State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,642 Florida births in 1955 across 1,200 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#98Jacquelynoutside the national top 200
#86Annie#160 nationally
#57Gwendolyn#122 nationally
#95Vivian#154 nationally
#79Leroy#133 nationally
#75Glenda#128 nationally
#92Reginald#144 nationally
#91Alvin#134 nationally
#90Herbert#129 nationally
#80Clarence#117 nationally
#71Sylvia#107 nationally
#73Angela#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,252US #1
#2Deborah1,239US #2
#3Linda1,128US #3
#4Patricia1,117US #6
#5Debra1,114US #4
#6Susan877US #5
#7Barbara741US #7
#8Cynthia714US #11
#9Brenda636US #18
#10Sandra631US #13
#11Donna593US #10
#12Karen584US #8
#13Sharon534US #16
#14Pamela516US #12
#15Nancy488US #9
#16Carol429US #15
#17Cheryl410US #19
#18Elizabeth395US #21
#19Diane385US #14
#20Carolyn358US #30
#21Janet346US #20
#22Betty344US #36
#23Shirley338US #37
#24Janice329US #25
#25Gloria318US #47
#26Kathy314US #22
#27Beverly295US #34
#28Teresa290US #26
#29Wanda287US #61
#30Margaret278US #24
#31Joyce267US #29
#32Kathleen259US #17
#33Denise246US #23
#34Dorothy243US #64
#35Theresa242US #38
#36Catherine238US #28
#37Robin236US #33
#38Rebecca228US #27
#39Gail218US #42
#40Martha212US #53
#41Laura211US #41
#42Judy210US #32
#43Marilyn208US #49
#44Judith207US #31
#45Connie203US #35
#46Bonnie189US #45
#47Kathryn185US #59
#48Sherry180US #56
#49Cathy174US #44
#50Debbie171US #63
#51Jo168US #58
#52Lisa168US #48
#53Virginia166US #66
#54Paula165US #39
#55Rose164US #54
#56Sheila163US #57
#57Gwendolyn159US #122
#58Phyllis158US #74
#59Peggy155US #51
#60Katherine148US #65
#61Vicki147US #52
#62Victoria146US #82
#63Jacqueline145US #73
#64Valerie139US #80
#65Helen138US #78
#66Diana135US #55
#67Christine134US #40
#68Rhonda134US #71
#69Alice132US #87
#70Terry131US #83
#71Sylvia130US #107
#72Ann129US #43
#73Angela125US #109
#74Sarah117US #108
#75Glenda114US #128
#76Lynn114US #62
#77Evelyn113US #112
#78Joan113US #46
#79Elaine112US #77
#80Julie112US #67
#81Terri110US #85
#82Jane109US #50
#83Jennifer108US #104
#84Ruth108US #70
#85Doris106US #101
#86Annie105US #160
#87Kim103US #75
#88Frances102US #96
#89Anita100US #94
#90Suzanne100US #86
#91Yvonne100US #119
#92Jean98US #60
#93Cindy96US #79
#94Darlene95US #76
#95Vivian95US #154
#96Stephanie92US #114
#97Leslie90US #99
#98Jacquelyn89
#99Sheryl89US #125
#100Constance88US #118

Boys

#1James2,104US #3
#2Robert1,818US #4
#3Michael1,722US #1
#4John1,663US #5
#5David1,537US #2
#6William1,473US #6
#7Richard1,168US #7
#8Charles1,019US #11
#9Thomas782US #8
#10Mark670US #9
#11Kenneth659US #15
#12Larry620US #19
#13Donald608US #14
#14Gary606US #12
#15Joseph584US #13
#16Steven573US #10
#17Ronald562US #18
#18George460US #26
#19Stephen452US #21
#20Willie449US #54
#21Paul445US #16
#22Daniel436US #17
#23Edward409US #25
#24Gregory389US #24
#25Timothy373US #22
#26Anthony326US #31
#27Jeffrey305US #20
#28Terry298US #28
#29Bruce280US #32
#30Dennis279US #23
#31Jerry270US #33
#32Douglas266US #29
#33Frank249US #34
#34Henry246US #61
#35Johnny246US #55
#36Raymond235US #36
#37Carl226US #47
#38Walter220US #51
#39Wayne210US #44
#40Randy207US #30
#41Lawrence200US #42
#42Roger192US #37
#43Roy181US #58
#44Alan180US #43
#45Samuel178US #71
#46Glenn176US #59
#47Jack176US #60
#48Keith176US #39
#49Harold174US #63
#50Arthur172US #56
#51Ronnie165US #80
#52Albert164US #76
#53Danny164US #45
#54Randall161US #53
#55Kevin159US #27
#56Patrick158US #41
#57Scott156US #38
#58Gerald153US #48
#59Ralph152US #67
#60Eddie151US #92
#61Curtis149US #79
#62Ernest149US #90
#63Christopher143US #49
#64Steve142US #72
#65Bobby141US #75
#66Andrew136US #66
#67Eugene136US #81
#68Stanley131US #64
#69Dale129US #52
#70Jeffery128US #73
#71Marvin126US #94
#72Russell126US #57
#73Rodney125US #65
#74Joe124US #68
#75Ricky124US #46
#76Allen123US #84
#77Harry123US #89
#78Jimmy123US #78
#79Leroy121US #133
#80Clarence117US #117
#81Peter117US #35
#82Frederick115US #86
#83Tommy115US #108
#84Howard112US #83
#85Jerome112US #112
#86Leonard109US #88
#87Phillip107US #74
#88Billy106US #69
#89Barry105US #70
#90Herbert105US #129
#91Alvin104US #134
#92Reginald104US #144
#93Calvin102US #110
#94Brian101US #40
#95Micheal101US #87
#96Tony97US #93
#97Benjamin95US #132
#98Alfred93US #119
#99Bernard93US #127
#100Craig93US #50

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑33Randall#54
↑24Sherry#48
↑21Scott#57
↑19Debbie#50
↑19Victoria#62
↑18Lynn#76
↑18Curtis#61
↑18Ernest#62

Falling

↓31Frances#88
↓20Harry#77
↓17Peggy#59
↓15Joan#78
↓15Annie#86
↓15Marvin#71
↓14Sarah#74
↓14Jimmy#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.