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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,290 Florida births in 1940 across 741 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#176 nationally
#83Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#98Delorisoutside the national top 200
#49Rosa#148 nationally
#92Earnest#184 nationally
#38Willie#128 nationally
#88Carrie#176 nationally
#56Lillie#143 nationally
#58Freddie#138 nationally
#50Annette#126 nationally
#44Yvonne#110 nationally
#55Bernice#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary901US #1
#2Betty534US #5
#3Barbara522US #2
#4Patricia388US #3
#5Dorothy324US #12
#6Shirley303US #9
#7Linda236US #8
#8Carolyn235US #15
#9Joyce223US #13
#10Margaret222US #11
#11Sandra203US #10
#12Frances196US #28
#13Nancy195US #7
#14Martha192US #26
#15Gloria186US #30
#16Annie153US #56
#17Elizabeth151US #20
#18Helen145US #18
#19Virginia141US #21
#20Judith136US #4
#21Carol126US #6
#22Evelyn112US #48
#23Alice108US #32
#24Doris108US #31
#25Judy101US #16
#26Joan99US #14
#27Sylvia95US #62
#28Sarah91US #60
#29Peggy87US #37
#30Marilyn86US #25
#31Ruby84US #66
#32Ann83US #35
#33Janice83US #22
#34Norma80US #43
#35Catherine76US #53
#36Juanita76US #78
#37Mildred76US #58
#38Willie76US #128
#39Emma74US #94
#40Ruth74US #24
#41Louise73US #59
#42Jean72US #29
#43Jeanette71US #90
#44Yvonne70US #110
#45Beverly69US #27
#46Geraldine69US #46
#47Thelma68US #101
#48Marie67US #41
#49Rosa67US #148
#50Annette65US #126
#51Wanda64US #52
#52Edna63US #86
#53Sally62US #61
#54Delores61US #83
#55Bernice59US #121
#56Lillie59US #143
#57Bonnie58US #39
#58Lois57US #38
#59Vivian56US #115
#60Charlotte54US #55
#61Donna54US #23
#62Joann53US #63
#63Phyllis53US #33
#64Edith52US #98
#65Rose52US #44
#66Josephine50US #89
#67Julia49US #91
#68Lillian49US #97
#69Susan49US #36
#70Diane48US #45
#71Ethel48US #106
#72Jo48US #72
#73Eleanor47US #68
#74Glenda47US #107
#75Christine46US #118
#76Hazel46US #123
#77Jane46US #47
#78Katherine46US #92
#79Brenda45US #42
#80Gladys45US #116
#81Janet45US #19
#82Clara44US #111
#83Johnnie44
#84June44US #82
#85Marion44US #120
#86Marjorie44US #64
#87Sharon44US #17
#88Carrie43US #176
#89Maxine43US #137
#90Marian42US #142
#91Bertha41US #141
#92Jacqueline41US #76
#93Patsy41US #57
#94Sara41US #122
#95Beatrice40US #140
#96Gail40US #65
#97Bobbie39US #147
#98Deloris39
#99Ella39US #146
#100Irene39US #73

Boys

#1James1,142US #1
#2Robert816US #2
#3John716US #3
#4William716US #4
#5Charles538US #6
#6Richard354US #5
#7George326US #11
#8Thomas307US #8
#9David304US #7
#10Willie290US #35
#11Donald247US #9
#12Joseph243US #12
#13Jerry178US #14
#14Edward170US #16
#15Frank168US #20
#16Ronald166US #10
#17Henry155US #31
#18Kenneth146US #15
#19Paul143US #17
#20Bobby141US #30
#21Larry141US #13
#22Walter137US #25
#23Joe120US #28
#24Raymond116US #22
#25Arthur114US #33
#26Harold114US #23
#27Michael114US #18
#28Billy109US #27
#29Jack104US #29
#30Eugene103US #38
#31Roy102US #42
#32Albert98US #41
#33Carl98US #32
#34Earl97US #52
#35Johnny96US #51
#36Jimmy94US #44
#37Fred93US #40
#38Gerald93US #21
#39Ralph91US #37
#40Ernest90US #58
#41Eddie88US #81
#42Samuel88US #65
#43Tommy86US #76
#44Harry81US #47
#45Leroy80US #66
#46Marvin79US #63
#47Herbert75US #75
#48Clarence73US #64
#49Charlie71US #111
#50Nathaniel70US #176
#51Wayne69US #39
#52Lawrence68US #36
#53Alfred65US #69
#54Louis65US #50
#55Jimmie64US #86
#56Curtis59US #97
#57Franklin58US #87
#58Freddie58US #138
#59Howard58US #45
#60Lee58US #80
#61Roger58US #26
#62Andrew56US #84
#63Jesse56US #93
#64Lewis56US #107
#65Leon55US #89
#66Theodore54US #90
#67Cecil53US #117
#68Gary53US #19
#69Daniel52US #34
#70Norman50US #48
#71Johnnie49US #129
#72Ray49US #77
#73Allen47US #71
#74Edwin47US #96
#75Leonard45US #54
#76Clyde43US #102
#77Dennis43US #24
#78Philip43US #60
#79Gene41US #70
#80Melvin41US #53
#81Don40US #62
#82Glenn40US #83
#83Bill38US #67
#84Herman38US #113
#85Ronnie38US #101
#86Frederick37US #68
#87Anthony36US #46
#88Clifford36US #94
#89Alvin35US #106
#90Jerome35US #95
#91Vernon34US #105
#92Earnest33US #184
#93Russell33US #72
#94Claude32US #145
#95Lonnie32US #153
#96Stephen32US #49
#97Benjamin31US #128
#98Terry31US #73
#99Peter30US #43
#100Phillip30US #79

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑42Sally#53
↑36Lee#60
↑35Rosa#49
↑34Edith#64
↑33Bonnie#57
↑27Lillie#56
↑24Bernice#55
↑22Josephine#66

Falling

↓45Jacqueline#92
↓33Irene#100
↓31Bertha#91
↓30Janet#81
↓29Lillian#68
↓24Benjamin#97
↓23Ella#99
↓22Johnnie#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.