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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,942 Florida births in 1945 across 859 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#70Lillie#167 nationally
#48Willie#137 nationally
#65Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#96Nathaniel#181 nationally
#63Freddie#145 nationally
#72Rosa#147 nationally
#64Johnnie#133 nationally
#72Benjamin#140 nationally
#68Charlie#128 nationally
#50Juanita#108 nationally
#76Yvonne#133 nationally
#48Jimmie#102 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,216US #1
#2Linda820US #2
#3Patricia806US #4
#4Barbara770US #3
#5Sandra517US #6
#6Betty503US #11
#7Carol405US #5
#8Shirley389US #14
#9Carolyn382US #12
#10Sharon351US #8
#11Margaret323US #15
#12Nancy315US #7
#13Gloria312US #23
#14Dorothy292US #21
#15Joyce291US #18
#16Susan283US #10
#17Judith271US #9
#18Judy255US #13
#19Martha240US #30
#20Donna215US #17
#21Frances206US #34
#22Elizabeth201US #26
#23Virginia181US #28
#24Karen168US #16
#25Diane164US #22
#26Janice161US #24
#27Annie150US #69
#28Helen143US #31
#29Alice135US #41
#30Janet134US #20
#31Bonnie130US #35
#32Beverly129US #37
#33Brenda126US #29
#34Cheryl125US #32
#35Evelyn117US #57
#36Peggy117US #45
#37Ann115US #39
#38Ruth115US #33
#39Joan114US #25
#40Kathleen113US #19
#41Doris111US #46
#42Pamela110US #42
#43Marilyn109US #27
#44Sarah109US #76
#45Catherine106US #50
#46Jean103US #38
#47Sylvia98US #83
#48Willie96US #137
#49Glenda88US #92
#50Juanita88US #108
#51Mildred88US #93
#52Diana87US #43
#53Suzanne87US #68
#54Marie86US #49
#55Ruby86US #95
#56Geraldine85US #56
#57Laura85US #77
#58Phyllis85US #40
#59Charlotte84US #55
#60Gail84US #52
#61Jacqueline84US #63
#62Julia83US #115
#63Louise83US #78
#64Wanda82US #58
#65Gwendolyn79US #151
#66Jane79US #36
#67Vivian74US #118
#68Jo73US #60
#69Rose73US #54
#70Lillie72US #167
#71Cynthia71US #90
#72Rosa71US #147
#73Rebecca70US #85
#74Carole69US #51
#75Katherine67US #82
#76Yvonne66US #133
#77Norma65US #74
#78Kathryn64US #65
#79Lynda64US #111
#80Paula64US #67
#81Lillian63US #124
#82Emma61US #123
#83Jeanette61US #122
#84Anne60US #81
#85Connie60US #47
#86Marcia58US #88
#87Delores57US #112
#88Edna57US #119
#89Irene57US #97
#90Sherry56US #104
#91Elaine55US #44
#92Ellen55US #61
#93Sheila55US #89
#94Joann54US #80
#95Marjorie54US #94
#96Christine53US #62
#97Lois51US #48
#98Sue51US #66
#99Dianne50US #72
#100Patsy50US #84

Boys

#1James1,604US #1
#2Robert1,300US #2
#3John1,259US #3
#4William1,080US #4
#5Charles735US #7
#6Richard718US #5
#7David559US #6
#8Thomas543US #8
#9Michael450US #9
#10George448US #15
#11Ronald372US #10
#12Willie365US #31
#13Joseph363US #14
#14Larry327US #11
#15Donald326US #12
#16Edward274US #18
#17Kenneth255US #16
#18Jerry224US #20
#19Frank217US #21
#20Paul217US #17
#21Gary192US #13
#22Henry189US #37
#23Johnny184US #45
#24Walter180US #27
#25Raymond165US #23
#26Harry161US #47
#27Arthur160US #34
#28Daniel143US #24
#29Roy141US #40
#30Harold140US #28
#31Wayne137US #35
#32Douglas134US #29
#33Jimmy132US #41
#34Samuel130US #62
#35Albert129US #49
#36Eugene129US #50
#37Dennis128US #19
#38Gerald126US #25
#39Roger119US #22
#40Stephen119US #26
#41Lawrence118US #30
#42Carl117US #39
#43Ralph112US #44
#44Bobby111US #53
#45Jack108US #32
#46Joe106US #36
#47Eddie104US #81
#48Jimmie102US #102
#49Leroy102US #83
#50Clarence101US #82
#51Terry100US #33
#52Ernest99US #60
#53Earl95US #71
#54Billy92US #42
#55Tommy90US #75
#56Fred88US #51
#57Leonard87US #57
#58Bruce86US #48
#59Howard82US #54
#60Anthony81US #46
#61Curtis80US #97
#62Louis80US #55
#63Freddie77US #145
#64Johnnie76US #133
#65Don75US #73
#66Herbert75US #94
#67Alfred74US #88
#68Charlie71US #128
#69Ronnie70US #67
#70Lee66US #87
#71Marvin66US #80
#72Benjamin65US #140
#73Franklin65US #119
#74Peter65US #38
#75Ray64US #92
#76Steven64US #43
#77Danny63US #56
#78Patrick62US #63
#79Leon61US #111
#80Clifford60US #99
#81Melvin60US #78
#82Russell60US #64
#83Andrew59US #86
#84Philip59US #58
#85Theodore59US #101
#86Frederick58US #77
#87Norman58US #65
#88Mike57US #69
#89Steve57US #79
#90Alan55US #52
#91Phillip54US #85
#92Allen53US #74
#93Timothy53US #70
#94Jesse52US #104
#95Stanley52US #59
#96Nathaniel51US #181
#97Dale49US #61
#98Lewis49US #123
#99Warren49US #106
#100Rodney48US #105

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑33Diana#52
↑31Anthony#60
↑30Don#65
↑27Franklin#73
↑25Julia#62
↑23Willie#48
↑23Leonard#57
↑22Gail#60

Falling

↓44Lois#97
↓30Carole#74
↓23Andrew#83
↓23Allen#92
↓23Nathaniel#96
↓21Delores#87
↓21Patsy#100
↓21Theodore#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.