State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,705 Florida births in 1968 across 1,482 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#89Sabrina#193 nationally
#86Felicia#167 nationally
#85Calvin#156 nationally
#34Willie#96 nationally
#98Tammie#160 nationally
#85Samantha#136 nationally
#68Derrick#116 nationally
#69Reginald#117 nationally
#83Marvin#129 nationally
#86Eddie#132 nationally
#97Gloria#143 nationally
#51Henry#95 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,239US #1
#2Kimberly1,018US #3
#3Michelle863US #2
#4Tammy681US #8
#5Melissa657US #5
#6Jennifer653US #4
#7Angela648US #7
#8Mary642US #6
#9Karen519US #9
#10Cynthia518US #19
#11Pamela495US #20
#12Laura475US #11
#13Patricia474US #15
#14Elizabeth436US #17
#15Susan435US #10
#16Stephanie413US #23
#17Tina410US #18
#18Kelly395US #12
#19Tracy394US #25
#20Donna384US #24
#21Sharon373US #32
#22Deborah358US #27
#23Sandra353US #26
#24Dawn346US #21
#25Teresa336US #30
#26Barbara325US #36
#27Linda323US #28
#28Lori319US #22
#29Christine305US #14
#30Julie305US #16
#31Amy301US #13
#32Cheryl298US #37
#33Wendy286US #31
#34Brenda270US #34
#35Rebecca260US #33
#36Robin254US #43
#37Denise252US #35
#38Theresa235US #47
#39Michele233US #29
#40Rhonda231US #42
#41Carol225US #49
#42Debra225US #38
#43Tonya223US #60
#44Nancy222US #39
#45Christina215US #44
#46Shannon214US #53
#47Andrea203US #48
#48Sherry192US #52
#49Maria190US #41
#50Jacqueline185US #50
#51Paula181US #45
#52Catherine180US #56
#53Sheila180US #59
#54Leslie173US #66
#55Stacey169US #55
#56April165US #96
#57Katherine154US #75
#58Regina154US #81
#59Yolanda151US #93
#60Carolyn150US #61
#61Kathleen148US #40
#62Margaret148US #63
#63Dana146US #70
#64Heather146US #62
#65Kathy146US #76
#66Valerie146US #77
#67Cindy144US #67
#68Kim144US #57
#69Monica143US #68
#70Stacy143US #64
#71Melanie142US #94
#72Carla141US #91
#73Suzanne139US #69
#74Wanda135US #115
#75Terri133US #83
#76Jill132US #46
#77Victoria130US #82
#78Sonya128US #117
#79Gina127US #58
#80Tracey125US #72
#81Janet124US #73
#82Diane123US #51
#83Diana122US #71
#84Tanya119US #106
#85Samantha114US #136
#86Felicia111US #167
#87Alicia107US #126
#88Melinda107US #90
#89Sabrina107US #193
#90Sherri107US #95
#91Ann105US #54
#92Beverly105US #122
#93Janice105US #110
#94Connie104US #87
#95Renee102US #65
#96Deanna101US #104
#97Gloria101US #143
#98Tammie99US #160
#99Rachel98US #92
#100Annette97US #102

Boys

#1Michael2,185US #1
#2James1,947US #4
#3Robert1,861US #5
#4John1,817US #3
#5David1,707US #2
#6William1,288US #6
#7Richard990US #8
#8Christopher850US #9
#9Charles821US #20
#10Mark816US #7
#11Thomas724US #12
#12Joseph712US #16
#13Timothy677US #13
#14Kenneth613US #23
#15Kevin601US #17
#16Anthony592US #21
#17Brian569US #10
#18Steven536US #15
#19Jeffrey525US #11
#20Scott501US #14
#21Paul489US #19
#22Gregory482US #26
#23Ronald473US #25
#24Eric445US #22
#25Daniel434US #18
#26Donald404US #29
#27Edward376US #31
#28Stephen366US #27
#29Patrick337US #30
#30Gary329US #32
#31George318US #36
#32Keith292US #35
#33Douglas291US #33
#34Willie284US #96
#35Todd282US #28
#36Andrew278US #34
#37Larry275US #38
#38Matthew272US #24
#39Sean260US #37
#40Rodney240US #42
#41Raymond219US #50
#42Terry202US #48
#43Shawn198US #43
#44Jerry195US #44
#45Jeffery194US #46
#46Frank187US #49
#47Jonathan180US #53
#48Troy174US #40
#49Johnny173US #69
#50Craig167US #41
#51Henry166US #95
#52Tony165US #52
#53Jason164US #47
#54Darrell159US #86
#55Dennis155US #45
#56Bryan153US #51
#57Bruce150US #61
#58Wayne148US #63
#59Carl144US #59
#60Roger140US #55
#61Russell140US #56
#62Darren139US #60
#63Samuel139US #66
#64Bobby138US #81
#65Vincent136US #73
#66Walter136US #83
#67Jimmy134US #77
#68Derrick133US #116
#69Reginald132US #117
#70Curtis128US #75
#71Gerald127US #62
#72Lawrence126US #67
#73Randall126US #79
#74Randy122US #54
#75Benjamin121US #99
#76Peter119US #39
#77Ricky119US #70
#78Phillip109US #71
#79Arthur107US #98
#80Billy107US #76
#81Jon107US #65
#82Jose107US #58
#83Marvin106US #129
#84Alan105US #74
#85Calvin105US #156
#86Eddie105US #132
#87Ronnie105US #115
#88Joe104US #85
#89Danny103US #72
#90Allen102US #100
#91Antonio101US #134
#92Roy101US #94
#93Tommy101US #124
#94Glenn100US #92
#95Steve100US #89
#96Darryl99US #140
#97Chris98US #64
#98Tracy97US #111
#99Dwayne96US #137
#100Ernest95US #130

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑41Yolanda#59
↑30Jonathan#47
↑25Derrick#68
↑23Monica#69
↑22Melanie#71
↑21Stacey#55
↑20Benjamin#75
↑18Shawn#43

Falling

↓34Sabrina#89
↓24Tracy#98
↓23Darryl#96
↓20Kim#68
↓19Janice#93
↓19Connie#94
↓18Janet#81
↓17Gerald#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.