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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,905 Florida births in 1947 across 945 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#83Jacquelyn#192 nationally
#83Nathaniel#187 nationally
#82Willie#173 nationally
#78Rosa#167 nationally
#99Hazel#183 nationally
#63Charlie#145 nationally
#72Freddie#153 nationally
#50Gwendolyn#130 nationally
#34Annie#103 nationally
#82Benjamin#144 nationally
#56Delores#115 nationally
#42Sylvia#97 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,667US #1
#2Mary1,237US #2
#3Patricia960US #3
#4Barbara880US #4
#5Sandra619US #5
#6Betty547US #17
#7Carolyn468US #15
#8Sharon430US #9
#9Carol427US #6
#10Shirley427US #19
#11Nancy403US #7
#12Susan396US #8
#13Gloria331US #27
#14Donna318US #10
#15Dorothy309US #26
#16Margaret296US #16
#17Judy281US #14
#18Brenda272US #21
#19Martha271US #32
#20Elizabeth250US #25
#21Janice248US #22
#22Joyce239US #20
#23Judith226US #12
#24Cynthia200US #33
#25Karen198US #13
#26Diane186US #18
#27Pamela182US #28
#28Helen177US #38
#29Beverly171US #31
#30Alice166US #47
#31Janet165US #23
#32Frances162US #39
#33Peggy161US #42
#34Annie160US #103
#35Cheryl159US #24
#36Virginia159US #34
#37Marilyn148US #29
#38Catherine142US #46
#39Bonnie141US #35
#40Joan140US #30
#41Jo134US #51
#42Sylvia134US #97
#43Kathleen131US #11
#44Phyllis131US #37
#45Wanda124US #66
#46Gail122US #49
#47Ann121US #41
#48Evelyn119US #72
#49Glenda119US #96
#50Gwendolyn119US #130
#51Christine118US #45
#52Ruth117US #44
#53Kathryn109US #55
#54Jane108US #36
#55Sarah108US #93
#56Delores107US #115
#57Rebecca107US #52
#58Jacqueline101US #59
#59Jean101US #40
#60Charlotte99US #68
#61Doris98US #58
#62Connie96US #43
#63Suzanne95US #53
#64Laura93US #74
#65Julia90US #116
#66Rose90US #65
#67Sheila90US #73
#68Lynda88US #77
#69Marsha87US #88
#70Diana86US #48
#71Deborah83US #62
#72Katherine83US #76
#73Sherry83US #67
#74Vivian82US #128
#75Marie81US #57
#76Norma81US #82
#77Paula81US #54
#78Rosa80US #167
#79Louise79US #99
#80Constance76US #100
#81Juanita76US #110
#82Willie76US #173
#83Jacquelyn75US #192
#84Geraldine72US #78
#85Ruby70US #112
#86Joann69US #89
#87Yvonne68US #117
#88Elaine67US #50
#89Ellen67US #61
#90Dianne65US #83
#91Annette64US #140
#92Anita63US #94
#93Anne62US #95
#94Kathy62US #64
#95Mildred62US #109
#96Sara62US #138
#97Theresa62US #85
#98Lois60US #63
#99Hazel59US #183
#100Jeanette59US #125

Boys

#1James1,765US #1
#2Robert1,586US #2
#3John1,324US #3
#4William1,310US #4
#5Charles862US #9
#6David769US #6
#7Richard762US #5
#8Michael649US #7
#9Thomas598US #8
#10Ronald536US #11
#11Larry520US #10
#12George501US #16
#13Donald442US #13
#14Willie431US #42
#15Joseph404US #14
#16Kenneth382US #15
#17Edward299US #19
#18Jerry297US #20
#19Gary284US #12
#20Paul264US #18
#21Henry237US #46
#22Frank222US #23
#23Daniel214US #22
#24Wayne214US #30
#25Johnny210US #49
#26Harold208US #35
#27Arthur204US #38
#28Walter202US #34
#29Raymond190US #27
#30Stephen181US #21
#31Dennis173US #17
#32Harry173US #54
#33Jimmy165US #44
#34Eddie164US #80
#35Roy157US #48
#36Terry156US #26
#37Joe151US #43
#38Gerald141US #28
#39Samuel141US #72
#40Jack140US #37
#41Lawrence139US #32
#42Ralph138US #50
#43Ronnie137US #61
#44Albert136US #55
#45Clarence136US #88
#46Carl135US #40
#47Fred129US #56
#48Roger128US #25
#49Bruce127US #29
#50Ernest124US #75
#51Eugene123US #59
#52Douglas122US #31
#53Tommy122US #79
#54Steven121US #24
#55Billy115US #51
#56Bobby113US #60
#57Howard108US #62
#58Leroy107US #98
#59Danny99US #39
#60Anthony98US #41
#61Earl96US #83
#62Glenn96US #70
#63Charlie91US #145
#64Jimmie90US #113
#65Alan88US #45
#66Leonard88US #71
#67Marvin87US #89
#68Norman86US #81
#69Louis85US #64
#70Phillip85US #74
#71Clifford84US #101
#72Freddie84US #153
#73Curtis82US #99
#74Herbert82US #104
#75Allen80US #73
#76Andrew80US #82
#77Gregory80US #33
#78Leon80US #117
#79Steve80US #58
#80Timothy80US #52
#81Alfred78US #96
#82Benjamin77US #144
#83Nathaniel75US #187
#84Frederick74US #78
#85Peter74US #36
#86Alvin72US #129
#87Stanley71US #67
#88Melvin70US #85
#89Patrick67US #53
#90Don65US #86
#91Ray65US #97
#92Barry64US #68
#93Johnnie64US #148
#94Mark64US #47
#95Theodore64US #102
#96Calvin60US #120
#97Lewis60US #118
#98Jesse57US #107
#99Herman56US #150
#100Lee56US #92

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑26Steven#54
↑23Delores#56
↑22Phillip#70
↑20Marsha#69
↑19Clifford#71
↑17Lynda#68
↑16Phyllis#44
↑16Joe#37

Falling

↓32Geraldine#84
↓30Mildred#95
↓18Don#90
↓17Doris#61
↓17Johnnie#93
↓16Laura#64
↓15Alfred#81
↓14Willie#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.