State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,744 Florida births in 1950 across 982 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#91Willieoutside the national top 200
#86Nathaniel#182 nationally
#63Freddie#155 nationally
#81Jacquelyn#167 nationally
#73Johnnie#157 nationally
#33Gwendolyn#113 nationally
#98Ethel#176 nationally
#39Annie#106 nationally
#84Charlie#151 nationally
#80Vivian#138 nationally
#88Jimmie#141 nationally
#71Leon#119 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,481US #1
#2Mary1,156US #2
#3Patricia1,020US #3
#4Barbara788US #4
#5Sandra522US #8
#6Susan494US #5
#7Deborah493US #7
#8Brenda461US #14
#9Shirley455US #19
#10Nancy441US #6
#11Sharon431US #11
#12Betty387US #26
#13Carol387US #9
#14Carolyn385US #20
#15Cynthia319US #23
#16Donna317US #13
#17Gloria313US #30
#18Karen306US #12
#19Margaret299US #15
#20Joyce280US #27
#21Martha274US #32
#22Pamela268US #17
#23Janice264US #22
#24Elizabeth263US #24
#25Dorothy232US #35
#26Judy222US #25
#27Beverly205US #31
#28Kathleen199US #10
#29Janet196US #18
#30Diane192US #16
#31Wanda178US #52
#32Judith166US #21
#33Gwendolyn165US #113
#34Cheryl162US #29
#35Catherine161US #34
#36Kathy156US #38
#37Gail155US #42
#38Bonnie150US #33
#39Annie148US #106
#40Rebecca148US #36
#41Frances146US #51
#42Marilyn141US #37
#43Peggy140US #41
#44Virginia139US #43
#45Helen138US #50
#46Alice131US #57
#47Joan125US #40
#48Sheila124US #70
#49Charlotte123US #80
#50Glenda122US #87
#51Doris121US #74
#52Ann118US #45
#53Evelyn118US #86
#54Kathryn116US #46
#55Laura113US #63
#56Christine112US #28
#57Sherry111US #62
#58Jacqueline110US #55
#59Jo108US #64
#60Diana106US #47
#61Phyllis105US #53
#62Sarah105US #88
#63Sylvia104US #97
#64Rose101US #69
#65Paula100US #54
#66Katherine99US #58
#67Marsha99US #68
#68Theresa97US #65
#69Yvonne92US #110
#70Connie91US #44
#71Debra91US #59
#72Ruth88US #49
#73Suzanne88US #71
#74Marcia87US #77
#75Cathy86US #75
#76Juanita86US #115
#77Dianne85US #90
#78Jane83US #39
#79Joann82US #98
#80Vivian82US #138
#81Jacquelyn81US #167
#82Marie81US #72
#83Teresa81US #81
#84Delores80US #129
#85Constance78US #85
#86Geraldine78US #102
#87Jean76US #48
#88Ruby75US #130
#89Elaine73US #60
#90Ellen72US #66
#91Willie70
#92Lois69US #83
#93Julia68US #119
#94Norma68US #104
#95Rita66US #56
#96Louise65US #109
#97Lynda64US #107
#98Ethel63US #176
#99Irene63US #92
#100Mildred62US #135

Boys

#1James1,822US #1
#2Robert1,469US #2
#3John1,381US #3
#4William1,140US #6
#5Charles904US #9
#6Michael870US #4
#7David845US #5
#8Richard795US #7
#9Thomas582US #8
#10Larry560US #11
#11Ronald516US #12
#12Donald459US #14
#13Joseph450US #13
#14George442US #20
#15Gary421US #10
#16Willie413US #42
#17Kenneth384US #15
#18Edward346US #22
#19Daniel279US #21
#20Paul276US #18
#21Stephen263US #19
#22Jerry259US #24
#23Johnny233US #50
#24Frank225US #29
#25Raymond219US #31
#26Henry218US #47
#27Steven216US #16
#28Wayne190US #35
#29Walter188US #40
#30Bruce186US #26
#31Dennis172US #17
#32Arthur165US #46
#33Carl157US #44
#34Ralph157US #52
#35Douglas146US #28
#36Harold146US #45
#37Jimmy145US #55
#38Mark145US #23
#39Roger145US #27
#40Lawrence142US #33
#41Terry142US #30
#42Roy141US #51
#43Samuel138US #62
#44Gerald136US #34
#45Gregory135US #25
#46Anthony134US #36
#47Ronnie133US #76
#48Danny131US #39
#49Timothy129US #32
#50Eddie125US #89
#51Albert123US #56
#52Harry122US #61
#53Jack122US #48
#54Eugene120US #58
#55Ernest118US #81
#56Joe118US #54
#57Glenn112US #59
#58Allen110US #71
#59Bobby109US #65
#60Curtis105US #97
#61Billy104US #57
#62Fred103US #84
#63Freddie102US #155
#64Clarence100US #95
#65Earl100US #92
#66Louis100US #66
#67Howard98US #63
#68Leroy97US #102
#69Alan96US #41
#70Tommy94US #94
#71Leon92US #119
#72Leonard92US #77
#73Johnnie91US #157
#74Andrew90US #68
#75Steve90US #83
#76Phillip89US #64
#77Patrick87US #38
#78Marvin85US #93
#79Herbert84US #112
#80Jerome84US #103
#81Melvin81US #87
#82Philip81US #53
#83Dale80US #49
#84Charlie79US #151
#85Jeffrey79US #43
#86Nathaniel79US #182
#87Clifford78US #100
#88Jimmie78US #141
#89Alfred76US #96
#90Calvin76US #105
#91Alvin75US #121
#92Barry73US #74
#93Randall73US #70
#94Benjamin72US #123
#95Russell72US #67
#96Christopher70US #72
#97Jesse70US #114
#98Theodore70US #99
#99Frederick69US #75
#100Peter66US #37

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑31Kathy#36
↑28Allen#58
↑25Sheila#48
↑20Diana#60
↑18Marcia#74
↑17Paula#65
↑17Melvin#81
↑17Dale#83

Falling

↓29Mildred#100
↓20Jane#78
↓19Nathaniel#86
↓18Tommy#70
↓18Theodore#98
↓17Geraldine#86
↓17Jean#87
↓17Eddie#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.