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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,170 Florida births in 1939 across 701 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#64Nathaniel#183 nationally
#65Mae#180 nationally
#80Horace#188 nationally
#99Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#71Minnie#165 nationally
#34Willie#126 nationally
#82Gwendolyn#168 nationally
#58Freddie#138 nationally
#60Bertha#135 nationally
#49Johnnie#120 nationally
#52Annette#121 nationally
#59Vivian#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary888US #1
#2Barbara543US #2
#3Betty528US #4
#4Patricia328US #3
#5Shirley292US #5
#6Dorothy259US #9
#7Martha208US #27
#8Margaret206US #10
#9Nancy189US #7
#10Carolyn181US #14
#11Joyce169US #12
#12Frances167US #26
#13Elizabeth164US #18
#14Sandra157US #13
#15Helen156US #16
#16Annie148US #54
#17Linda131US #15
#18Carol130US #6
#19Virginia123US #21
#20Gloria117US #36
#21Alice113US #31
#22Doris107US #29
#23Sylvia103US #62
#24Evelyn102US #40
#25Ruth101US #22
#26Judith98US #8
#27Ruby96US #67
#28Joan93US #11
#29Sarah93US #68
#30Mildred91US #55
#31Judy90US #28
#32Norma83US #38
#33Catherine80US #49
#34Willie78US #126
#35Janice76US #24
#36Marilyn75US #19
#37Jean73US #32
#38Juanita73US #77
#39Lillian72US #99
#40Geraldine71US #41
#41Peggy70US #34
#42Ann68US #33
#43Jeanette68US #82
#44Joann65US #57
#45Louise65US #59
#46Edna62US #81
#47Jacqueline61US #72
#48Thelma61US #88
#49Beverly59US #25
#50Emma58US #89
#51Janet58US #17
#52Annette56US #121
#53Charlotte56US #66
#54Marie56US #37
#55Lois55US #35
#56Yvonne55US #90
#57Donna54US #20
#58Rose54US #42
#59Vivian54US #128
#60Bertha52US #135
#61Delores52US #79
#62Hazel52US #118
#63Wanda52US #50
#64Jo51US #70
#65Mae51US #180
#66Phyllis50US #30
#67Irene49US #74
#68Laura49US #107
#69Sharon49US #23
#70Marjorie48US #60
#71Minnie48US #165
#72Ethel47US #100
#73Eleanor46US #63
#74Glenda46US #112
#75Julia46US #91
#76Ella45US #132
#77Jane45US #46
#78Loretta45US #65
#79Bernice44US #116
#80Clara44US #103
#81Gladys44US #104
#82Gwendolyn43US #168
#83Lillie43US #143
#84Rosa43US #151
#85Grace41US #108
#86Margie41US #113
#87Sara41US #127
#88Josephine40US #84
#89Patsy40US #56
#90Bonnie39US #61
#91June39US #83
#92Alma38US #150
#93Maxine38US #137
#94Rebecca38US #134
#95Sally38US #52
#96Vera38US #153
#97Anita37US #97
#98Edith36US #102
#99Eva36US #129
#100Ida36US #145

Boys

#1James1,057US #2
#2Robert747US #1
#3John664US #3
#4William622US #4
#5Charles577US #6
#6Willie330US #33
#7George308US #11
#8Richard306US #5
#9David274US #7
#10Donald273US #8
#11Thomas255US #9
#12Joseph233US #12
#13Edward192US #15
#14Henry174US #31
#15Kenneth146US #13
#16Ronald144US #10
#17Walter136US #25
#18Frank135US #20
#19Jerry135US #16
#20Joe129US #27
#21Bobby123US #29
#22Arthur120US #32
#23Jack117US #26
#24Billy112US #24
#25Harold109US #23
#26Raymond104US #22
#27Michael103US #18
#28Eugene100US #37
#29Albert97US #41
#30Carl97US #30
#31Larry96US #14
#32Gerald95US #19
#33Ralph95US #35
#34Eddie91US #81
#35Samuel89US #63
#36Clarence88US #60
#37Ernest88US #55
#38Paul86US #17
#39Roy86US #42
#40Jimmy84US #43
#41Earl79US #50
#42Johnny78US #62
#43Fred77US #40
#44Harry73US #45
#45Jimmie73US #80
#46Leroy73US #61
#47Lawrence72US #36
#48Daniel70US #38
#49Johnnie70US #120
#50Herbert66US #68
#51Howard63US #47
#52Wayne59US #39
#53Charlie56US #112
#54Gary56US #21
#55Louis56US #49
#56Alfred55US #70
#57Clyde54US #101
#58Freddie54US #138
#59Leon54US #86
#60Curtis52US #98
#61Tommy51US #77
#62Herman50US #111
#63Marvin50US #52
#64Nathaniel49US #183
#65Cecil48US #114
#66Gene46US #69
#67Allen45US #72
#68Alvin45US #103
#69Melvin45US #51
#70Andrew43US #84
#71Norman43US #44
#72Ray43US #74
#73Benjamin42US #124
#74Jesse42US #99
#75Franklin41US #106
#76Edwin40US #96
#77Roger40US #28
#78Theodore40US #90
#79Anthony39US #48
#80Horace39US #188
#81Clifford37US #88
#82Dennis35US #34
#83Douglas35US #58
#84Leonard35US #54
#85Warren35US #104
#86Bill34US #67
#87Don34US #56
#88Frederick34US #71
#89Lloyd34US #95
#90Vernon34US #100
#91Edgar33US #158
#92Glenn32US #87
#93Jessie31US #154
#94Oscar31US #159
#95Bernard30US #76
#96Lee30US #78
#97Marion30US #155
#98Ronnie30US #109
#99Roosevelt30
#100Calvin29US #126

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑46Jacqueline#47
↑45Judy#31
↑35Mae#65
↑34Linda#17
↑32Wanda#63
↑30Joann#44
↑28Marilyn#36
↑25Alvin#68

Falling

↓45Rosa#84
↓37Gladys#81
↓36Patsy#89
↓36Vera#96
↓33Lillie#83
↓32Lee#96
↓27Julia#75
↓24Alma#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.