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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,387 Florida births in 1942 across 792 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#74Nathaniel#188 nationally
#98Maeoutside the national top 200
#38Willie#133 nationally
#57Lillie#150 nationally
#62Rosa#155 nationally
#79Gwendolyn#169 nationally
#50Johnnie#138 nationally
#55Freddie#140 nationally
#80Minnie#161 nationally
#88Alma#165 nationally
#53Charlie#118 nationally
#76Bernice#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,064US #1
#2Barbara604US #2
#3Betty563US #9
#4Patricia532US #3
#5Linda501US #4
#6Sandra364US #6
#7Carolyn328US #10
#8Shirley319US #12
#9Dorothy289US #17
#10Margaret245US #14
#11Martha232US #29
#12Nancy230US #8
#13Joyce225US #13
#14Gloria222US #31
#15Elizabeth219US #22
#16Carol201US #5
#17Judith197US #7
#18Frances192US #30
#19Sharon187US #11
#20Virginia169US #23
#21Annie168US #62
#22Helen150US #26
#23Judy145US #15
#24Joan126US #18
#25Alice123US #39
#26Ruth113US #33
#27Evelyn112US #53
#28Doris106US #41
#29Sylvia104US #72
#30Donna101US #20
#31Beverly100US #32
#32Susan100US #21
#33Sarah99US #67
#34Janice94US #25
#35Marie94US #43
#36Brenda91US #40
#37Catherine85US #49
#38Willie83US #133
#39Charlotte82US #51
#40Juanita82US #90
#41Mildred82US #71
#42Peggy82US #42
#43Ann80US #38
#44Ruby80US #77
#45Norma79US #52
#46Bonnie78US #34
#47Janet75US #19
#48Geraldine72US #47
#49Jean72US #36
#50Julia69US #95
#51Marilyn69US #27
#52Glenda68US #89
#53Delores66US #86
#54Jo66US #65
#55Edith65US #113
#56Emma65US #108
#57Lillie65US #150
#58Diane64US #28
#59Jacqueline64US #69
#60Louise64US #61
#61Jeanette63US #104
#62Rosa62US #155
#63Wanda62US #54
#64Joann61US #58
#65Katherine61US #81
#66Karen60US #16
#67Lois60US #44
#68Thelma58US #121
#69Carole57US #35
#70Clara57US #122
#71Edna57US #99
#72Rose57US #50
#73Yvonne57US #131
#74Phyllis56US #37
#75Vivian55US #125
#76Bernice54US #137
#77Ethel54US #124
#78Annette53US #134
#79Gwendolyn53US #169
#80Minnie53US #161
#81Ellen52US #64
#82Hazel50US #139
#83Cynthia48US #101
#84Christine47US #96
#85Lillian47US #111
#86Gladys46US #127
#87Jane46US #46
#88Alma45US #165
#89Anita45US #93
#90Anna45US #59
#91Kathryn45US #82
#92Laura45US #115
#93Marion45US #130
#94Marjorie45US #74
#95Patsy45US #57
#96Kathleen44US #24
#97Lynda44US #132
#98Mae44
#99Sara44US #128
#100Diana43US #68

Boys

#1James1,366US #1
#2Robert938US #2
#3William893US #4
#4John877US #3
#5Charles675US #7
#6George410US #14
#7David400US #6
#8Richard398US #5
#9Thomas384US #8
#10Willie381US #37
#11Joseph275US #11
#12Donald273US #10
#13Ronald255US #9
#14Edward206US #17
#15Jerry205US #16
#16Henry202US #31
#17Michael200US #13
#18Frank195US #21
#19Kenneth186US #15
#20Larry178US #12
#21Walter163US #26
#22Arthur142US #29
#23Johnny141US #55
#24Jimmy139US #47
#25Roy137US #42
#26Paul136US #19
#27Raymond134US #24
#28Eugene129US #45
#29Bobby124US #43
#30Douglas124US #23
#31Samuel119US #59
#32Gerald118US #22
#33Harold117US #27
#34Ralph116US #38
#35Albert111US #40
#36Gary106US #18
#37Daniel105US #28
#38Howard104US #49
#39Wayne104US #41
#40Leroy103US #69
#41Joe100US #33
#42Carl96US #36
#43Clarence95US #67
#44Eddie94US #86
#45Jack94US #34
#46Jimmie91US #94
#47Billy90US #35
#48Harry89US #48
#49Ernest87US #61
#50Johnnie84US #138
#51Fred82US #46
#52Tommy79US #73
#53Charlie77US #118
#54Earl75US #62
#55Freddie75US #140
#56Roger72US #25
#57Alfred69US #76
#58Marvin69US #66
#59Dennis67US #20
#60Lawrence67US #30
#61Stephen63US #32
#62Franklin62US #103
#63Herbert61US #83
#64Andrew60US #80
#65Norman60US #53
#66Lee59US #87
#67Gene58US #82
#68Curtis57US #98
#69Louis57US #51
#70Ronnie57US #78
#71Clifford56US #95
#72Leon56US #93
#73Jesse55US #100
#74Nathaniel55US #188
#75Russell53US #70
#76Cecil52US #131
#77Ray52US #84
#78Calvin51US #136
#79Don51US #72
#80Leonard50US #57
#81Terry50US #52
#82Theodore50US #91
#83Benjamin48US #129
#84Stanley48US #56
#85Alvin46US #115
#86Anthony46US #44
#87Frederick44US #68
#88Lewis44US #112
#89Allen42US #71
#90Glenn42US #88
#91Philip42US #54
#92Phillip42US #77
#93Herman41US #122
#94Bruce40US #50
#95Edwin39US #105
#96Timothy39US #108
#97Clyde38US #109
#98Melvin38US #60
#99Vernon38US #114
#100Warren38US #97

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑43Douglas#30
↑31Carole#69
↑28Katherine#65
↑27Susan#32
↑26Willie#38
↑26Joann#64
↑20Dennis#59
↑20Lee#66

Falling

↓37Melvin#98
↓35Clyde#97
↓28Patsy#95
↓27Yvonne#73
↓23Ethel#77
↓18Billy#47
↓18Herman#93
↓17Allen#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.