State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,018 Florida births in 1951 across 1,032 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#67Johnnie#162 nationally
#75Jacquelyn#163 nationally
#99Nathaniel#187 nationally
#94Belinda#171 nationally
#43Gwendolyn#112 nationally
#98Freddie#165 nationally
#82Jimmie#145 nationally
#51Annie#113 nationally
#79Delores#141 nationally
#77Vivian#138 nationally
#81Ruby#140 nationally
#95Charlie#153 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,442US #1
#2Mary1,224US #2
#3Patricia1,098US #3
#4Deborah816US #4
#5Barbara754US #5
#6Sandra571US #9
#7Susan563US #6
#8Brenda535US #14
#9Sharon500US #13
#10Nancy492US #7
#11Cynthia436US #20
#12Donna421US #12
#13Carolyn409US #22
#14Shirley400US #27
#15Karen380US #8
#16Carol348US #11
#17Pamela342US #16
#18Gloria339US #31
#19Betty329US #29
#20Debra320US #18
#21Margaret294US #17
#22Dorothy282US #42
#23Janice278US #21
#24Elizabeth271US #23
#25Martha264US #38
#26Joyce251US #28
#27Diane245US #15
#28Judy240US #26
#29Kathleen227US #10
#30Janet225US #19
#31Beverly210US #33
#32Wanda210US #52
#33Catherine209US #34
#34Gail204US #36
#35Cheryl203US #30
#36Judith189US #25
#37Christine159US #24
#38Rebecca156US #32
#39Peggy154US #40
#40Helen153US #54
#41Kathryn153US #45
#42Kathy153US #35
#43Gwendolyn152US #112
#44Virginia152US #47
#45Alice149US #62
#46Bonnie148US #37
#47Jacqueline148US #56
#48Phyllis147US #57
#49Frances137US #59
#50Marilyn137US #41
#51Annie131US #113
#52Jo128US #67
#53Glenda125US #89
#54Katherine123US #55
#55Sylvia123US #97
#56Yvonne119US #101
#57Marsha115US #76
#58Sarah114US #91
#59Evelyn113US #88
#60Laura112US #60
#61Joan111US #39
#62Paula110US #51
#63Connie108US #44
#64Jane108US #43
#65Theresa107US #64
#66Charlotte106US #84
#67Sheila106US #69
#68Cathy104US #71
#69Ruth101US #53
#70Teresa96US #63
#71Vicki94US #58
#72Ann93US #46
#73Sherry93US #70
#74Diana92US #50
#75Jacquelyn92US #163
#76Rose91US #65
#77Vivian91US #138
#78Constance89US #86
#79Delores87US #141
#80Doris86US #80
#81Ruby85US #140
#82Elaine82US #66
#83Juanita82US #126
#84Rita82US #61
#85Ellen81US #68
#86Norma80US #107
#87Marcia79US #74
#88Marie79US #78
#89Lynn78US #72
#90Victoria77US #81
#91Charlene75US #103
#92Geraldine75US #108
#93Jean74US #49
#94Belinda71US #171
#95Darlene68US #79
#96Jeanette68US #132
#97Denise65US #48
#98Joanne65US #73
#99Mildred65US #146
#100Jan64US #145

Boys

#1James1,859US #1
#2Robert1,507US #2
#3John1,475US #3
#4William1,308US #6
#5Michael1,055US #4
#6David964US #5
#7Richard909US #7
#8Charles888US #9
#9Thomas660US #8
#10Larry610US #11
#11Ronald527US #12
#12Joseph503US #14
#13Gary475US #10
#14Donald473US #15
#15George470US #22
#16Kenneth462US #16
#17Willie403US #45
#18Edward379US #23
#19Stephen306US #19
#20Paul299US #18
#21Daniel298US #21
#22Steven298US #13
#23Jerry276US #24
#24Mark250US #20
#25Frank234US #31
#26Henry234US #47
#27Walter228US #42
#28Dennis227US #17
#29Johnny211US #50
#30Bruce208US #26
#31Gregory206US #25
#32Terry201US #30
#33Raymond193US #32
#34Douglas190US #27
#35Wayne184US #37
#36Arthur174US #44
#37Roger172US #29
#38Carl169US #43
#39Anthony168US #34
#40Jack167US #48
#41Lawrence163US #33
#42Samuel154US #67
#43Eddie153US #89
#44Gerald153US #36
#45Harold151US #46
#46Ralph150US #51
#47Timothy149US #28
#48Eugene147US #65
#49Ernest137US #83
#50Harry135US #70
#51Albert132US #60
#52Glenn132US #58
#53Jimmy131US #62
#54Ronnie129US #82
#55Roy129US #52
#56Bobby121US #77
#57Clarence121US #98
#58Danny121US #41
#59Alan118US #40
#60Curtis114US #91
#61Joe112US #57
#62Allen111US #72
#63Patrick109US #39
#64Howard108US #74
#65Leroy107US #111
#66Frederick106US #78
#67Johnnie104US #162
#68Stanley104US #54
#69Fred103US #87
#70Earl102US #95
#71Andrew100US #69
#72Billy99US #64
#73Alvin98US #121
#74Dale96US #49
#75Leonard96US #80
#76Herbert95US #112
#77Steve95US #86
#78Christopher93US #61
#79Lee92US #92
#80Phillip91US #79
#81Leon89US #122
#82Jimmie88US #145
#83Melvin88US #88
#84Philip88US #55
#85Randall88US #66
#86Alfred87US #100
#87Norman85US #90
#88Benjamin83US #123
#89Jerome83US #103
#90Peter83US #38
#91Tommy83US #94
#92Calvin81US #106
#93Louis81US #76
#94Marvin80US #96
#95Charlie79US #153
#96Jeffrey78US #35
#97Theodore78US #99
#98Freddie77US #165
#99Nathaniel77US #187
#100Bernard74US #107

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑51Debra#20
↑33Frederick#66
↑19Christine#37
↑18Alvin#73
↑18Christopher#78
↑14Jane#64
↑14Mark#24
↑14Gregory#31

Falling

↓35Freddie#98
↓29Doris#80
↓27Louis#93
↓21Tommy#91
↓20Ann#72
↓19Sheila#67
↓17Charlotte#66
↓16Sherry#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.