State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,587 Florida births in 1954 across 1,180 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#86Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#93Johnnie#183 nationally
#71Annie#150 nationally
#47Gwendolyn#122 nationally
#88Vivian#156 nationally
#83Alvin#135 nationally
#65Glenda#114 nationally
#76Leroy#125 nationally
#84Benjamin#132 nationally
#48Eddie#91 nationally
#58Sylvia#101 nationally
#60Sarah#103 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,311US #2
#2Mary1,246US #1
#3Deborah1,243US #3
#4Patricia1,031US #4
#5Debra1,000US #6
#6Susan868US #5
#7Barbara779US #7
#8Sandra645US #13
#9Cynthia611US #10
#10Karen576US #8
#11Brenda572US #18
#12Donna561US #11
#13Sharon533US #16
#14Pamela529US #12
#15Nancy488US #9
#16Carol433US #15
#17Shirley391US #33
#18Elizabeth350US #20
#19Carolyn348US #27
#20Janet317US #19
#21Janice312US #25
#22Beverly310US #31
#23Gloria309US #42
#24Betty305US #36
#25Diane294US #17
#26Cheryl287US #22
#27Margaret283US #21
#28Catherine266US #32
#29Kathy259US #23
#30Joyce257US #28
#31Wanda254US #58
#32Kathleen253US #14
#33Rebecca253US #26
#34Judy229US #29
#35Marilyn227US #35
#36Teresa227US #34
#37Dorothy222US #55
#38Martha212US #46
#39Gail209US #37
#40Theresa208US #47
#41Robin190US #41
#42Peggy187US #48
#43Denise185US #24
#44Bonnie182US #52
#45Judith182US #30
#46Paula181US #38
#47Gwendolyn178US #122
#48Rose178US #54
#49Virginia176US #61
#50Laura174US #45
#51Kathryn168US #51
#52Katherine165US #64
#53Jo163US #53
#54Connie160US #39
#55Cathy152US #59
#56Helen150US #72
#57Frances148US #83
#58Sylvia147US #101
#59Alice144US #81
#60Sarah142US #103
#61Vicki138US #50
#62Phyllis135US #75
#63Joan133US #40
#64Ann128US #44
#65Glenda128US #114
#66Jacqueline128US #68
#67Christine125US #43
#68Lisa125US #73
#69Debbie124US #92
#70Sheila122US #60
#71Annie120US #150
#72Sherry118US #62
#73Rhonda117US #71
#74Diana113US #57
#75Ruth112US #66
#76Evelyn111US #109
#77Terry110US #88
#78Valerie110US #87
#79Elaine109US #74
#80Marsha108US #86
#81Victoria108US #85
#82Charlotte107US #113
#83Darlene106US #76
#84Angela101US #118
#85Jane101US #49
#86Julia101US #127
#87Jean100US #56
#88Vivian99US #156
#89Jennifer96US #108
#90Marcia95US #90
#91Suzanne94US #82
#92Yvonne93US #117
#93Ellen92US #77
#94Lynn91US #63
#95Jan85US #131
#96Julie85US #70
#97Maria85US #65
#98Regina85US #137
#99Rita83US #67
#100Dianne80US #116

Boys

#1James2,004US #3
#2Robert1,864US #2
#3Michael1,663US #1
#4John1,653US #4
#5William1,482US #6
#6David1,369US #5
#7Richard1,183US #7
#8Charles1,049US #10
#9Thomas784US #8
#10Donald642US #14
#11Gary611US #9
#12Larry601US #19
#13Kenneth598US #17
#14Joseph572US #13
#15Ronald547US #15
#16Mark517US #12
#17Steven496US #11
#18George472US #24
#19Willie442US #53
#20Edward430US #22
#21Stephen411US #20
#22Paul396US #16
#23Daniel367US #18
#24Anthony310US #32
#25Dennis286US #21
#26Gregory279US #25
#27Terry274US #27
#28Bruce270US #30
#29Jerry262US #31
#30Timothy259US #26
#31Jeffrey244US #23
#32Raymond244US #35
#33Wayne243US #41
#34Douglas240US #29
#35Johnny240US #54
#36Frank233US #36
#37Henry233US #59
#38Samuel229US #71
#39Carl219US #47
#40Walter205US #49
#41Lawrence199US #39
#42Roger184US #34
#43Arthur180US #52
#44Jack174US #57
#45Randy172US #33
#46Glenn170US #63
#47Harold163US #60
#48Eddie159US #91
#49Gerald155US #44
#50Alan154US #43
#51Ralph154US #61
#52Roy154US #56
#53Patrick149US #38
#54Ronnie147US #78
#55Eugene146US #77
#56Marvin146US #97
#57Harry144US #86
#58Danny142US #42
#59Steve142US #76
#60Andrew140US #70
#61Dale137US #50
#62Bobby135US #72
#63Keith133US #45
#64Jimmy132US #74
#65Christopher130US #64
#66Albert129US #73
#67Kevin128US #28
#68Allen126US #82
#69Earl126US #98
#70Stanley125US #58
#71Clarence124US #108
#72Joe119US #67
#73Leonard118US #85
#74Rodney118US #66
#75Billy117US #65
#76Leroy116US #125
#77Howard114US #80
#78Scott114US #40
#79Curtis113US #84
#80Ernest112US #87
#81Ricky112US #46
#82Russell112US #69
#83Alvin110US #135
#84Benjamin110US #132
#85Jerome108US #114
#86Nathaniel108
#87Randall106US #55
#88Frederick105US #83
#89Phillip102US #75
#90Lee101US #96
#91Barry100US #68
#92Tommy99US #100
#93Johnnie97US #183
#94Louis97US #81
#95Peter96US #37
#96Clifford95US #112
#97Philip94US #62
#98Tony93US #105
#99Calvin92US #117
#100Herbert92US #128

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑27Debbie#69
↑27Marvin#56
↑25Kevin#67
↑24Vicki#61
↑21Christopher#65
↑18Rose#48
↑17Theresa#40
↑17Sarah#60

Falling

↓30Randall#87
↓25Phillip#89
↓23Christine#67
↓21Marcia#90
↓21Curtis#79
↓21Frederick#88
↓21Peter#95
↓20Sheila#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.