State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 99,153 Florida births in 1958 across 1,353 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#97Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#73Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#99Vivian#172 nationally
#82Reginald#142 nationally
#86Belinda#144 nationally
#92Glenda#141 nationally
#23Willie#70 nationally
#91Clarence#138 nationally
#54Eddie#100 nationally
#41Gloria#77 nationally
#50Dorothy#86 nationally
#77Ernest#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,253US #1
#2Patricia1,142US #5
#3Linda1,124US #3
#4Cynthia1,071US #8
#5Deborah1,019US #7
#6Susan1,002US #2
#7Debra978US #6
#8Karen830US #4
#9Barbara730US #9
#10Donna697US #10
#11Brenda679US #16
#12Pamela667US #11
#13Sandra635US #15
#14Cheryl628US #13
#15Sharon603US #17
#16Kathy551US #14
#17Lisa520US #19
#18Nancy482US #12
#19Teresa458US #26
#20Carol456US #20
#21Elizabeth431US #22
#22Debbie400US #24
#23Diane384US #18
#24Janice372US #35
#25Cindy366US #25
#26Carolyn354US #37
#27Theresa333US #33
#28Beverly325US #55
#29Laura324US #29
#30Julie323US #23
#31Robin320US #32
#32Shirley300US #52
#33Janet298US #28
#34Kathleen294US #21
#35Catherine291US #38
#36Joyce286US #46
#37Denise280US #27
#38Cathy267US #34
#39Margaret265US #31
#40Wanda264US #66
#41Gloria256US #77
#42Rebecca256US #41
#43Betty247US #54
#44Judy247US #36
#45Valerie237US #64
#46Peggy236US #42
#47Darlene232US #49
#48Tammy232US #44
#49Kimberly220US #39
#50Dorothy216US #86
#51Lori214US #30
#52Rhonda211US #48
#53Angela208US #83
#54Sheila204US #59
#55Kim201US #40
#56Kathryn200US #58
#57Terri199US #51
#58Katherine194US #74
#59Tina191US #71
#60Martha189US #69
#61Phyllis183US #94
#62Bonnie181US #63
#63Rose180US #78
#64Paula178US #53
#65Gail173US #72
#66Sherry172US #67
#67Vicki172US #57
#68Leslie171US #79
#69Annette169US #76
#70Connie167US #50
#71Diana167US #45
#72Terry162US #89
#73Gwendolyn161US #151
#74Jacqueline153US #99
#75Jennifer152US #81
#76Michelle152US #56
#77Lynn151US #60
#78Marilyn151US #96
#79Virginia148US #85
#80Christine146US #43
#81Sylvia144US #114
#82Ann143US #47
#83Anita142US #82
#84Helen140US #100
#85Jo136US #91
#86Belinda135US #144
#87Alice133US #115
#88Judith133US #62
#89Stephanie130US #113
#90Frances124US #118
#91Sheryl123US #121
#92Glenda119US #141
#93Sarah118US #117
#94Suzanne118US #104
#95Julia117US #119
#96Elaine116US #101
#97Vickie115US #75
#98Victoria113US #109
#99Vivian113US #172
#100Joan112US #68

Boys

#1James2,261US #3
#2Michael2,200US #1
#3Robert1,996US #4
#4John1,838US #5
#5David1,831US #2
#6William1,606US #6
#7Richard1,295US #8
#8Charles1,043US #11
#9Mark997US #7
#10Thomas828US #9
#11Kenneth752US #14
#12Ronald682US #19
#13Timothy682US #13
#14Joseph642US #12
#15Donald639US #18
#16Steven636US #10
#17Gregory575US #23
#18Larry563US #22
#19Gary539US #17
#20Daniel506US #16
#21Anthony504US #27
#22Paul464US #15
#23Willie450US #70
#24George442US #31
#25Jeffrey426US #21
#26Edward405US #28
#27Stephen402US #26
#28Scott344US #25
#29Dennis340US #29
#30Kevin338US #20
#31Douglas326US #30
#32Terry322US #33
#33Jerry314US #35
#34Bruce308US #36
#35Keith277US #37
#36Raymond275US #43
#37Ricky274US #34
#38Frank269US #38
#39Wayne269US #48
#40Randy264US #32
#41Johnny263US #61
#42Steve243US #44
#43Walter239US #63
#44Carl236US #51
#45Brian235US #24
#46Jeffery235US #59
#47Dale234US #46
#48Tony226US #57
#49Christopher221US #39
#50Ronnie221US #66
#51Mike217US #40
#52Henry216US #83
#53Danny214US #45
#54Eddie210US #100
#55Jimmy203US #73
#56Patrick203US #42
#57Curtis199US #82
#58Harold198US #84
#59Alan196US #49
#60Andrew191US #55
#61Bobby190US #69
#62Samuel188US #85
#63Russell182US #54
#64Arthur181US #72
#65Eric181US #50
#66Gerald180US #58
#67Jack178US #80
#68Glenn177US #76
#69Billy175US #64
#70Lawrence168US #52
#71Micheal167US #91
#72Roy164US #75
#73Tommy163US #104
#74Albert160US #89
#75Ralph157US #78
#76Roger155US #47
#77Ernest153US #113
#78Stanley148US #88
#79Phillip147US #81
#80Darrell145US #90
#81Rodney143US #65
#82Reginald139US #142
#83Eugene138US #103
#84Joe138US #56
#85Randall138US #62
#86Peter134US #41
#87Barry129US #79
#88Allen128US #92
#89Calvin128US #123
#90Frederick127US #110
#91Clarence126US #138
#92Howard125US #95
#93Lee123US #114
#94Craig122US #53
#95Harry115US #111
#96Marvin114US #119
#97Johnnie113
#98Jeff110US #68
#99Jay109US #86
#100Matthew108US #60

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑34Mike#51
↑32Peggy#46
↑30Lori#51
↑28Steve#42
↑22Annette#69
↑18Tony#48
↑17Debbie#22
↑17Dale#47

Falling

↓28Roger#76
↓23Lawrence#70
↓22Gail#65
↓19Virginia#79
↓19Victoria#98
↓18Judith#88
↓18Glenn#68
↓18Roy#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.