State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,940 Florida births in 1965 across 1,461 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#90Felicia#164 nationally
#89Sonya#160 nationally
#30Willie#93 nationally
#65Reginald#128 nationally
#91Charlotte#153 nationally
#72Tonya#129 nationally
#82April#136 nationally
#68Eddie#113 nationally
#86Dorothy#130 nationally
#75Shirley#111 nationally
#68Betty#103 nationally
#76Marvin#109 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,462US #1
#2Kimberly891US #4
#3Mary849US #2
#4Karen811US #3
#5Angela708US #10
#6Patricia674US #6
#7Cynthia655US #9
#8Tammy615US #11
#9Susan597US #5
#10Sharon566US #22
#11Linda563US #8
#12Pamela545US #12
#13Deborah487US #13
#14Donna482US #7
#15Elizabeth477US #16
#16Brenda466US #23
#17Teresa446US #24
#18Sandra439US #15
#19Barbara415US #25
#20Cheryl407US #31
#21Laura402US #17
#22Tina388US #29
#23Debra379US #27
#24Michelle365US #18
#25Robin364US #33
#26Jennifer352US #20
#27Lori328US #19
#28Rhonda328US #37
#29Stephanie321US #44
#30Carol301US #42
#31Julie301US #14
#32Melissa300US #38
#33Dawn295US #26
#34Kelly295US #30
#35Theresa294US #45
#36Tracy285US #36
#37Denise279US #28
#38Rebecca265US #41
#39Wendy263US #39
#40Sheila255US #50
#41Nancy251US #32
#42Jacqueline250US #47
#43Kim246US #43
#44Carolyn229US #58
#45Christine227US #21
#46Amy226US #35
#47Sherry225US #56
#48Valerie224US #67
#49Cindy217US #53
#50Maria216US #46
#51Wanda214US #81
#52Kathy209US #54
#53Diane201US #40
#54Terri195US #69
#55Janet194US #55
#56Michele191US #48
#57Debbie190US #62
#58Catherine187US #57
#59Janice185US #73
#60Margaret177US #52
#61Kathleen168US #34
#62Leslie166US #75
#63Andrea165US #63
#64Carla157US #76
#65Regina157US #82
#66Connie155US #61
#67Paula153US #49
#68Betty152US #103
#69Suzanne145US #65
#70Beverly144US #101
#71Gina142US #70
#72Tonya139US #129
#73Joyce137US #90
#74Jill133US #51
#75Shirley133US #111
#76Katherine131US #79
#77Annette128US #71
#78Bonnie127US #89
#79Cathy126US #88
#80Laurie125US #60
#81Sherri124US #91
#82April123US #136
#83Gloria123US #109
#84Monica123US #72
#85Darlene122US #83
#86Dorothy122US #130
#87Dana120US #78
#88Diana120US #64
#89Sonya118US #160
#90Felicia116US #164
#91Charlotte115US #153
#92Christina114US #74
#93Kathryn112US #87
#94Martha112US #99
#95Renee112US #68
#96Judy111US #86
#97Melinda111US #100
#98Melanie109US #122
#99Sylvia108US #131
#100Tracey106US #85

Boys

#1Michael2,105US #1
#2James2,039US #4
#3John1,926US #2
#4David1,826US #3
#5Robert1,784US #5
#6William1,310US #6
#7Richard1,056US #8
#8Charles842US #20
#9Mark826US #7
#10Timothy713US #12
#11Thomas705US #9
#12Kenneth687US #21
#13Joseph665US #11
#14Anthony606US #22
#15Gregory589US #23
#16Christopher585US #18
#17Jeffrey575US #10
#18Kevin559US #13
#19Steven537US #14
#20Scott524US #15
#21Paul512US #16
#22Donald510US #26
#23Daniel502US #17
#24Ronald481US #24
#25Gary399US #27
#26Eric391US #25
#27Edward389US #29
#28Stephen383US #28
#29Brian372US #19
#30Willie360US #93
#31George353US #34
#32Keith321US #35
#33Patrick316US #31
#34Rodney313US #33
#35Douglas270US #32
#36Terry257US #40
#37Larry255US #38
#38Tony243US #48
#39Jeffery234US #47
#40Frank232US #43
#41Raymond222US #45
#42Andrew221US #37
#43Craig213US #46
#44Darryl211US #68
#45Todd210US #30
#46Johnny208US #76
#47Jerry207US #41
#48Randy202US #42
#49Carl194US #54
#50Bruce193US #50
#51Jimmy193US #81
#52Dennis192US #44
#53Matthew191US #36
#54Walter188US #82
#55Wayne185US #65
#56Bobby182US #80
#57Vincent181US #61
#58Samuel177US #84
#59Curtis175US #75
#60Danny173US #56
#61Gerald173US #64
#62Roger171US #49
#63Henry158US #94
#64Billy155US #77
#65Reginald153US #128
#66Steve152US #55
#67Ricky149US #57
#68Eddie142US #113
#69Lawrence142US #66
#70Darrell141US #91
#71Jonathan141US #74
#72Randall141US #73
#73Troy141US #53
#74Alan139US #59
#75Chris139US #60
#76Marvin137US #109
#77Roy137US #95
#78Mike135US #51
#79Russell134US #58
#80Allen132US #92
#81Shawn132US #69
#82Darren131US #52
#83Peter129US #39
#84Jeff128US #62
#85Phillip128US #70
#86Ronnie128US #107
#87Joe125US #71
#88Jack124US #104
#89Harold123US #99
#90Ralph119US #103
#91Tracy117US #110
#92Dale115US #83
#93Frederick115US #106
#94Victor115US #98
#95Bryan112US #63
#96Derrick112US #129
#97Sean112US #79
#98Barry109US #86
#99Glenn109US #85
#100Arthur107US #96

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑30Betty#68
↑30Rodney#34
↑26Craig#43
↑25Amy#46
↑24Danny#60
↑23Melissa#32
↑22Darryl#44
↑21Wendy#39

Falling

↓35Arthur#100
↓28Melanie#98
↓25Dana#87
↓25Alan#74
↓20Joe#87
↓18Darlene#85
↓18Troy#73
↓17Gloria#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.