State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,190 Florida births in 1956 across 1,264 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#95Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#47Gwendolyn#128 nationally
#90Annie#171 nationally
#77Vivian#148 nationally
#92Reginald#144 nationally
#84Alvin#134 nationally
#48Angela#93 nationally
#97Leroy#140 nationally
#92Glenda#134 nationally
#19Willie#58 nationally
#69Frances#107 nationally
#57Eddie#93 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,347US #1
#2Deborah1,250US #4
#3Linda1,164US #3
#4Patricia1,096US #6
#5Debra1,070US #2
#6Susan951US #5
#7Cynthia838US #8
#8Barbara735US #9
#9Karen731US #7
#10Sharon709US #13
#11Brenda670US #19
#12Pamela661US #12
#13Sandra635US #14
#14Donna628US #10
#15Cheryl499US #18
#16Nancy474US #11
#17Carol409US #16
#18Kathy390US #20
#19Diane383US #15
#20Carolyn355US #33
#21Teresa351US #24
#22Elizabeth344US #22
#23Shirley342US #41
#24Janet339US #21
#25Janice326US #26
#26Wanda320US #61
#27Joyce297US #30
#28Betty291US #44
#29Gloria288US #53
#30Beverly280US #40
#31Robin278US #29
#32Margaret274US #25
#33Kathleen266US #17
#34Catherine262US #28
#35Denise244US #23
#36Lisa244US #31
#37Martha242US #59
#38Dorothy241US #72
#39Theresa236US #32
#40Rebecca230US #27
#41Debbie226US #39
#42Judy223US #35
#43Gail217US #49
#44Bonnie216US #51
#45Laura216US #34
#46Cathy214US #36
#47Gwendolyn195US #128
#48Angela194US #93
#49Jo194US #69
#50Kathryn193US #60
#51Phyllis181US #82
#52Sheila181US #55
#53Sherry180US #54
#54Connie177US #43
#55Paula176US #47
#56Jacqueline174US #78
#57Judith173US #45
#58Rose173US #64
#59Kim172US #38
#60Katherine163US #67
#61Marilyn163US #70
#62Virginia163US #75
#63Darlene160US #71
#64Rhonda160US #62
#65Valerie157US #80
#66Vicki157US #57
#67Lynn155US #58
#68Peggy153US #63
#69Frances151US #107
#70Terry143US #91
#71Tina143US #87
#72Julie142US #48
#73Kimberly142US #74
#74Anita141US #83
#75Diana135US #56
#76Alice128US #98
#77Vivian128US #148
#78Ann124US #46
#79Helen123US #90
#80Jennifer122US #97
#81Sarah122US #115
#82Terri122US #81
#83Victoria121US #85
#84Doris120US #109
#85Sylvia120US #108
#86Yvonne120US #121
#87Cindy118US #37
#88Christine117US #42
#89Evelyn117US #120
#90Annie116US #171
#91Vickie116US #68
#92Glenda111US #134
#93Stephanie110US #111
#94Ruth108US #77
#95Suzanne108US #94
#96Annette107US #119
#97Julia106US #131
#98Elaine105US #89
#99Leslie103US #104
#100Jane102US #50

Boys

#1James2,225US #2
#2Robert1,961US #3
#3Michael1,929US #1
#4John1,853US #5
#5David1,589US #4
#6William1,522US #6
#7Richard1,127US #7
#8Charles1,059US #11
#9Mark834US #8
#10Thomas825US #9
#11Kenneth755US #16
#12Gary681US #13
#13Ronald660US #15
#14Joseph659US #12
#15Donald647US #14
#16Steven638US #10
#17Larry561US #21
#18George504US #27
#19Willie482US #58
#20Paul470US #17
#21Timothy457US #19
#22Stephen448US #23
#23Daniel443US #18
#24Gregory432US #24
#25Anthony418US #30
#26Edward406US #25
#27Jeffrey351US #20
#28Dennis333US #26
#29Bruce323US #33
#30Kevin305US #22
#31Jerry302US #35
#32Douglas292US #29
#33Johnny286US #55
#34Terry282US #31
#35Randy272US #28
#36Carl266US #48
#37Wayne262US #45
#38Frank255US #38
#39Raymond233US #39
#40Samuel230US #74
#41Keith227US #36
#42Scott222US #34
#43Henry213US #71
#44Arthur206US #60
#45Ronnie202US #75
#46Glenn198US #61
#47Roger194US #41
#48Walter192US #53
#49Danny190US #46
#50Roy187US #62
#51Alan185US #44
#52Patrick184US #40
#53Steve178US #59
#54Dale176US #50
#55Gerald175US #49
#56Curtis173US #80
#57Eddie172US #93
#58Jimmy170US #78
#59Ralph170US #67
#60Randall170US #54
#61Brian167US #32
#62Lawrence167US #42
#63Russell167US #52
#64Jeffery164US #57
#65Bobby162US #77
#66Harold162US #72
#67Christopher159US #47
#68Andrew158US #56
#69Ricky157US #43
#70Billy156US #68
#71Eugene150US #86
#72Jack148US #66
#73Stanley147US #70
#74Peter143US #37
#75Howard140US #84
#76Barry133US #69
#77Phillip133US #76
#78Albert129US #81
#79Tony129US #85
#80Harry127US #95
#81Micheal126US #83
#82Allen124US #87
#83Ernest124US #94
#84Alvin121US #134
#85Eric120US #79
#86Melvin120US #101
#87Calvin117US #109
#88Victor116US #96
#89Clarence114US #120
#90Clifford114US #122
#91Joe114US #63
#92Reginald112US #144
#93Rodney108US #65
#94Frederick107US #91
#95Nathaniel107
#96Craig105US #51
#97Leroy105US #140
#98Earl104US #110
#99Jerome103US #117
#100Marvin103US #105

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑33Brian#61
↑31Darlene#63
↑28Kim#59
↑25Angela#48
↑25Kevin#30
↑20Jimmy#58
↑19Frances#69
↑18Vivian#77

Falling

↓29Marvin#100
↓26Albert#78
↓25Jack#72
↓21Victoria#83
↓21Christine#88
↓21Lawrence#62
↓21Ernest#83
↓20Rodney#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.