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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,109 Florida births in 1949 across 972 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#67Nathaniel#179 nationally
#78Jacquelyn#190 nationally
#89Willie#179 nationally
#71Johnnie#150 nationally
#40Gwendolyn#114 nationally
#78Freddie#152 nationally
#94Ethel#164 nationally
#42Annie#103 nationally
#77Vivian#136 nationally
#73Jimmie#130 nationally
#89Charlie#146 nationally
#90Emma#147 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,538US #1
#2Mary1,107US #2
#3Patricia846US #3
#4Barbara742US #4
#5Sandra588US #6
#6Sharon473US #10
#7Shirley472US #18
#8Susan468US #5
#9Betty446US #22
#10Brenda418US #13
#11Carolyn383US #17
#12Nancy375US #7
#13Gloria362US #29
#14Carol336US #8
#15Margaret329US #14
#16Donna319US #12
#17Deborah266US #15
#18Elizabeth265US #25
#19Cynthia261US #27
#20Joyce260US #26
#21Dorothy255US #32
#22Judy253US #20
#23Janice250US #24
#24Martha238US #34
#25Karen229US #11
#26Diane203US #19
#27Pamela201US #21
#28Beverly184US #31
#29Cheryl183US #28
#30Bonnie179US #35
#31Kathleen177US #9
#32Frances174US #49
#33Catherine167US #37
#34Judith160US #16
#35Virginia159US #39
#36Peggy154US #38
#37Janet153US #23
#38Wanda149US #56
#39Helen144US #46
#40Gwendolyn141US #114
#41Christine133US #30
#42Annie132US #103
#43Alice130US #53
#44Charlotte127US #71
#45Jo126US #60
#46Doris122US #69
#47Rebecca121US #40
#48Joan118US #36
#49Sylvia117US #94
#50Kathryn115US #52
#51Gail114US #51
#52Sarah114US #84
#53Theresa112US #63
#54Glenda110US #87
#55Evelyn108US #80
#56Jacqueline107US #58
#57Marilyn107US #33
#58Jane106US #41
#59Ruth102US #47
#60Ann100US #44
#61Katherine100US #59
#62Marsha97US #79
#63Phyllis94US #50
#64Sherry93US #68
#65Laura91US #65
#66Juanita90US #107
#67Kathy90US #42
#68Yvonne90US #109
#69Geraldine88US #90
#70Jean87US #45
#71Mildred87US #120
#72Connie86US #43
#73Sheila86US #76
#74Elaine84US #57
#75Rose82US #66
#76Suzanne80US #62
#77Vivian80US #136
#78Jacquelyn79US #190
#79Marie79US #67
#80Diana77US #48
#81Ruby77US #123
#82Paula76US #55
#83Joann74US #101
#84Dianne71US #85
#85Cathy70US #81
#86Delores70US #126
#87Julia70US #112
#88Rita69US #54
#89Willie69US #179
#90Emma68US #147
#91Constance66US #83
#92Marcia64US #78
#93Darlene63US #75
#94Ethel62US #164
#95June61US #138
#96Lois61US #73
#97Lynda61US #93
#98Patsy61US #106
#99Teresa61US #82
#100Edna60US #142

Boys

#1James1,643US #1
#2Robert1,422US #2
#3John1,411US #3
#4William1,168US #4
#5Charles873US #9
#6David793US #6
#7Michael765US #5
#8Richard692US #7
#9Thomas598US #8
#10Larry525US #10
#11George463US #18
#12Ronald461US #11
#13Donald432US #13
#14Willie428US #41
#15Kenneth379US #15
#16Joseph378US #14
#17Gary320US #12
#18Edward300US #21
#19Paul287US #17
#20Stephen247US #19
#21Daniel243US #22
#22Jerry232US #23
#23Henry219US #46
#24Frank218US #27
#25Johnny213US #49
#26Wayne202US #35
#27Steven201US #20
#28Dennis198US #16
#29Raymond195US #30
#30Walter189US #37
#31Harold170US #42
#32Arthur165US #44
#33Eddie165US #80
#34Bruce164US #26
#35Douglas164US #29
#36Jimmy163US #53
#37Roger160US #25
#38Terry157US #28
#39Jack153US #47
#40Albert152US #56
#41Samuel149US #62
#42Roy147US #51
#43Anthony145US #36
#44Carl143US #43
#45Lawrence142US #32
#46Ronnie141US #65
#47Ralph133US #50
#48Mark132US #24
#49Harry130US #59
#50Danny129US #40
#51Eugene129US #58
#52Tommy125US #84
#53Gerald123US #33
#54Gregory121US #31
#55Joe118US #52
#56Clarence113US #94
#57Ernest110US #76
#58Fred109US #72
#59Glenn109US #61
#60Bobby107US #67
#61Earl105US #91
#62Phillip105US #66
#63Timothy105US #34
#64Patrick104US #39
#65Andrew103US #75
#66Leroy101US #101
#67Nathaniel98US #179
#68Howard95US #63
#69Marvin93US #89
#70Herbert92US #107
#71Johnnie92US #150
#72Billy89US #57
#73Jimmie87US #130
#74Alan86US #45
#75Steve85US #68
#76Curtis84US #97
#77Leonard84US #74
#78Freddie80US #152
#79Leon80US #121
#80Theodore79US #100
#81Louis78US #64
#82Lewis77US #132
#83Randall75US #79
#84Frederick74US #70
#85Peter73US #38
#86Allen72US #71
#87Mike72US #88
#88Alfred71US #96
#89Charlie71US #146
#90Christopher71US #81
#91Clifford71US #103
#92Jerome70US #104
#93Philip67US #55
#94Russell67US #69
#95Stanley66US #60
#96Warren64US #115
#97Benjamin63US #135
#98Melvin63US #82
#99Alvin62US #128
#100Dale62US #54

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑26Theresa#53
↑26Mark#48
↑21Marsha#62
↑19Glenn#59
↑18Rebecca#47
↑17Christine#41
↑17Anthony#43
↑17Nathaniel#67

Falling

↓35Lynda#97
↓17Alfred#88
↓16Harry#49
↓16Billy#72
↓15Rose#75
↓15Ralph#47
↓14Evelyn#55
↓14Marilyn#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.