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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,385 Florida births in 1962 across 1,532 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#80Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#29Willie#89 nationally
#73Reginald#133 nationally
#96Belinda#149 nationally
#85Phyllis#129 nationally
#55Shirley#96 nationally
#39Wanda#77 nationally
#94Sylvia#131 nationally
#70Eddie#105 nationally
#38Johnny#69 nationally
#75Melanie#106 nationally
#67Betty#97 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,076US #1
#2Mary1,002US #2
#3Karen862US #4
#4Cynthia847US #8
#5Linda800US #5
#6Patricia791US #6
#7Susan778US #3
#8Deborah752US #9
#9Sharon685US #17
#10Brenda662US #12
#11Donna648US #7
#12Sandra634US #10
#13Pamela632US #13
#14Debra585US #15
#15Barbara573US #14
#16Teresa569US #18
#17Kimberly538US #16
#18Tammy525US #23
#19Elizabeth480US #20
#20Angela459US #36
#21Lori454US #11
#22Cheryl437US #24
#23Robin428US #25
#24Debbie413US #32
#25Kathy396US #27
#26Tina393US #33
#27Laura383US #21
#28Nancy379US #19
#29Carol366US #28
#30Cindy362US #34
#31Janet340US #35
#32Julie327US #22
#33Michelle317US #31
#34Theresa301US #40
#35Denise300US #30
#36Jacqueline295US #44
#37Carolyn292US #46
#38Rhonda288US #45
#39Wanda287US #77
#40Kim284US #37
#41Jennifer281US #41
#42Sheila272US #52
#43Terri265US #54
#44Diane262US #26
#45Janice260US #58
#46Sherry250US #48
#47Rebecca247US #47
#48Beverly243US #69
#49Maria243US #49
#50Valerie240US #67
#51Connie232US #51
#52Kelly229US #38
#53Catherine212US #53
#54Margaret202US #43
#55Shirley201US #96
#56Tracy197US #55
#57Laurie194US #42
#58Bonnie191US #79
#59Stephanie190US #70
#60Suzanne190US #65
#61Cathy189US #62
#62Gloria189US #90
#63Kathleen186US #29
#64Joyce183US #74
#65Dawn181US #50
#66Melissa178US #68
#67Betty176US #97
#68Judy176US #63
#69Anita174US #81
#70Regina174US #91
#71Diana173US #57
#72Leslie172US #80
#73Wendy170US #64
#74Christine169US #39
#75Melanie169US #106
#76Sherri162US #82
#77Annette159US #75
#78Vicki157US #85
#79Carla156US #78
#80Gwendolyn155US #161
#81Katherine152US #84
#82Paula152US #60
#83Amy151US #61
#84Dorothy150US #111
#85Phyllis148US #129
#86Terry146US #112
#87Martha145US #87
#88Melinda141US #118
#89Michele141US #59
#90Penny140US #92
#91Ann137US #56
#92Virginia136US #105
#93Gail135US #103
#94Sylvia134US #131
#95Sarah131US #98
#96Belinda130US #149
#97Darlene129US #88
#98Peggy129US #93
#99Renee125US #76
#100Rose122US #116

Boys

#1James2,168US #4
#2John2,096US #3
#3Michael2,020US #1
#4David1,986US #2
#5Robert1,951US #5
#6William1,432US #7
#7Mark1,152US #6
#8Richard1,036US #8
#9Charles937US #15
#10Kenneth786US #18
#11Thomas784US #9
#12Joseph715US #13
#13Jeffrey674US #10
#14Timothy657US #16
#15Scott631US #11
#16Gregory625US #21
#17Donald601US #23
#18Steven597US #12
#19Anthony569US #24
#20Ronald522US #25
#21Daniel507US #17
#22Gary507US #22
#23Paul505US #19
#24Kevin495US #14
#25George438US #32
#26Edward411US #29
#27Christopher407US #26
#28Larry370US #31
#29Willie363US #89
#30Stephen355US #28
#31Douglas341US #27
#32Terry341US #34
#33Eric330US #33
#34Keith320US #36
#35Jeffery318US #45
#36Brian315US #20
#37Bruce307US #41
#38Johnny291US #69
#39Tony268US #52
#40Jerry266US #38
#41Ricky261US #50
#42Raymond259US #48
#43Randy257US #35
#44Steve248US #46
#45Danny244US #54
#46Frank242US #42
#47Mike242US #39
#48Alan233US #53
#49Roger230US #47
#50Glenn225US #55
#51Todd224US #30
#52Patrick222US #40
#53Dennis218US #37
#54Bobby215US #78
#55Jimmy214US #75
#56Wayne213US #63
#57Andrew212US #49
#58Curtis209US #73
#59Walter207US #79
#60Jeff205US #44
#61Billy204US #71
#62Carl201US #58
#63Darryl201US #83
#64Henry197US #92
#65Randall189US #64
#66Samuel184US #88
#67Troy184US #67
#68Vincent178US #66
#69Craig176US #51
#70Eddie176US #105
#71Gerald176US #65
#72Russell175US #57
#73Reginald174US #133
#74Phillip172US #68
#75Ronnie169US #100
#76Dale168US #62
#77Jack157US #99
#78Joe157US #59
#79Victor155US #96
#80Rodney147US #76
#81Micheal146US #104
#82Barry140US #61
#83Allen139US #93
#84Lawrence139US #70
#85Chris138US #60
#86Darrell138US #102
#87Arthur137US #91
#88Albert135US #101
#89Ralph135US #97
#90Marvin133US #118
#91Greg132US #77
#92Tommy130US #109
#93Harold129US #95
#94Peter126US #43
#95Matthew123US #56
#96Roy123US #90
#97Tim122US #72
#98Eugene120US #112
#99Frederick120US #116
#100Ernest119US #127

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑33Troy#67
↑30Vincent#68
↑22Reginald#73
↑19Regina#70
↑19Diana#71
↑19Todd#51
↑18Bonnie#58
↑16Gwendolyn#80

Falling

↓24Arthur#87
↓22Dorothy#84
↓19Roy#96
↓19Tim#97
↓18Peggy#98
↓18Dale#76
↓16Paula#82
↓16Martha#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.