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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,360 Florida births in 1970 across 1,634 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#69Reginald#142 nationally
#42Sabrina#107 nationally
#41Willie#103 nationally
#87Dwayne#141 nationally
#98Katrina#151 nationally
#87Felicia#139 nationally
#100Eddie#151 nationally
#82Wanda#132 nationally
#88Alexander#137 nationally
#91Cassandra#135 nationally
#61Henry#104 nationally
#81Alicia#118 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,264US #1
#2Kimberly1,247US #3
#3Lisa1,080US #2
#4Michelle1,058US #4
#5Angela813US #6
#6Melissa732US #7
#7Tammy691US #8
#8Mary577US #9
#9Tracy565US #10
#10Stephanie518US #17
#11Amy510US #5
#12Elizabeth481US #18
#13Patricia476US #24
#14Pamela475US #26
#15Karen474US #12
#16Shannon467US #22
#17Dawn461US #16
#18Laura459US #13
#19Julie429US #11
#20Susan407US #15
#21Cynthia405US #25
#22Tina404US #21
#23Kelly392US #20
#24Christine390US #14
#25Heather390US #19
#26Lori380US #23
#27Wendy358US #28
#28Donna343US #32
#29Sandra340US #27
#30Teresa336US #34
#31Deborah324US #33
#32Sharon324US #37
#33Barbara307US #41
#34Rebecca287US #29
#35Tonya284US #49
#36Christina278US #35
#37Michele278US #31
#38Nicole269US #30
#39Robin261US #51
#40Cheryl258US #44
#41Rhonda242US #46
#42Sabrina242US #107
#43Linda237US #38
#44Brenda229US #40
#45Andrea224US #43
#46Theresa217US #53
#47Debra215US #47
#48Denise214US #36
#49Stacey211US #48
#50Stacy203US #42
#51Nancy193US #50
#52Sherry193US #60
#53April192US #82
#54Jacqueline191US #66
#55Maria189US #39
#56Tara184US #69
#57Tracey180US #55
#58Paula179US #57
#59Katherine174US #67
#60Catherine173US #59
#61Leslie168US #64
#62Dana167US #54
#63Monica164US #56
#64Carolyn162US #84
#65Regina161US #86
#66Carla158US #94
#67Carol156US #71
#68Tanya156US #76
#69Tiffany156US #99
#70Kathleen152US #45
#71Victoria152US #85
#72Yolanda148US #106
#73Cindy146US #72
#74Kathy145US #77
#75Amanda143US #108
#76Holly137US #74
#77Rachel137US #58
#78Traci134US #100
#79Gina132US #61
#80Jill132US #52
#81Alicia131US #118
#82Wanda130US #132
#83Carrie129US #73
#84Melanie129US #91
#85Deanna128US #90
#86Tamara128US #79
#87Felicia126US #139
#88Sheila125US #75
#89Margaret122US #80
#90Kim120US #78
#91Cassandra119US #135
#92Kathryn118US #104
#93Melinda118US #93
#94Valerie118US #97
#95Diana117US #89
#96Renee117US #68
#97Suzanne115US #87
#98Katrina114US #151
#99Ann112US #62
#100Allison110US #133

Boys

#1Michael2,519US #1
#2James2,186US #2
#3Robert1,922US #5
#4David1,860US #3
#5John1,859US #4
#6William1,424US #7
#7Christopher1,252US #6
#8Richard948US #10
#9Charles883US #21
#10Joseph794US #16
#11Mark751US #9
#12Thomas735US #17
#13Kevin715US #14
#14Brian706US #8
#15Steven703US #15
#16Timothy667US #20
#17Eric661US #18
#18Scott646US #12
#19Jason645US #13
#20Anthony640US #22
#21Jeffrey600US #11
#22Kenneth578US #25
#23Daniel535US #19
#24Gregory519US #26
#25Paul477US #23
#26Ronald446US #29
#27Stephen446US #27
#28Matthew426US #24
#29Donald421US #30
#30Edward389US #31
#31George339US #40
#32Sean324US #37
#33Patrick320US #33
#34Keith315US #38
#35Gary310US #35
#36Shawn303US #34
#37Todd300US #28
#38Larry297US #43
#39Andrew292US #32
#40Douglas268US #36
#41Willie259US #103
#42Jonathan253US #42
#43Terry230US #54
#44Troy225US #41
#45Craig224US #39
#46Raymond221US #49
#47Jerry214US #45
#48Johnny209US #65
#49Frank194US #48
#50Rodney190US #55
#51Carl186US #66
#52Dennis176US #46
#53Samuel176US #62
#54Tony174US #57
#55Bryan171US #53
#56Russell169US #58
#57Jeffery168US #50
#58Corey163US #84
#59Billy155US #78
#60Benjamin154US #81
#61Henry154US #104
#62Walter148US #89
#63Marcus147US #71
#64Derrick146US #96
#65Randall139US #100
#66Travis139US #69
#67Wayne139US #80
#68Jose138US #56
#69Reginald138US #142
#70Peter135US #44
#71Randy135US #59
#72Aaron134US #52
#73Bobby134US #87
#74Carlos134US #98
#75Phillip134US #73
#76Marc133US #60
#77Chad131US #51
#78Chris130US #63
#79Gerald130US #67
#80Adam129US #72
#81Jimmy129US #86
#82Frederick127US #115
#83Vincent127US #79
#84Antonio126US #121
#85Roy126US #108
#86Roger123US #61
#87Dwayne121US #141
#88Alexander120US #137
#89Darrell118US #102
#90Curtis117US #88
#91Derek117US #77
#92Darren116US #75
#93Arthur113US #111
#94Jack113US #129
#95Juan113US #95
#96Lance113US #76
#97Jon112US #68
#98Shane112US #64
#99Alan111US #91
#100Eddie109US #151

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑41Tara#56
↑32Billy#59
↑32Travis#66
↑26Sabrina#42
↑24Randy#71
↑21Marc#76
↑20Jill#80
↑18Benjamin#60

Falling

↓31Valerie#94
↓30Darrell#89
↓28Sheila#88
↓28Suzanne#97
↓26Arthur#93
↓23Roger#86
↓23Darren#92
↓22Gerald#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.