State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,576 Florida births in 1966 across 1,455 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#88Felicia#161 nationally
#33Willie#93 nationally
#66Sonya#126 nationally
#71Reginald#131 nationally
#71Shirley#124 nationally
#87Sheri#134 nationally
#99Sylvia#146 nationally
#76Eddie#121 nationally
#49Darryl#88 nationally
#70Beverly#109 nationally
#77Melanie#116 nationally
#99Carlos#138 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,314US #1
#2Kimberly1,005US #2
#3Mary781US #3
#4Angela680US #9
#5Michelle665US #4
#6Karen624US #5
#7Patricia604US #7
#8Cynthia589US #11
#9Tammy587US #8
#10Pamela543US #15
#11Susan516US #6
#12Sharon507US #28
#13Deborah489US #14
#14Donna458US #12
#15Melissa449US #22
#16Teresa448US #29
#17Linda439US #18
#18Elizabeth438US #16
#19Sandra430US #17
#20Jennifer412US #10
#21Tina412US #23
#22Barbara405US #27
#23Laura404US #19
#24Brenda386US #25
#25Lori356US #21
#26Stephanie353US #38
#27Julie332US #13
#28Cheryl329US #34
#29Debra328US #35
#30Tracy319US #31
#31Kelly313US #26
#32Rhonda303US #39
#33Dawn292US #24
#34Robin285US #42
#35Nancy275US #33
#36Sheila268US #51
#37Christine258US #20
#38Theresa258US #46
#39Amy246US #30
#40Denise241US #32
#41Michele241US #36
#42Wendy236US #41
#43Carol232US #48
#44Kim229US #43
#45Rebecca224US #40
#46Catherine222US #54
#47Andrea221US #52
#48Jacqueline216US #47
#49Maria216US #44
#50Sherry199US #53
#51Cindy191US #56
#52Margaret189US #55
#53Janet181US #57
#54Diane180US #45
#55Carolyn174US #60
#56Wanda172US #84
#57Terri171US #72
#58Kathy168US #59
#59Kathleen162US #37
#60Valerie161US #74
#61Debbie158US #73
#62Janice157US #80
#63Carla155US #77
#64Paula155US #50
#65Leslie154US #71
#66Sonya145US #126
#67Christina141US #67
#68Suzanne140US #62
#69Connie136US #70
#70Beverly133US #109
#71Shirley132US #124
#72April130US #108
#73Gina129US #58
#74Dana128US #68
#75Laurie127US #63
#76Anita122US #88
#77Melanie122US #116
#78Regina122US #82
#79Jill121US #49
#80Katherine121US #78
#81Sherri120US #92
#82Tonya117US #96
#83Diana114US #64
#84Tracey111US #69
#85Cathy110US #99
#86Monica110US #75
#87Sheri110US #134
#88Felicia109US #161
#89Darlene108US #94
#90Gloria108US #127
#91Renee108US #66
#92Bonnie107US #90
#93Melinda107US #102
#94Betty106US #121
#95Joyce106US #100
#96Annette105US #79
#97Judy104US #97
#98Dorothy102US #136
#99Sylvia100US #146
#100Shannon99US #120

Boys

#1James2,046US #3
#2Michael2,038US #1
#3John1,897US #4
#4Robert1,810US #5
#5David1,686US #2
#6William1,257US #6
#7Richard968US #8
#8Mark798US #7
#9Charles789US #20
#10Kenneth703US #21
#11Timothy702US #11
#12Christopher676US #12
#13Thomas658US #10
#14Joseph657US #15
#15Anthony623US #22
#16Jeffrey601US #9
#17Steven552US #13
#18Kevin530US #17
#19Ronald500US #24
#20Gregory491US #23
#21Scott491US #16
#22Paul481US #18
#23Brian458US #14
#24Daniel429US #19
#25Donald428US #27
#26Eric388US #25
#27Keith383US #32
#28Gary378US #28
#29Stephen369US #26
#30Edward360US #30
#31Patrick349US #31
#32George330US #37
#33Willie306US #93
#34Rodney290US #35
#35Larry288US #38
#36Terry273US #40
#37Tony247US #49
#38Andrew237US #36
#39Douglas235US #33
#40Raymond225US #47
#41Jerry222US #41
#42Todd216US #29
#43Jeffery210US #42
#44Frank207US #43
#45Matthew199US #34
#46Troy192US #48
#47Vincent181US #58
#48Johnny179US #73
#49Darryl178US #88
#50Sean177US #50
#51Dennis176US #44
#52Bruce169US #53
#53Randy161US #45
#54Samuel161US #81
#55Craig160US #46
#56Bobby158US #82
#57Roger157US #51
#58Wayne157US #59
#59Curtis155US #75
#60Jimmy153US #77
#61Gerald151US #60
#62Henry151US #92
#63Alan150US #57
#64Billy144US #80
#65Lawrence144US #66
#66Peter142US #39
#67Walter142US #83
#68Arthur137US #96
#69Albert135US #100
#70Carl134US #56
#71Reginald134US #131
#72Phillip133US #71
#73Jonathan132US #65
#74Harold131US #99
#75Steve129US #67
#76Eddie128US #121
#77Jack127US #107
#78Shawn127US #54
#79Frederick126US #109
#80Randall126US #70
#81Bryan125US #52
#82Marvin125US #113
#83Russell125US #61
#84Danny123US #62
#85Roy121US #94
#86Joe120US #74
#87Chris118US #55
#88Darrell118US #95
#89Ricky117US #64
#90Ronnie116US #108
#91Allen114US #97
#92Tracy114US #98
#93Darren113US #63
#94Jose111US #79
#95Derrick110US #127
#96Victor105US #101
#97Dale103US #85
#98Lee103US #106
#99Carlos101US #138
#100Tommy100US #124

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑47Sean#50
↑32Arthur#68
↑27Troy#46
↑25Christina#67
↑23Sonya#66
↑21Melanie#77
↑19Michelle#5
↑17Melissa#15

Falling

↓26Betty#94
↓24Danny#84
↓22Joyce#95
↓22Ricky#89
↓21Carl#70
↓19Annette#96
↓18Darrell#88
↓14Bonnie#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.