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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,210 Florida births in 1952 across 1,072 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#89Jacquelyn#182 nationally
#94Freddie#177 nationally
#46Annie#127 nationally
#93Johnnie#173 nationally
#97Belinda#172 nationally
#42Gwendolyn#114 nationally
#78Vivian#142 nationally
#100Rosa#162 nationally
#83Julia#131 nationally
#56Clarence#102 nationally
#70Leroy#116 nationally
#86Alvin#128 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,405US #1
#2Mary1,228US #2
#3Patricia1,083US #3
#4Deborah1,016US #4
#5Barbara832US #6
#6Susan641US #5
#7Debra574US #9
#8Sandra565US #10
#9Brenda534US #15
#10Nancy481US #7
#11Cynthia478US #18
#12Sharon472US #14
#13Karen424US #8
#14Donna396US #13
#15Carolyn376US #24
#16Carol340US #12
#17Betty333US #32
#18Pamela331US #17
#19Shirley331US #28
#20Elizabeth314US #22
#21Janice312US #23
#22Gloria301US #36
#23Diane293US #16
#24Janet289US #19
#25Margaret281US #21
#26Kathleen263US #11
#27Judy261US #26
#28Joyce250US #27
#29Martha244US #40
#30Beverly237US #35
#31Catherine233US #34
#32Dorothy227US #46
#33Cheryl222US #31
#34Wanda215US #54
#35Gail206US #39
#36Christine205US #20
#37Rebecca198US #30
#38Judith182US #25
#39Kathy181US #29
#40Virginia179US #49
#41Kathryn164US #48
#42Gwendolyn163US #114
#43Marilyn157US #38
#44Peggy154US #43
#45Bonnie148US #41
#46Annie146US #127
#47Frances142US #67
#48Jacqueline142US #58
#49Laura141US #53
#50Joan135US #37
#51Sheila135US #64
#52Helen132US #63
#53Cathy128US #56
#54Paula128US #47
#55Ann127US #45
#56Phyllis126US #65
#57Alice124US #69
#58Katherine123US #59
#59Connie122US #44
#60Evelyn122US #90
#61Jo122US #55
#62Teresa121US #52
#63Rose120US #62
#64Glenda118US #97
#65Denise114US #33
#66Sarah113US #93
#67Marsha111US #75
#68Theresa108US #60
#69Jane106US #42
#70Charlotte104US #89
#71Diana102US #51
#72Victoria99US #74
#73Sylvia98US #99
#74Ellen96US #70
#75Sherry96US #68
#76Doris94US #83
#77Jean93US #50
#78Vivian93US #142
#79Yvonne93US #103
#80Elaine91US #73
#81Rita91US #66
#82Ruth91US #57
#83Julia90US #131
#84Suzanne90US #84
#85Rhonda88US #95
#86Charlene86US #106
#87Dianne84US #96
#88Vicki84US #61
#89Jacquelyn83US #182
#90Constance82US #92
#91Lynn82US #71
#92Marie81US #82
#93Anita79US #91
#94Darlene78US #77
#95Marcia78US #80
#96Valerie76US #87
#97Belinda75US #172
#98Julie70US #85
#99Norma70US #112
#100Rosa69US #162

Boys

#1James1,803US #1
#2John1,645US #3
#3Robert1,550US #2
#4William1,336US #6
#5Michael1,291US #4
#6David1,208US #5
#7Charles986US #9
#8Richard983US #7
#9Thomas707US #8
#10Larry599US #14
#11Gary575US #10
#12Ronald525US #15
#13Donald514US #13
#14Joseph503US #12
#15George467US #22
#16Kenneth463US #16
#17Willie439US #48
#18Steven394US #11
#19Paul363US #19
#20Edward356US #23
#21Stephen356US #21
#22Daniel335US #20
#23Mark293US #17
#24Gregory257US #24
#25Dennis253US #18
#26Jerry251US #26
#27Bruce237US #25
#28Walter230US #44
#29Henry220US #50
#30Frank210US #32
#31Raymond210US #33
#32Timothy208US #27
#33Douglas199US #28
#34Lawrence197US #35
#35Johnny196US #53
#36Terry196US #29
#37Wayne196US #38
#38Anthony193US #34
#39Carl179US #45
#40Roger173US #30
#41Jack171US #52
#42Harold168US #51
#43Samuel167US #67
#44Arthur156US #47
#45Roy154US #55
#46Danny151US #40
#47Glenn146US #61
#48Eugene145US #71
#49Gerald139US #39
#50Ralph139US #56
#51Albert137US #66
#52Andrew137US #68
#53Harry135US #75
#54Eddie134US #93
#55Jeffrey133US #31
#56Clarence132US #102
#57Ronnie126US #82
#58Howard125US #73
#59Ernest123US #87
#60Jimmy120US #72
#61Patrick118US #37
#62Dale117US #46
#63Steve114US #85
#64Allen113US #78
#65Curtis112US #86
#66Christopher111US #57
#67Earl111US #98
#68Joe111US #62
#69Bobby108US #77
#70Leroy105US #116
#71Tommy105US #97
#72Leonard104US #83
#73Alan102US #42
#74Calvin102US #108
#75Fred102US #90
#76Billy100US #65
#77Frederick99US #76
#78Randall99US #63
#79Peter96US #36
#80Clifford95US #99
#81Keith95US #49
#82Phillip95US #74
#83Alfred93US #104
#84Randy93US #41
#85Stanley93US #58
#86Alvin92US #128
#87Jerome92US #105
#88Louis92US #79
#89Marvin92US #95
#90Russell92US #70
#91Barry91US #69
#92Leon90US #124
#93Johnnie89US #173
#94Freddie88US #177
#95Lee84US #92
#96Herbert83US #115
#97Melvin83US #91
#98Benjamin82US #122
#99Bernard82US #111
#100Micheal81US #94

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑41Jeffrey#55
↑32Denise#65
↑20Tommy#71
↑19Andrew#52
↑18Victoria#72
↑18Calvin#74
↑17Ann#55
↑16Sheila#51

Falling

↓26Johnnie#93
↓23Yvonne#79
↓20Herbert#96
↓18Sylvia#73
↓17Vicki#88
↓17Stanley#85
↓16Lee#95
↓14Jacquelyn#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.