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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,772 Florida births in 1944 across 867 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#73Nathaniel#184 nationally
#58Gwendolyn#160 nationally
#99Johnnie#192 nationally
#73Lillie#159 nationally
#59Freddie#138 nationally
#61Benjamin#130 nationally
#71Willie#138 nationally
#83Rosa#145 nationally
#71Johnnie#131 nationally
#77Vivian#129 nationally
#76Ethel#127 nationally
#86Gladys#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,175US #1
#2Barbara809US #2
#3Linda786US #3
#4Patricia776US #4
#5Betty537US #10
#6Sandra530US #6
#7Carolyn425US #11
#8Carol382US #5
#9Shirley371US #15
#10Nancy341US #7
#11Dorothy339US #19
#12Sharon335US #8
#13Judith311US #9
#14Margaret302US #14
#15Joyce295US #18
#16Gloria275US #25
#17Elizabeth241US #23
#18Judy235US #12
#19Susan225US #13
#20Martha220US #29
#21Donna218US #17
#22Frances217US #33
#23Helen180US #31
#24Karen157US #16
#25Alice156US #38
#26Janice154US #28
#27Virginia154US #26
#28Annie153US #71
#29Brenda152US #30
#30Joan149US #22
#31Diane136US #24
#32Janet130US #21
#33Beverly122US #35
#34Marilyn121US #27
#35Sarah117US #67
#36Ann116US #39
#37Cheryl116US #36
#38Evelyn116US #57
#39Bonnie114US #34
#40Doris110US #42
#41Kathleen107US #20
#42Catherine106US #49
#43Jean106US #37
#44Carole103US #43
#45Sylvia101US #83
#46Pamela100US #44
#47Ruby98US #87
#48Peggy91US #45
#49Ruth91US #32
#50Charlotte89US #50
#51Geraldine89US #53
#52Jacqueline87US #64
#53Lois86US #47
#54Glenda85US #79
#55Phyllis84US #40
#56Rose83US #52
#57Louise81US #69
#58Gwendolyn79US #160
#59Mildred78US #81
#60Cynthia75US #105
#61Jo75US #61
#62Juanita75US #94
#63Marie75US #48
#64Jane73US #41
#65Katherine73US #77
#66Delores71US #97
#67Kathryn71US #68
#68Wanda71US #58
#69Norma70US #66
#70Laura68US #119
#71Willie68US #138
#72Emma67US #118
#73Lillie67US #159
#74Lynda67US #113
#75Edith66US #123
#76Ethel66US #127
#77Vivian66US #129
#78Joann65US #65
#79Patsy65US #72
#80Christine64US #75
#81Edna64US #112
#82Gail64US #56
#83Rosa64US #145
#84Rebecca63US #84
#85Diana61US #60
#86Gladys59US #137
#87Julia59US #102
#88Marjorie59US #85
#89Connie58US #51
#90Jeanette58US #117
#91Elaine56US #46
#92Yvonne55US #141
#93Anne54US #86
#94Claudia54US #120
#95Marcia53US #89
#96Ellen52US #63
#97Annette51US #146
#98Dianne51US #90
#99Johnnie51US #192
#100Marion51US #140

Boys

#1James1,658US #1
#2Robert1,240US #2
#3John1,223US #3
#4William1,040US #4
#5Charles762US #7
#6Richard641US #5
#7David549US #6
#8Thomas548US #8
#9George458US #14
#10Willie402US #31
#11Donald382US #11
#12Ronald375US #10
#13Michael352US #9
#14Joseph349US #13
#15Larry303US #12
#16Edward278US #18
#17Jerry257US #19
#18Kenneth256US #16
#19Henry241US #35
#20Frank226US #21
#21Paul224US #17
#22Walter201US #26
#23Johnny190US #45
#24Raymond176US #22
#25Gary171US #15
#26Jimmy160US #41
#27Roy154US #39
#28Albert152US #44
#29Arthur152US #29
#30Jack152US #30
#31Gerald142US #24
#32Harold138US #27
#33Ralph138US #42
#34Daniel134US #25
#35Wayne134US #37
#36Carl129US #36
#37Samuel124US #62
#38Eugene123US #48
#39Harry123US #49
#40Joe120US #33
#41Billy117US #38
#42Eddie117US #79
#43Bobby116US #50
#44Dennis112US #20
#45Lawrence111US #32
#46Ernest108US #59
#47Douglas105US #34
#48Roger104US #23
#49Stephen100US #28
#50Earl98US #65
#51Fred98US #47
#52Jimmie98US #98
#53Leroy98US #78
#54Clarence94US #74
#55Howard90US #53
#56Tommy88US #70
#57Louis82US #54
#58Terry77US #43
#59Freddie76US #138
#60Andrew74US #81
#61Benjamin73US #130
#62Ronnie73US #69
#63Melvin71US #67
#64Theodore70US #96
#65Herbert69US #90
#66Leon68US #108
#67Ray68US #86
#68Peter65US #40
#69Allen64US #77
#70Curtis64US #97
#71Johnnie64US #131
#72Marvin64US #75
#73Nathaniel62US #184
#74Bruce61US #51
#75Clyde60US #111
#76Phillip60US #83
#77Russell60US #63
#78Jesse59US #103
#79Lee58US #85
#80Leonard58US #56
#81Lewis58US #112
#82Alfred57US #82
#83Charlie57US #120
#84Glenn57US #88
#85Stanley57US #57
#86Norman56US #58
#87Alvin55US #115
#88Clifford55US #99
#89Frederick54US #73
#90Alan53US #55
#91Anthony53US #46
#92Edwin53US #106
#93Patrick53US #64
#94Bill51US #66
#95Don51US #72
#96Steven51US #52
#97Warren49US #100
#98Cecil48US #142
#99Herman48US #129
#100Franklin47US #121

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑33Theodore#64
↑29Cynthia#60
↑28Carole#44
↑26Dennis#44
↑23Lois#53
↑22Lynda#74
↑20Ronnie#62
↑20Lee#79

Falling

↓26Clifford#88
↓25Norman#86
↓25Cecil#98
↓24Gail#82
↓23Rosa#83
↓22Juanita#62
↓22Alfred#82
↓21Yvonne#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.