State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,984 Florida births in 1963 across 1,509 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#87Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#32Willie#93 nationally
#95Belinda#150 nationally
#85Reginald#132 nationally
#97Calvin#140 nationally
#55Henry#94 nationally
#70Eddie#109 nationally
#66Betty#104 nationally
#64Shirley#99 nationally
#42Wanda#76 nationally
#89Terry#123 nationally
#98Sylvia#128 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,301US #1
#2Mary967US #2
#3Karen797US #4
#4Susan780US #3
#5Cynthia775US #10
#6Linda760US #5
#7Donna715US #6
#8Patricia680US #7
#9Deborah656US #13
#10Kimberly628US #11
#11Tammy621US #12
#12Sandra619US #9
#13Sharon614US #19
#14Pamela612US #14
#15Brenda600US #15
#16Lori558US #8
#17Debra549US #21
#18Teresa534US #18
#19Angela518US #30
#20Barbara487US #17
#21Elizabeth476US #20
#22Laura473US #16
#23Robin428US #25
#24Cheryl386US #24
#25Nancy383US #23
#26Tina365US #35
#27Michelle352US #26
#28Kathy346US #34
#29Cindy338US #37
#30Kim315US #39
#31Debbie312US #41
#32Theresa312US #38
#33Carol306US #33
#34Rhonda302US #45
#35Julie301US #22
#36Jennifer284US #36
#37Denise274US #27
#38Kelly256US #32
#39Diane251US #31
#40Terri250US #58
#41Sheila249US #50
#42Wanda248US #76
#43Sherry245US #49
#44Carolyn242US #56
#45Tracy241US #48
#46Jacqueline239US #51
#47Valerie237US #69
#48Janet236US #40
#49Paula233US #42
#50Stephanie231US #64
#51Janice227US #63
#52Cathy214US #67
#53Rebecca214US #44
#54Christine210US #29
#55Laurie209US #47
#56Maria208US #43
#57Melissa207US #61
#58Beverly198US #81
#59Margaret196US #46
#60Connie194US #55
#61Catherine187US #53
#62Anita186US #77
#63Kathleen183US #28
#64Shirley182US #99
#65Sherri180US #78
#66Betty177US #104
#67Annette173US #71
#68Michele169US #59
#69Carla168US #82
#70Gloria166US #96
#71Wendy164US #60
#72Melanie163US #101
#73Suzanne163US #65
#74Dawn160US #52
#75Judy159US #70
#76Amy152US #54
#77Bonnie152US #83
#78Leslie149US #72
#79Darlene148US #85
#80Diana148US #62
#81Regina142US #92
#82Dana141US #88
#83Martha141US #90
#84Virginia140US #103
#85Katherine139US #87
#86Joyce135US #84
#87Gwendolyn130US #171
#88Dorothy129US #116
#89Terry129US #123
#90Andrea128US #89
#91Vicki127US #100
#92Beth126US #66
#93Renee121US #74
#94Sarah121US #94
#95Belinda120US #150
#96Gina120US #79
#97Kathryn120US #93
#98Sylvia118US #128
#99Lynn116US #73
#100Melinda116US #121

Boys

#1James2,197US #4
#2John2,169US #2
#3Michael2,114US #1
#4Robert2,045US #5
#5David1,937US #3
#6William1,501US #7
#7Richard1,127US #8
#8Mark1,032US #6
#9Charles901US #16
#10Kenneth809US #18
#11Thomas754US #9
#12Joseph724US #13
#13Kevin665US #11
#14Timothy654US #15
#15Scott630US #12
#16Gregory628US #21
#17Anthony582US #22
#18Jeffrey565US #10
#19Steven550US #14
#20Donald534US #25
#21Ronald532US #23
#22Paul518US #17
#23Gary473US #24
#24Christopher459US #26
#25Daniel447US #19
#26George413US #34
#27Edward376US #27
#28Terry363US #32
#29Brian357US #20
#30Keith356US #33
#31Stephen351US #29
#32Willie349US #93
#33Larry336US #36
#34Douglas331US #28
#35Eric306US #31
#36Bruce300US #43
#37Jeffery281US #46
#38Tony280US #52
#39Jerry265US #38
#40Patrick263US #35
#41Frank251US #41
#42Todd248US #30
#43Raymond246US #45
#44Ricky235US #47
#45Danny228US #55
#46Carl225US #54
#47Mike224US #44
#48Andrew223US #42
#49Johnny220US #71
#50Wayne218US #63
#51Randy215US #37
#52Bobby214US #75
#53Dennis214US #39
#54Darryl211US #80
#55Henry203US #94
#56Alan201US #56
#57Steve200US #49
#58Vincent195US #61
#59Curtis191US #72
#60Roger188US #53
#61Jimmy187US #78
#62Matthew181US #50
#63Joe177US #58
#64Walter177US #77
#65Glenn175US #64
#66Gerald174US #60
#67Samuel173US #87
#68Jeff171US #48
#69Phillip170US #70
#70Eddie166US #109
#71Lawrence166US #68
#72Billy163US #74
#73Chris162US #59
#74Ronnie162US #101
#75Randall159US #65
#76Arthur156US #91
#77Russell156US #57
#78Craig155US #51
#79Darrell155US #95
#80Jack151US #102
#81Tommy149US #107
#82Dale148US #69
#83Troy148US #66
#84Roy147US #89
#85Reginald145US #132
#86Allen139US #90
#87Rodney133US #76
#88Barry132US #67
#89Ralph128US #99
#90Victor128US #97
#91Dwayne126US #115
#92Harold126US #96
#93Albert125US #100
#94Micheal123US #106
#95Jonathan121US #88
#96Peter121US #40
#97Calvin118US #140
#98Jose118US #98
#99Greg117US #81
#100Ernest116US #122

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑33Paula#49
↑33Matthew#62
↑21Michele#68
↑20Christine#54
↑18Darlene#79
↑16Carl#46
↑15Joe#63
↑14Kelly#38

Falling

↓22Joyce#86
↓19Bonnie#77
↓17Janet#48
↓16Troy#83
↓15Glenn#65
↓13Suzanne#73
↓13Vicki#91
↓13Steve#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.