State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,979 Florida births in 1972 across 1,662 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#32Katina#117 nationally
#88Natasha#170 nationally
#73Sabrina#152 nationally
#43Willie#109 nationally
#59Katrina#116 nationally
#74Alexander#129 nationally
#82Samantha#137 nationally
#75Felicia#128 nationally
#94Eugene#145 nationally
#93Cassandra#139 nationally
#94Erika#138 nationally
#81Darrell#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,938US #1
#2Kimberly946US #4
#3Michelle917US #2
#4Lisa838US #3
#5Angela824US #6
#6Melissa694US #7
#7Stephanie628US #8
#8Amy621US #5
#9Tammy522US #11
#10Heather519US #9
#11Mary455US #13
#12Elizabeth454US #15
#13Shannon424US #22
#14Christina398US #26
#15Dawn398US #20
#16Tracy397US #19
#17Tina386US #18
#18Cynthia384US #25
#19Nicole381US #10
#20Julie375US #12
#21Rebecca365US #14
#22Karen356US #21
#23Laura352US #17
#24Patricia347US #27
#25Kelly331US #23
#26Christine323US #16
#27Susan321US #24
#28Pamela299US #34
#29Tonya299US #37
#30Teresa280US #39
#31Wendy275US #29
#32Katina262US #117
#33Sandra256US #31
#34Andrea252US #30
#35Lori249US #28
#36April236US #48
#37Donna235US #45
#38Barbara229US #58
#39Maria227US #32
#40Dana224US #52
#41Melanie223US #42
#42Tara222US #38
#43Stacy214US #33
#44Deborah211US #43
#45Sharon211US #50
#46Tanya206US #54
#47Tiffany204US #61
#48Cheryl202US #56
#49Stacey202US #41
#50Monica200US #47
#51Rhonda199US #60
#52Linda197US #51
#53Michele196US #36
#54Denise190US #35
#55Brenda185US #44
#56Sherry185US #70
#57Debra184US #66
#58Robin183US #55
#59Katrina176US #116
#60Jessica169US #46
#61Catherine163US #65
#62Rachel162US #40
#63Theresa160US #68
#64Yolanda160US #89
#65Amanda147US #76
#66Leslie146US #75
#67Victoria146US #99
#68Nancy143US #63
#69Holly140US #71
#70Jacqueline138US #79
#71Alicia137US #96
#72Carrie134US #53
#73Sabrina134US #152
#74Katherine133US #69
#75Felicia127US #128
#76Paula127US #72
#77Melinda122US #81
#78Regina122US #104
#79Crystal121US #59
#80Carolyn117US #110
#81Kristin113US #67
#82Samantha113US #137
#83Sonya113US #122
#84Tamara113US #84
#85Christy110US #74
#86Carol108US #109
#87Kathryn107US #103
#88Natasha107US #170
#89Carla105US #106
#90Tracey105US #88
#91Sarah104US #49
#92Sheila103US #90
#93Cassandra102US #139
#94Erika102US #138
#95Gina102US #78
#96Kathleen102US #57
#97Terri100US #124
#98Allison98US #115
#99Veronica98US #82
#100Cindy97US #80

Boys

#1Michael2,360US #1
#2Christopher1,839US #2
#3James1,812US #3
#4Robert1,654US #6
#5John1,483US #5
#6David1,468US #4
#7William1,282US #9
#8Jason1,040US #7
#9Brian910US #8
#10Richard837US #14
#11Joseph704US #12
#12Kevin691US #13
#13Charles683US #23
#14Eric656US #16
#15Daniel624US #15
#16Thomas618US #20
#17Scott582US #11
#18Anthony576US #22
#19Timothy566US #21
#20Steven558US #19
#21Mark544US #18
#22Matthew522US #10
#23Kenneth495US #27
#24Jeffrey472US #17
#25Paul415US #24
#26Gregory396US #26
#27Shawn381US #28
#28Stephen373US #29
#29Donald360US #36
#30Ronald351US #32
#31Keith339US #38
#32Sean320US #33
#33Edward304US #34
#34George294US #44
#35Jonathan274US #37
#36Chad271US #25
#37Patrick259US #35
#38Andrew257US #30
#39Todd249US #31
#40Gary248US #41
#41Larry246US #47
#42Ryan231US #39
#43Willie231US #109
#44Raymond216US #54
#45Douglas211US #43
#46Bryan200US #45
#47Jerry184US #53
#48Dennis182US #52
#49Samuel182US #66
#50Troy177US #49
#51Terry176US #62
#52Derrick168US #91
#53Travis167US #57
#54Aaron165US #40
#55Adam165US #51
#56Marcus164US #71
#57Tony163US #68
#58Frank160US #56
#59Jose155US #50
#60Shane153US #55
#61Craig152US #46
#62Carlos150US #84
#63Jeffery149US #58
#64Benjamin148US #64
#65Jeremy146US #42
#66Derek144US #67
#67Joshua144US #59
#68Curtis142US #92
#69Bobby141US #90
#70Johnny140US #74
#71Antonio133US #93
#72Billy133US #81
#73Rodney130US #65
#74Alexander129US #129
#75Gerald129US #102
#76Justin125US #60
#77Peter123US #48
#78Danny120US #87
#79Shannon120US #94
#80Micheal119US #108
#81Darrell117US #122
#82Henry117US #118
#83Walter117US #98
#84Frederick114US #116
#85Russell113US #69
#86Brett109US #80
#87Joel109US #78
#88Juan109US #73
#89Marc105US #83
#90Wayne105US #103
#91Corey104US #95
#92Jimmy104US #97
#93Arthur102US #119
#94Eugene102US #145
#95Albert100US #112
#96Erik100US #86
#97Jamie100US #72
#98Chris99US #82
#99Christian99US #96
#100Carl97US #85

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑23Shane#60
↑20Nicole#19
↑20Amanda#65
↑20Ryan#42
↑17Alexander#74
↑16Jose#59
↑16Danny#78
↑15Melanie#41

Falling

↓33Cindy#100
↓22Sheila#92
↓19Walter#83
↓19Carl#100
↓16Russell#85
↓15Craig#61
↓14Rodney#73
↓14Henry#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.