State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,948 Florida births in 1957 across 1,328 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#93Belinda#164 nationally
#62Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#78Reginald#142 nationally
#93Leroy#148 nationally
#90Alvin#144 nationally
#83Jerome#126 nationally
#68Sylvia#109 nationally
#55Eddie#95 nationally
#94Glenda#134 nationally
#86Evelyn#125 nationally
#26Willie#63 nationally
#39Henry#75 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,240US #1
#2Deborah1,177US #6
#3Linda1,176US #3
#4Cynthia1,151US #7
#5Patricia1,091US #8
#6Debra1,057US #4
#7Susan960US #2
#8Karen776US #5
#9Barbara744US #9
#10Brenda727US #13
#11Sharon720US #14
#12Donna622US #10
#13Sandra614US #15
#14Pamela586US #12
#15Nancy547US #11
#16Cheryl488US #16
#17Kathy465US #20
#18Carol456US #18
#19Elizabeth431US #22
#20Teresa415US #24
#21Carolyn381US #33
#22Cindy378US #19
#23Lisa375US #26
#24Diane370US #17
#25Janice367US #32
#26Shirley358US #46
#27Janet353US #23
#28Robin332US #30
#29Wanda303US #59
#30Betty289US #50
#31Theresa284US #36
#32Beverly277US #48
#33Catherine277US #37
#34Joyce277US #40
#35Gloria273US #66
#36Laura271US #31
#37Kathleen262US #21
#38Margaret262US #29
#39Debbie259US #27
#40Rebecca255US #34
#41Julie249US #28
#42Denise248US #25
#43Gail242US #54
#44Martha240US #63
#45Dorothy235US #74
#46Kim235US #35
#47Cathy232US #39
#48Judy217US #38
#49Valerie215US #76
#50Vicki212US #51
#51Sheila207US #58
#52Katherine205US #72
#53Rhonda199US #52
#54Darlene195US #57
#55Kathryn194US #65
#56Kimberly193US #42
#57Terri192US #68
#58Sherry183US #55
#59Paula181US #49
#60Virginia180US #75
#61Angela179US #89
#62Gwendolyn179US #132
#63Bonnie172US #64
#64Connie169US #47
#65Rose168US #69
#66Jacqueline162US #91
#67Phyllis161US #90
#68Sylvia161US #109
#69Jo159US #83
#70Judith158US #53
#71Diana157US #43
#72Helen153US #95
#73Anita152US #81
#74Lynn152US #61
#75Tina147US #80
#76Terry143US #92
#77Marilyn142US #82
#78Peggy141US #62
#79Victoria141US #88
#80Leslie138US #77
#81Lori138US #45
#82Christine136US #41
#83Jane134US #56
#84Jennifer132US #87
#85Joan132US #60
#86Evelyn130US #125
#87Ann129US #44
#88Sarah129US #116
#89Vickie126US #70
#90Alice125US #106
#91Annette125US #97
#92Frances120US #113
#93Belinda117US #164
#94Glenda116US #134
#95Laurie116US #73
#96Sheryl116US #112
#97Charlotte114US #133
#98Ruth112US #84
#99Suzanne108US #102
#100Julia106US #122

Boys

#1James2,207US #2
#2Michael2,028US #1
#3Robert1,963US #4
#4John1,848US #5
#5David1,805US #3
#6William1,619US #6
#7Richard1,329US #8
#8Charles1,068US #11
#9Mark887US #7
#10Thomas865US #9
#11Kenneth793US #14
#12Donald713US #15
#13Joseph694US #12
#14Ronald641US #17
#15Steven641US #10
#16Gary635US #13
#17Larry587US #22
#18George498US #29
#19Timothy497US #19
#20Paul496US #18
#21Anthony476US #27
#22Gregory464US #23
#23Daniel461US #16
#24Edward452US #25
#25Stephen451US #24
#26Willie437US #63
#27Terry364US #33
#28Jeffrey359US #21
#29Bruce347US #34
#30Douglas334US #30
#31Kevin321US #20
#32Dennis318US #28
#33Jerry293US #35
#34Keith293US #36
#35Randy281US #31
#36Raymond268US #39
#37Scott268US #32
#38Wayne262US #47
#39Henry250US #75
#40Frank248US #38
#41Johnny235US #61
#42Walter234US #58
#43Ronnie217US #73
#44Carl215US #49
#45Ricky214US #40
#46Jeffery212US #52
#47Lawrence211US #46
#48Roger206US #42
#49Danny199US #45
#50Glenn199US #62
#51Gerald195US #51
#52Jack195US #67
#53Brian191US #26
#54Roy191US #65
#55Eddie190US #95
#56Arthur188US #66
#57Harold187US #74
#58Samuel185US #82
#59Christopher182US #43
#60Albert175US #84
#61Alan174US #48
#62Curtis172US #80
#63Ralph172US #76
#64Dale168US #50
#65Patrick165US #41
#66Tony165US #71
#67Russell163US #54
#68Jimmy161US #77
#69Randall160US #59
#70Steve160US #44
#71Bobby158US #78
#72Peter157US #37
#73Joe154US #57
#74Billy151US #64
#75Andrew148US #56
#76Craig147US #55
#77Micheal144US #85
#78Reginald142US #142
#79Eugene141US #92
#80Harry141US #100
#81Eric134US #60
#82Howard132US #89
#83Jerome132US #126
#84Calvin131US #114
#85Mike130US #53
#86Marvin129US #112
#87Phillip129US #79
#88Stanley129US #81
#89Tommy128US #102
#90Alvin122US #144
#91Ernest121US #101
#92Victor121US #98
#93Leroy119US #148
#94Rodney117US #70
#95Darrell116US #90
#96Leonard114US #94
#97Ray113US #111
#98Clifford112US #130
#99Melvin112US #113
#100Allen110US #91

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑65Cindy#22
↑31Julie#41
↑25Terri#57
↑24Ricky#45
↑20Jack#52
↑20Craig#76
↑19Leslie#80
↑18Jeffery#46

Falling

↓23Frances#92
↓20Jo#69
↓19Bonnie#63
↓18Samuel#58
↓18Allen#100
↓17Steve#70
↓16Phyllis#67
↓16Marilyn#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.