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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,656 Florida births in 1943 across 856 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#79Nathaniel#191 nationally
#55Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#60Rosa#154 nationally
#67Lillie#158 nationally
#59Willie#139 nationally
#57Johnnie#135 nationally
#100Earnest#177 nationally
#67Freddie#143 nationally
#71Yvonne#141 nationally
#75Hazel#144 nationally
#84Bobbie#147 nationally
#73Cecil#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,216US #1
#2Barbara733US #2
#3Linda684US #4
#4Patricia662US #3
#5Betty598US #10
#6Sandra445US #6
#7Carolyn389US #11
#8Shirley367US #12
#9Dorothy323US #19
#10Sharon306US #8
#11Margaret292US #14
#12Joyce283US #16
#13Carol271US #5
#14Nancy263US #9
#15Martha260US #29
#16Frances240US #31
#17Judith240US #7
#18Gloria239US #30
#19Elizabeth228US #23
#20Judy213US #13
#21Helen184US #28
#22Virginia177US #25
#23Annie172US #69
#24Susan166US #18
#25Evelyn151US #53
#26Alice149US #38
#27Donna142US #17
#28Doris141US #40
#29Janice134US #26
#30Beverly132US #32
#31Joan128US #21
#32Ann127US #37
#33Sarah120US #71
#34Brenda118US #35
#35Diane116US #24
#36Bonnie112US #34
#37Charlotte106US #47
#38Sylvia105US #77
#39Peggy104US #41
#40Juanita103US #91
#41Ruth101US #33
#42Karen99US #15
#43Mildred98US #76
#44Marie96US #45
#45Jo92US #63
#46Janet90US #20
#47Ruby89US #82
#48Geraldine87US #51
#49Marilyn87US #27
#50Catherine86US #48
#51Jean86US #36
#52Louise86US #70
#53Phyllis85US #39
#54Pamela84US #54
#55Gwendolyn83US #161
#56Glenda81US #83
#57Kathleen81US #22
#58Gail79US #55
#59Willie74US #139
#60Rosa73US #154
#61Katherine72US #78
#62Wanda71US #56
#63Edna69US #106
#64Joann69US #60
#65Christine68US #84
#66Jacqueline66US #65
#67Lillie66US #158
#68Norma66US #58
#69Rose66US #50
#70Vivian66US #122
#71Yvonne66US #141
#72Carole64US #42
#73Delores63US #99
#74Emma61US #114
#75Hazel61US #144
#76Lois61US #43
#77Diana60US #62
#78Jane59US #44
#79Julia59US #95
#80Patsy59US #61
#81Rebecca59US #87
#82Elaine58US #46
#83Sally58US #57
#84Bobbie57US #147
#85Marjorie57US #79
#86Anna56US #64
#87Margie56US #128
#88Annette55US #142
#89Cynthia55US #101
#90Anne53US #80
#91Ethel53US #126
#92Connie52US #59
#93Jeanette51US #110
#94Paula51US #93
#95Josephine50US #108
#96Lynda50US #115
#97Anita49US #98
#98Lillian49US #116
#99Sara49US #137
#100Clara48US #133

Boys

#1James1,532US #1
#2Robert1,130US #2
#3John1,123US #3
#4William1,049US #4
#5Charles741US #7
#6Richard515US #5
#7Thomas495US #8
#8George480US #14
#9David477US #6
#10Willie377US #36
#11Joseph372US #13
#12Michael347US #10
#13Ronald336US #9
#14Donald305US #11
#15Larry254US #12
#16Edward253US #18
#17Jerry232US #17
#18Kenneth227US #15
#19Walter209US #26
#20Henry208US #31
#21Paul192US #19
#22Frank186US #21
#23Johnny177US #52
#24Raymond161US #22
#25Arthur153US #30
#26Jimmy137US #42
#27Harry134US #50
#28Ralph134US #40
#29Harold132US #27
#30Albert130US #43
#31Bobby127US #46
#32Eugene123US #47
#33Jack123US #34
#34Daniel121US #25
#35Samuel121US #62
#36Joe118US #35
#37Leroy118US #74
#38Wayne118US #41
#39Carl117US #33
#40Roy117US #38
#41Douglas114US #28
#42Gerald113US #23
#43Gary110US #16
#44Lawrence104US #32
#45Ernest101US #61
#46Eddie96US #80
#47Clarence95US #68
#48Earl94US #60
#49Tommy92US #77
#50Billy91US #37
#51Fred91US #45
#52Roger91US #24
#53Jimmie86US #95
#54Stephen82US #29
#55Terry80US #49
#56Howard79US #48
#57Johnnie79US #135
#58Marvin77US #66
#59Curtis74US #100
#60Alfred73US #78
#61Norman73US #56
#62Clifford71US #94
#63Leonard71US #55
#64Louis70US #53
#65Andrew68US #79
#66Charlie66US #122
#67Freddie66US #143
#68Ray65US #84
#69Bruce64US #51
#70Dennis64US #20
#71Peter64US #39
#72Benjamin61US #130
#73Cecil60US #132
#74Herbert60US #86
#75Anthony59US #44
#76Lewis59US #115
#77Melvin59US #63
#78Frederick57US #70
#79Nathaniel57US #191
#80Clyde55US #114
#81Jesse55US #105
#82Ronnie53US #71
#83Calvin52US #126
#84Leon52US #103
#85Lloyd50US #104
#86Phillip50US #81
#87Alvin49US #113
#88Franklin49US #119
#89Don48US #72
#90Glenn48US #85
#91Herman48US #129
#92Patrick48US #69
#93Vernon48US #117
#94Warren47US #102
#95Edwin46US #107
#96Jerome46US #109
#97Theodore46US #96
#98Gene45US #89
#99Lee45US #91
#100Earnest43US #177

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑39Kathleen#57
↑26Terry#55
↑25Bruce#69
↑24Karen#42
↑24Gwendolyn#55
↑23Diane#35
↑23Diana#77
↑21Phyllis#53

Falling

↓33Lee#99
↓32Jeanette#93
↓31Gene#98
↓30Clara#100
↓29Julia#79
↓26Franklin#88
↓23Norma#68
↓21Willie#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.