State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 105,074 Florida births in 1960 across 1,441 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#75Gwendolyn#163 nationally
#79Reginald#144 nationally
#25Willie#81 nationally
#96Belinda#150 nationally
#82Melanie#125 nationally
#95Evelyn#137 nationally
#44Henry#84 nationally
#56Dorothy#95 nationally
#57Darryl#96 nationally
#66Eddie#102 nationally
#76Tommy#112 nationally
#47Gloria#79 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,201US #1
#2Donna1,079US #5
#3Linda1,054US #3
#4Cynthia944US #9
#5Susan873US #2
#6Patricia872US #7
#7Lisa823US #6
#8Karen821US #4
#9Debra769US #8
#10Sandra750US #11
#11Deborah743US #10
#12Brenda738US #13
#13Sharon657US #16
#14Barbara645US #12
#15Teresa601US #19
#16Pamela580US #14
#17Cheryl534US #17
#18Kathy522US #21
#19Debbie499US #24
#20Nancy479US #15
#21Elizabeth460US #18
#22Kimberly431US #26
#23Laura405US #25
#24Carol404US #23
#25Robin400US #33
#26Cindy388US #30
#27Angela376US #50
#28Tammy364US #31
#29Lori363US #20
#30Janet359US #32
#31Carolyn329US #43
#32Diane324US #22
#33Theresa313US #35
#34Janice310US #41
#35Kim310US #34
#36Denise295US #29
#37Wanda294US #66
#38Beverly286US #60
#39Julie282US #28
#40Terri282US #49
#41Shirley279US #70
#42Tina275US #45
#43Margaret260US #36
#44Rebecca255US #38
#45Sheila255US #56
#46Valerie251US #65
#47Gloria249US #79
#48Rhonda248US #44
#49Cathy244US #46
#50Sherry244US #54
#51Connie231US #47
#52Michelle230US #39
#53Betty229US #68
#54Kathleen219US #27
#55Catherine214US #42
#56Dorothy211US #95
#57Judy205US #48
#58Joyce197US #58
#59Annette196US #62
#60Laurie196US #37
#61Kelly195US #52
#62Jennifer186US #61
#63Anita184US #87
#64Darlene182US #75
#65Bonnie175US #71
#66Diana174US #53
#67Martha172US #83
#68Paula171US #55
#69Vicki170US #73
#70Kathryn167US #82
#71Wendy167US #63
#72Jacqueline165US #85
#73Suzanne163US #78
#74Virginia163US #102
#75Gwendolyn161US #163
#76Stephanie160US #91
#77Terry159US #101
#78Katherine158US #81
#79Phyllis158US #108
#80Christine155US #40
#81Gail154US #90
#82Melanie154US #125
#83Rose152US #98
#84Peggy149US #69
#85Tracy148US #84
#86Dawn146US #57
#87Leslie141US #92
#88Victoria141US #114
#89Ann140US #51
#90Maria139US #59
#91Amy138US #77
#92Marilyn138US #118
#93Vickie133US #100
#94Melissa132US #109
#95Evelyn129US #137
#96Belinda126US #150
#97Regina124US #105
#98Lynn121US #64
#99Sylvia120US #121
#100Rita119US #96

Boys

#1James2,347US #3
#2Michael2,114US #2
#3Robert2,067US #5
#4David2,041US #1
#5John1,895US #4
#6William1,524US #7
#7Mark1,235US #6
#8Richard1,153US #8
#9Charles1,027US #13
#10Kenneth879US #16
#11Thomas828US #9
#12Timothy750US #11
#13Joseph665US #12
#14Steven656US #10
#15Anthony617US #25
#16Gregory602US #24
#17Donald598US #19
#18Ronald559US #21
#19Jeffrey534US #14
#20Gary517US #22
#21Paul517US #18
#22George503US #33
#23Kevin496US #15
#24Larry480US #28
#25Willie442US #81
#26Daniel428US #17
#27Terry411US #34
#28Scott394US #23
#29Stephen393US #27
#30Edward392US #26
#31Keith345US #35
#32Ricky342US #38
#33Christopher314US #29
#34Dennis310US #31
#35Bruce307US #39
#36Mike305US #36
#37Brian301US #20
#38Douglas297US #30
#39Randy291US #32
#40Jerry281US #37
#41Steve276US #43
#42Frank263US #40
#43Johnny263US #65
#44Henry258US #84
#45Raymond254US #46
#46Wayne254US #58
#47Jeffery246US #55
#48Carl238US #53
#49Tony233US #52
#50Craig231US #41
#51Jimmy228US #69
#52Walter226US #70
#53Bobby220US #73
#54Eric218US #44
#55Danny215US #48
#56Ronnie207US #87
#57Darryl206US #96
#58Russell205US #56
#59Dale199US #54
#60Roger198US #47
#61Patrick197US #45
#62Arthur196US #82
#63Randall196US #59
#64Billy192US #67
#65Lawrence192US #64
#66Eddie189US #102
#67Jeff186US #49
#68Samuel180US #91
#69Curtis179US #79
#70Gerald179US #62
#71Roy179US #80
#72Andrew178US #51
#73Alan177US #50
#74Joe174US #57
#75Phillip164US #66
#76Tommy159US #112
#77Chris158US #63
#78Rodney158US #68
#79Reginald155US #144
#80Jack153US #85
#81Ralph153US #89
#82Glenn152US #74
#83Micheal150US #105
#84Peter147US #42
#85Tim145US #60
#86Albert139US #93
#87Allen134US #99
#88Victor133US #103
#89Stanley132US #100
#90Ernest131US #120
#91Dwayne130US #123
#92Greg130US #83
#93Harold129US #92
#94Marvin127US #119
#95Eugene126US #109
#96Matthew123US #61
#97Barry121US #72
#98Calvin121US #129
#99Melvin121US #125
#100Fred120US #117

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑26Kelly#61
↑22Anita#63
↑20Laurie#60
↑18Melanie#82
↑18Chris#77
↑17Stephanie#76
↑14Kimberly#22
↑14Kim#35

Falling

↓24Peggy#84
↓21Dawn#86
↓20Gail#81
↓20Lynn#98
↓18Harold#93
↓17Alan#73
↓16Cathy#49
↓15Phyllis#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.