State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,785 Florida births in 1946 across 912 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#70Nathaniel#186 nationally
#94Jacquelyn#199 nationally
#59Freddie#151 nationally
#68Willie#159 nationally
#55Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#62Charlie#135 nationally
#76Johnnie#141 nationally
#34Annie#97 nationally
#96Cecil#159 nationally
#54Julia#114 nationally
#88Benjamin#146 nationally
#67Vivian#120 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,123US #1
#2Linda933US #2
#3Patricia876US #3
#4Barbara804US #4
#5Sandra613US #6
#6Betty544US #14
#7Carolyn475US #12
#8Carol441US #5
#9Sharon437US #9
#10Shirley430US #18
#11Susan347US #8
#12Nancy332US #7
#13Margaret309US #17
#14Dorothy302US #23
#15Gloria301US #26
#16Joyce284US #20
#17Martha252US #32
#18Donna243US #13
#19Judith238US #10
#20Judy237US #11
#21Elizabeth224US #25
#22Janice220US #22
#23Brenda206US #24
#24Frances197US #39
#25Helen176US #36
#26Alice175US #44
#27Diane170US #19
#28Virginia169US #31
#29Cynthia163US #46
#30Pamela163US #34
#31Cheryl162US #27
#32Beverly154US #30
#33Karen150US #15
#34Annie144US #97
#35Catherine134US #48
#36Kathleen131US #16
#37Janet130US #21
#38Joan129US #28
#39Marilyn125US #29
#40Bonnie119US #33
#41Evelyn119US #65
#42Sarah116US #92
#43Sylvia110US #82
#44Doris109US #51
#45Ann107US #40
#46Jane107US #35
#47Peggy107US #43
#48Laura101US #75
#49Wanda101US #59
#50Ruth98US #38
#51Charlotte95US #64
#52Geraldine95US #66
#53Jo95US #53
#54Julia94US #114
#55Gwendolyn93US #132
#56Jean91US #37
#57Rose91US #60
#58Glenda89US #99
#59Rebecca87US #68
#60Phyllis86US #41
#61Gail85US #49
#62Kathryn85US #63
#63Christine84US #50
#64Connie82US #45
#65Mildred82US #103
#66Diana80US #42
#67Vivian79US #120
#68Willie79US #159
#69Marie76US #54
#70Sheila76US #70
#71Jacqueline75US #62
#72Katherine75US #78
#73Louise75US #91
#74Norma75US #77
#75Paula74US #69
#76Suzanne74US #52
#77Juanita73US #110
#78Sherry72US #73
#79Delores71US #115
#80Patsy71US #85
#81Ruby70US #105
#82Yvonne70US #118
#83Joann67US #90
#84Lois67US #55
#85Lynda67US #109
#86Sue67US #61
#87Sara66US #135
#88Dianne65US #76
#89Marsha65US #98
#90Carole64US #72
#91Roberta63US #86
#92Sally63US #67
#93Edith62US #136
#94Jacquelyn58US #199
#95Jeanette58US #121
#96Edna57US #126
#97Marcia57US #89
#98Elaine56US #47
#99Ellen56US #58
#100Rita56US #56

Boys

#1James1,652US #1
#2Robert1,365US #2
#3John1,273US #3
#4William1,173US #4
#5Charles768US #9
#6Richard731US #5
#7David574US #6
#8Thomas527US #8
#9Michael499US #7
#10Ronald451US #10
#11George442US #16
#12Donald408US #13
#13Willie405US #40
#14Larry402US #11
#15Joseph358US #14
#16Kenneth287US #15
#17Edward278US #19
#18Jerry273US #20
#19Gary226US #12
#20Frank219US #22
#21Henry213US #41
#22Paul208US #18
#23Johnny200US #47
#24Wayne179US #29
#25Daniel176US #21
#26Raymond175US #25
#27Dennis174US #17
#28Walter168US #30
#29Harold164US #33
#30Harry151US #50
#31Roy150US #43
#32Samuel146US #70
#33Stephen145US #24
#34Arthur144US #36
#35Terry144US #26
#36Jimmy140US #42
#37Ronnie139US #54
#38Jack138US #35
#39Lawrence138US #31
#40Albert136US #52
#41Ernest134US #71
#42Carl133US #39
#43Ralph132US #48
#44Eddie122US #85
#45Leroy122US #90
#46Gerald121US #27
#47Roger116US #23
#48Billy113US #45
#49Bobby113US #53
#50Clarence113US #89
#51Douglas111US #34
#52Tommy111US #77
#53Joe109US #37
#54Eugene104US #57
#55Fred102US #51
#56Howard99US #55
#57Earl98US #82
#58Bruce97US #32
#59Freddie95US #151
#60Jimmie93US #104
#61Louis86US #63
#62Charlie84US #135
#63Danny83US #46
#64Herbert83US #97
#65Alan82US #49
#66Alfred81US #94
#67Andrew81US #84
#68Marvin79US #88
#69Glenn78US #81
#70Nathaniel75US #186
#71Curtis74US #99
#72Don74US #79
#73Frederick73US #75
#74Timothy72US #60
#75Anthony71US #44
#76Johnnie70US #141
#77Leonard70US #67
#78Allen68US #74
#79Norman67US #76
#80Steven67US #28
#81Leon66US #113
#82Patrick65US #59
#83Ray65US #95
#84Peter63US #38
#85Russell63US #66
#86Lewis60US #118
#87Steve60US #69
#88Benjamin59US #146
#89Edwin59US #112
#90Clifford58US #100
#91Gregory58US #56
#92Phillip57US #83
#93Theodore57US #101
#94Lee56US #91
#95Calvin55US #128
#96Cecil55US #159
#97Melvin55US #86
#98Philip55US #61
#99Rodney55US #93
#100Jesse53US #109

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑42Cynthia#29
↑33Christine#63
↑32Ronnie#37
↑26Nathaniel#70
↑25Alan#65
↑23Sheila#70
↑21Connie#64
↑20Jane#46

Falling

↓27Juanita#77
↓26Ruby#81
↓24Lee#94
↓23Suzanne#76
↓20Willie#68
↓20Leonard#77
↓19Douglas#51
↓18Eugene#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.