State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 105,045 Florida births in 1961 across 1,465 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#96Gwendolyn#165 nationally
#27Willie#86 nationally
#86Belinda#141 nationally
#95Reginald#144 nationally
#79Sylvia#124 nationally
#60Eddie#102 nationally
#83Melanie#123 nationally
#81Phyllis#120 nationally
#95Frances#134 nationally
#62Dorothy#99 nationally
#80Tommy#116 nationally
#55Samuel#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,131US #1
#2Lisa1,035US #2
#3Linda965US #4
#4Patricia866US #6
#5Susan842US #3
#6Cynthia839US #8
#7Karen831US #5
#8Brenda755US #11
#9Donna755US #7
#10Sandra716US #9
#11Sharon674US #17
#12Deborah656US #10
#13Debra632US #13
#14Pamela626US #15
#15Barbara599US #12
#16Teresa595US #18
#17Cheryl495US #20
#18Elizabeth495US #19
#19Tammy485US #28
#20Laura453US #21
#21Nancy451US #16
#22Debbie450US #31
#23Robin448US #27
#24Kathy438US #25
#25Lori430US #14
#26Angela419US #38
#27Kimberly410US #22
#28Carol394US #24
#29Denise352US #30
#30Cindy348US #33
#31Janet332US #32
#32Carolyn329US #42
#33Theresa323US #35
#34Tina323US #41
#35Julie317US #23
#36Janice308US #52
#37Kim300US #36
#38Wanda300US #70
#39Jacqueline288US #37
#40Michelle286US #34
#41Diane280US #26
#42Rhonda277US #46
#43Beverly268US #66
#44Sheila265US #59
#45Sherry265US #53
#46Cathy259US #55
#47Valerie253US #67
#48Connie251US #50
#49Terri245US #51
#50Catherine238US #48
#51Kathleen238US #29
#52Rebecca235US #44
#53Margaret228US #40
#54Shirley225US #85
#55Judy224US #58
#56Jennifer215US #47
#57Tracy202US #64
#58Gloria198US #82
#59Laurie197US #43
#60Betty194US #87
#61Kelly193US #45
#62Dorothy190US #99
#63Joyce182US #62
#64Maria181US #57
#65Stephanie181US #78
#66Paula172US #60
#67Vicki172US #76
#68Leslie171US #84
#69Suzanne171US #68
#70Annette169US #73
#71Martha169US #81
#72Melissa169US #95
#73Anita168US #91
#74Christine168US #39
#75Dawn164US #49
#76Bonnie160US #75
#77Katherine160US #86
#78Carla159US #77
#79Sylvia156US #124
#80Peggy154US #88
#81Phyllis154US #120
#82Wendy153US #61
#83Melanie151US #123
#84Darlene150US #80
#85Jackie149US #112
#86Belinda148US #141
#87Michele147US #63
#88Kathryn143US #93
#89Regina143US #98
#90Diana141US #56
#91Rose139US #111
#92Gail137US #94
#93Amy132US #69
#94Terry131US #108
#95Frances128US #134
#96Gwendolyn127US #165
#97Ann125US #54
#98Julia123US #116
#99Lynn123US #71
#100Vickie123US #107

Boys

#1James2,291US #4
#2Michael2,138US #1
#3John2,051US #3
#4David2,003US #2
#5Robert1,986US #5
#6William1,552US #7
#7Mark1,242US #6
#8Richard1,131US #8
#9Charles1,048US #13
#10Kenneth802US #16
#11Thomas752US #9
#12Joseph683US #12
#13Timothy679US #15
#14Steven672US #10
#15Gregory592US #23
#16Jeffrey582US #11
#17Anthony571US #25
#18Donald566US #22
#19Gary545US #21
#20Paul531US #18
#21Ronald522US #24
#22Scott499US #19
#23Kevin494US #14
#24Daniel465US #17
#25George438US #31
#26Larry438US #30
#27Willie398US #86
#28Edward390US #29
#29Stephen389US #27
#30Christopher383US #26
#31Terry365US #32
#32Keith336US #35
#33Brian333US #20
#34Douglas309US #28
#35Mike302US #36
#36Randy301US #33
#37Bruce300US #40
#38Ricky293US #44
#39Steve289US #45
#40Jerry286US #37
#41Tony284US #53
#42Jeffery281US #50
#43Frank277US #41
#44Raymond272US #48
#45Eric266US #38
#46Patrick261US #39
#47Dennis260US #34
#48Wayne258US #61
#49Johnny255US #70
#50Alan249US #51
#51Roger248US #47
#52Billy235US #68
#53Jimmy235US #71
#54Darryl216US #80
#55Samuel212US #89
#56Carl210US #56
#57Jeff210US #49
#58Dale209US #58
#59Danny209US #54
#60Eddie207US #102
#61Walter207US #74
#62Glenn196US #64
#63Arthur195US #85
#64Craig195US #43
#65Henry193US #92
#66Russell191US #55
#67Ronnie190US #91
#68Gerald188US #62
#69Bobby184US #76
#70Todd183US #46
#71Joe181US #60
#72Curtis178US #75
#73Andrew177US #52
#74Randall172US #63
#75Jack170US #90
#76Barry166US #66
#77Roy161US #83
#78Tim159US #65
#79Lawrence158US #67
#80Tommy157US #116
#81Phillip156US #69
#82Micheal152US #103
#83Harold151US #94
#84Dwayne147US #111
#85Allen145US #96
#86Rodney144US #72
#87Darrell143US #101
#88Matthew142US #59
#89Chris139US #57
#90Eugene138US #113
#91Howard132US #109
#92Ralph132US #95
#93Victor132US #99
#94Peter131US #42
#95Reginald130US #144
#96Jay128US #81
#97Greg126US #77
#98Vincent126US #98
#99Ernest125US #123
#100Troy124US #100

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑33Jacqueline#39
↑28Tracy#57
↑26Maria#64
↑23Alan#50
↑22Melissa#72
↑21Barry#76
↑20Sylvia#79
↑20Glenn#62

Falling

↓24Diana#90
↓21Gwendolyn#96
↓21Henry#65
↓20Darlene#84
↓18Kathryn#88
↓17Terry#94
↓16Bobby#69
↓16Reginald#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.