State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,502 Florida births in 1959 across 1,386 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#79Gwendolyn#159 nationally
#91Alvin#153 nationally
#89Belinda#150 nationally
#85Reginald#144 nationally
#25Willie#78 nationally
#100Melanie#149 nationally
#98Charlotte#144 nationally
#94Vanessa#139 nationally
#58Eddie#101 nationally
#96Clifford#139 nationally
#64Phyllis#103 nationally
#84Sylvia#120 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,196US #1
#2Cynthia1,069US #8
#3Linda1,063US #3
#4Donna1,009US #5
#5Patricia991US #6
#6Susan947US #2
#7Debra911US #7
#8Deborah852US #9
#9Karen847US #4
#10Barbara742US #11
#11Brenda684US #16
#12Sharon670US #17
#13Lisa667US #10
#14Pamela664US #12
#15Sandra661US #13
#16Cheryl566US #18
#17Kathy563US #15
#18Debbie546US #20
#19Elizabeth462US #21
#20Teresa460US #24
#21Nancy452US #14
#22Carol411US #22
#23Cindy410US #25
#24Carolyn356US #42
#25Diane353US #19
#26Robin352US #32
#27Tammy348US #31
#28Beverly344US #55
#29Laura340US #30
#30Janet334US #28
#31Janice332US #37
#32Denise319US #29
#33Cathy313US #39
#34Theresa312US #34
#35Wanda306US #65
#36Kimberly299US #33
#37Julie295US #26
#38Shirley282US #61
#39Angela278US #68
#40Lori276US #27
#41Valerie269US #60
#42Rhonda262US #45
#43Betty261US #59
#44Sheila259US #52
#45Catherine257US #40
#46Kathleen257US #23
#47Rebecca255US #38
#48Tina254US #53
#49Kim250US #35
#50Judy241US #41
#51Margaret238US #36
#52Terri236US #46
#53Joyce232US #50
#54Gloria222US #81
#55Sherry201US #58
#56Bonnie200US #71
#57Vicki196US #73
#58Michelle193US #47
#59Connie189US #48
#60Peggy189US #57
#61Gail188US #75
#62Martha188US #72
#63Annette186US #64
#64Phyllis185US #103
#65Dawn183US #54
#66Darlene181US #66
#67Katherine180US #79
#68Diana177US #49
#69Virginia177US #93
#70Dorothy174US #94
#71Kathryn170US #69
#72Paula167US #51
#73Terry167US #95
#74Leslie163US #84
#75Jennifer157US #78
#76Rose155US #88
#77Christine151US #43
#78Lynn147US #63
#79Gwendolyn146US #159
#80Laurie143US #56
#81Suzanne140US #96
#82Wendy134US #83
#83Ann131US #44
#84Sylvia130US #120
#85Anita129US #87
#86Jacqueline129US #111
#87Kelly129US #74
#88Helen126US #108
#89Belinda122US #150
#90Anna120US #99
#91Marie119US #104
#92Marilyn119US #109
#93Stephanie118US #101
#94Vanessa118US #139
#95Beth115US #80
#96Rita115US #98
#97Alice113US #112
#98Charlotte113US #144
#99Joan113US #76
#100Melanie113US #149

Boys

#1James2,288US #3
#2Michael2,066US #1
#3Robert1,960US #5
#4David1,935US #2
#5John1,906US #4
#6William1,517US #7
#7Richard1,239US #8
#8Charles1,104US #11
#9Mark1,065US #6
#10Thomas840US #9
#11Kenneth837US #15
#12Timothy687US #12
#13Joseph667US #13
#14Steven649US #10
#15Donald611US #19
#16Ronald592US #21
#17Gary570US #20
#18Gregory570US #23
#19Anthony544US #26
#20Larry527US #25
#21George501US #32
#22Edward467US #27
#23Daniel466US #18
#24Jeffrey464US #16
#25Willie457US #78
#26Paul429US #17
#27Stephen386US #28
#28Kevin380US #14
#29Terry359US #33
#30Dennis354US #29
#31Scott351US #24
#32Bruce323US #38
#33Ricky322US #34
#34Steve316US #41
#35Jerry311US #36
#36Douglas310US #30
#37Christopher287US #35
#38Mike283US #37
#39Keith282US #39
#40Frank280US #42
#41Randy274US #31
#42Brian273US #22
#43Johnny273US #64
#44Raymond265US #45
#45Wayne263US #51
#46Ronnie259US #77
#47Tony256US #53
#48Danny248US #48
#49Jimmy239US #69
#50Carl237US #54
#51Walter235US #66
#52Dale234US #49
#53Jeffery227US #55
#54Craig225US #44
#55Henry222US #83
#56Alan220US #50
#57Curtis219US #75
#58Eddie216US #101
#59Billy215US #65
#60Patrick214US #43
#61Eric213US #46
#62Joe206US #57
#63Roger204US #47
#64Bobby202US #71
#65Samuel196US #86
#66Russell186US #56
#67Glenn181US #80
#68Arthur180US #76
#69Jack177US #85
#70Lawrence176US #62
#71Randall173US #59
#72Andrew172US #58
#73Phillip168US #74
#74Albert167US #92
#75Harold165US #87
#76Roy163US #81
#77Gerald162US #61
#78Darrell161US #90
#79Tommy160US #108
#80Micheal158US #96
#81Jeff154US #52
#82Ralph153US #84
#83Peter152US #40
#84Rodney149US #67
#85Reginald141US #144
#86Eugene139US #106
#87Allen138US #97
#88Matthew132US #63
#89Tim132US #60
#90Stanley131US #98
#91Alvin127US #153
#92Barry126US #73
#93Leonard125US #109
#94Calvin124US #125
#95Chris124US #72
#96Clifford121US #139
#97Ernest121US #118
#98Marvin118US #123
#99Victor118US #107
#100Harry117US #120

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑40Craig#54
↑22Joe#62
↑21Tammy#27
↑18Michelle#58
↑17Jeff#81
↑14Angela#39
↑14Randall#71
↑13Kimberly#36

Falling

↓20Dorothy#70
↓20Ernest#97
↓19Darlene#66
↓17Joyce#53
↓17Harold#75
↓15Kathryn#71
↓14Peggy#60
↓14Marilyn#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.