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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,183 Florida births in 1948 across 962 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#93Jacquelyn#193 nationally
#92Lillie#189 nationally
#84Nathaniel#180 nationally
#67Freddie#152 nationally
#84Willie#168 nationally
#48Gwendolyn#124 nationally
#80Ethel#152 nationally
#77Charlie#144 nationally
#86Johnnie#150 nationally
#35Annie#97 nationally
#90Rosa#149 nationally
#68Vivian#126 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,566US #1
#2Mary1,225US #2
#3Patricia901US #4
#4Barbara797US #3
#5Sandra620US #6
#6Betty462US #18
#7Sharon439US #9
#8Carolyn422US #14
#9Susan418US #5
#10Nancy393US #7
#11Shirley390US #20
#12Carol380US #8
#13Brenda355US #17
#14Gloria323US #28
#15Margaret320US #13
#16Donna302US #11
#17Dorothy285US #29
#18Martha268US #32
#19Joyce265US #21
#20Cynthia262US #27
#21Judy248US #16
#22Elizabeth226US #26
#23Janice225US #23
#24Karen223US #12
#25Pamela222US #22
#26Judith202US #15
#27Cheryl192US #25
#28Beverly189US #31
#29Diane181US #19
#30Frances178US #42
#31Helen171US #40
#32Deborah164US #30
#33Peggy161US #38
#34Virginia161US #36
#35Annie158US #97
#36Kathleen156US #10
#37Catherine144US #41
#38Janet143US #24
#39Alice142US #49
#40Joan138US #37
#41Evelyn131US #74
#42Jo130US #56
#43Marilyn130US #33
#44Bonnie129US #34
#45Doris123US #64
#46Gail123US #51
#47Wanda119US #57
#48Gwendolyn118US #124
#49Sarah112US #85
#50Sylvia111US #100
#51Jacqueline109US #58
#52Sherry106US #61
#53Glenda104US #92
#54Ann102US #44
#55Charlotte102US #69
#56Kathryn102US #54
#57Phyllis102US #46
#58Christine101US #35
#59Jane101US #39
#60Rose100US #62
#61Ruth99US #45
#62Lynda96US #84
#63Katherine95US #68
#64Laura92US #73
#65Rebecca91US #50
#66Jean90US #47
#67Sheila88US #71
#68Vivian88US #126
#69Diana87US #48
#70Geraldine87US #83
#71Juanita86US #107
#72Mildred86US #120
#73Ruby85US #114
#74Connie84US #43
#75Yvonne84US #112
#76Paula83US #52
#77Suzanne83US #66
#78Marie82US #60
#79Theresa82US #63
#80Ethel79US #152
#81Delores75US #116
#82Elaine75US #53
#83Marsha74US #76
#84Willie74US #168
#85Julia73US #118
#86Marjorie70US #110
#87Joann69US #94
#88Lois69US #70
#89Ellen68US #67
#90Rosa68US #149
#91Teresa67US #82
#92Lillie66US #189
#93Jacquelyn61US #193
#94Louise61US #99
#95Constance60US #93
#96Darlene59US #77
#97Edna59US #139
#98Norma59US #103
#99Anna58US #89
#100Emma58US #138

Boys

#1James1,726US #1
#2Robert1,442US #2
#3John1,428US #3
#4William1,185US #4
#5Charles839US #9
#6David792US #5
#7Richard729US #7
#8Michael675US #6
#9Thomas595US #8
#10Ronald575US #10
#11Larry532US #11
#12Joseph451US #13
#13George444US #16
#14Willie409US #40
#15Donald398US #14
#16Kenneth389US #15
#17Edward312US #19
#18Jerry283US #21
#19Gary269US #12
#20Paul240US #18
#21Henry239US #45
#22Daniel235US #22
#23Stephen225US #20
#24Johnny223US #52
#25Frank205US #25
#26Wayne200US #34
#27Raymond197US #27
#28Walter196US #35
#29Dennis183US #17
#30Arthur167US #44
#31Harold164US #36
#32Ralph164US #51
#33Harry161US #57
#34Eddie154US #78
#35Lawrence152US #31
#36Carl151US #42
#37Terry151US #26
#38Ronnie143US #59
#39Eugene142US #61
#40Samuel142US #70
#41Steven140US #23
#42Bruce139US #28
#43Jack136US #43
#44Albert135US #55
#45Roger135US #24
#46Roy135US #49
#47Jimmy134US #50
#48Ernest131US #76
#49Douglas125US #33
#50Joe122US #47
#51Gerald115US #30
#52Leroy114US #97
#53Bobby113US #62
#54Danny112US #39
#55Earl111US #83
#56Billy109US #53
#57Clarence109US #87
#58Timothy107US #38
#59Phillip104US #69
#60Anthony103US #41
#61Gregory99US #32
#62Tommy99US #79
#63Fred96US #66
#64Jimmie93US #120
#65Leon91US #119
#66Alan89US #46
#67Freddie89US #152
#68Andrew88US #77
#69Howard88US #63
#70Leonard86US #71
#71Alfred84US #96
#72Curtis84US #101
#73Louis83US #64
#74Mark82US #29
#75Patrick82US #48
#76Steve80US #60
#77Charlie78US #144
#78Glenn78US #73
#79Philip77US #54
#80Herbert76US #103
#81Allen75US #72
#82Ray74US #100
#83Frederick73US #75
#84Nathaniel72US #180
#85Marvin69US #90
#86Johnnie68US #150
#87Stanley68US #65
#88Jerome67US #110
#89Clifford65US #105
#90Norman65US #85
#91Alvin62US #124
#92Benjamin62US #139
#93Don62US #91
#94Theodore61US #104
#95Bill60US #84
#96Jeffrey60US #58
#97Peter60US #37
#98Jesse57US #108
#99Dale56US #56
#100Lee56US #93

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑39Deborah#32
↑23Mildred#72
↑22Timothy#58
↑21Sherry#52
↑20Mark#74
↑18Theresa#79
↑16Doris#45
↑16Gregory#61

Falling

↓25Delores#81
↓22Norma#98
↓22Norman#90
↓20Julia#85
↓18Marvin#85
↓18Clifford#89
↓16Fred#63
↓16Glenn#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.