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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,995 Florida births in 1953 across 1,128 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#58Annie#143 nationally
#75Vivian#149 nationally
#47Gwendolyn#112 nationally
#75Benjamin#128 nationally
#98Ruby#150 nationally
#76Leroy#126 nationally
#95Annette#145 nationally
#52Eddie#97 nationally
#81Herbert#125 nationally
#93Leon#137 nationally
#62Glenda#105 nationally
#100Alvin#140 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,370US #2
#2Mary1,224US #1
#3Deborah1,166US #3
#4Patricia1,152US #4
#5Susan793US #5
#6Barbara791US #6
#7Debra789US #7
#8Brenda620US #18
#9Sandra597US #11
#10Cynthia560US #12
#11Pamela499US #10
#12Nancy492US #8
#13Sharon473US #15
#14Karen469US #9
#15Donna467US #13
#16Carol404US #16
#17Shirley387US #29
#18Carolyn356US #25
#19Janet351US #19
#20Janice336US #22
#21Elizabeth334US #21
#22Betty319US #33
#23Diane317US #17
#24Gloria305US #38
#25Margaret303US #20
#26Beverly267US #34
#27Rebecca263US #24
#28Kathleen260US #14
#29Joyce254US #26
#30Dorothy244US #49
#31Catherine241US #35
#32Judy233US #27
#33Wanda232US #57
#34Martha227US #41
#35Kathy226US #23
#36Marilyn224US #36
#37Gail223US #39
#38Cheryl209US #28
#39Bonnie189US #45
#40Teresa180US #42
#41Laura172US #51
#42Peggy172US #44
#43Kathryn169US #48
#44Christine164US #32
#45Judith164US #30
#46Paula164US #40
#47Gwendolyn160US #112
#48Virginia159US #53
#49Frances153US #72
#50Sheila152US #60
#51Robin146US #66
#52Helen144US #65
#53Jacqueline144US #58
#54Cathy143US #56
#55Jo140US #54
#56Alice138US #73
#57Theresa135US #50
#58Annie134US #143
#59Denise131US #31
#60Katherine127US #63
#61Phyllis127US #69
#62Glenda125US #105
#63Connie123US #47
#64Joan120US #37
#65Marsha119US #83
#66Rose119US #59
#67Sylvia119US #101
#68Victoria119US #82
#69Marcia116US #84
#70Rhonda115US #85
#71Ann114US #46
#72Ruth111US #62
#73Evelyn109US #94
#74Darlene108US #75
#75Vivian108US #149
#76Elaine106US #77
#77Sarah106US #93
#78Jane104US #43
#79Valerie103US #88
#80Doris102US #87
#81Suzanne102US #78
#82Diana100US #55
#83Sherry98US #70
#84Angela97US #120
#85Vicki95US #61
#86Rita94US #64
#87Yvonne94US #104
#88Constance92US #95
#89Charlotte91US #100
#90Julie90US #74
#91Leslie90US #96
#92Jean88US #52
#93Jennifer87US #116
#94Lynn85US #67
#95Annette84US #145
#96Debbie83US #119
#97Julia83US #124
#98Ruby81US #150
#99Marie79US #86
#100Charlene76US #113

Boys

#1James2,023US #2
#2Robert1,702US #1
#3John1,652US #4
#4Michael1,507US #3
#5William1,388US #6
#6David1,331US #5
#7Richard1,113US #7
#8Charles1,038US #9
#9Thomas797US #8
#10Larry591US #18
#11Gary571US #10
#12Ronald556US #15
#13Donald553US #14
#14Joseph533US #13
#15Kenneth487US #17
#16George440US #22
#17Willie425US #49
#18Stephen416US #21
#19Steven414US #11
#20Mark411US #12
#21Daniel393US #20
#22Paul362US #16
#23Edward361US #23
#24Gregory285US #24
#25Dennis280US #19
#26Jerry248US #29
#27Bruce245US #28
#28Frank243US #33
#29Terry239US #30
#30Raymond230US #34
#31Timothy227US #26
#32Anthony225US #32
#33Henry225US #54
#34Wayne224US #40
#35Lawrence219US #37
#36Carl208US #44
#37Walter203US #45
#38Douglas202US #27
#39Johnny184US #52
#40Roger179US #31
#41Samuel178US #70
#42Jeffrey171US #25
#43Arthur170US #50
#44Jack164US #57
#45Harold163US #56
#46Patrick163US #39
#47Harry162US #83
#48Ralph161US #59
#49Gerald160US #42
#50Glenn157US #67
#51Albert156US #69
#52Eddie154US #97
#53Jimmy148US #72
#54Roy147US #55
#55Alan146US #43
#56Danny143US #41
#57Randall139US #64
#58Curtis136US #86
#59Stanley130US #62
#60Dale129US #48
#61Eugene129US #75
#62Randy128US #35
#63Bobby127US #74
#64Phillip127US #76
#65Ernest124US #87
#66Andrew120US #68
#67Frederick120US #80
#68Ronnie118US #79
#69Joe114US #66
#70Howard113US #77
#71Steve113US #84
#72Earl112US #96
#73Keith110US #47
#74Peter110US #38
#75Benjamin109US #128
#76Leroy109US #126
#77Billy108US #65
#78Leonard107US #85
#79Louis105US #78
#80Rodney105US #58
#81Herbert104US #125
#82Allen103US #81
#83Marvin102US #94
#84Clarence101US #108
#85Clifford101US #102
#86Christopher100US #63
#87Fred95US #92
#88Jerome95US #107
#89Scott95US #46
#90Lee91US #93
#91Micheal90US #88
#92Kevin89US #36
#93Leon89US #137
#94Philip89US #61
#95Russell89US #71
#96Tommy89US #95
#97Calvin87US #111
#98Alfred86US #104
#99Melvin86US #91
#100Alvin85US #140

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑26Marcia#69
↑26Stanley#59
↑23Benjamin#75
↑22Teresa#40
↑22Randy#62
↑21Randall#57
↑20Darlene#74
↑18Alan#55

Falling

↓28Clarence#84
↓25Tommy#96
↓23Calvin#97
↓20Christopher#86
↓19Charlotte#89
↓18Allen#82
↓16Ann#71
↓15Jean#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.