32Jimmy93US #45
#33Albert88US #37
#34Roy86US #41
#35Eddie85US #79
#36Samuel84US #62
#37Michael83US #21
#38Clarence81US #58
#39Ernest81US #55
#40Harry81US #44
#41Gerald79US #19
#42Earl77US #50
#43Fred77US #38
#44Freddie72US #132
#45Leroy72US #61
#46Alfred68US #69
#47Larry68US #16
#48Daniel66US #39
#49Jimmie66US #76
#50Nathaniel64US #186
#51Tommy64US #77
#52Johnnie61US #123
#53Louis57US #47
#54Ray56US #72
#55Charlie55US #112
#56Leon55US #85
#57Wayne53US #40
#58Herman51US #108
#59Clifford50US #89
#60Howard50US #42
#61Edwin49US #90
#62Herbert49US #68
#63Lawrence49US #36
#64Lee47US #80
#65Norman47US #43
#66Andrew45US #82
#67Curtis45US #101
#68Clyde44US #97
#69Marvin44US #53
#70Franklin43US #100
#71Lewis42US #109
#72Gary41US #22
#73Allen40US #73
#74Cecil40US #118
#75Gene40US #65
#76Melvin40US #54
#77Benjamin39US #125
#78Theodore39US #84
#79Don37US #52
#80Jesse37US #107
#81Floyd36US #96
#82Horace35US #188
#83Jackie35US #105
#84Jim34US #81
#85Calvin33US #122
#86Leonard33US #57
#87Douglas32US #60
#88Russell32US #70
#89Frederick31US #71
#90Rudolph31US #192
#91Vernon31US #103
#92Wallace31US #139
#93Alvin30US #98
#94Lonnie30US #160
#95Marion30US #145
#96Warren30US #102
#97Jerome28US #93
#98Roger28US #31
#99Francis27US #51
#100Lester27US #115

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑25Michael#37
↑25Allen#73
↑24Joann#74
↑23Nathaniel#50
↑22Geraldine#38
↑22Bettye#75
↑21Edwin#61
↑21Cecil#74

Falling

↓32June#94
↓31Bertha#78
↓31Bernice#88
↓27Lois#63
↓25Gene#75
↓25Leonard#86
↓24Jeanette#62
↓24Yvonne#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.