State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,458 Florida births in 1973 across 1,679 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#81Sabrina#173 nationally
#48Katina#120 nationally
#83Natasha#155 nationally
#54Katrina#118 nationally
#46Willie#109 nationally
#69Alexander#116 nationally
#94Felicia#138 nationally
#70Yolanda#113 nationally
#79Carol#121 nationally
#93Samantha#135 nationally
#84Randall#121 nationally
#55Alicia#91 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,908US #1
#2Kimberly957US #4
#3Michelle945US #3
#4Melissa775US #6
#5Angela710US #7
#6Lisa689US #5
#7Amy651US #2
#8Stephanie642US #9
#9Heather573US #8
#10Christina461US #16
#11Rebecca461US #10
#12Mary446US #14
#13Tammy396US #15
#14Elizabeth388US #13
#15Shannon346US #22
#16Nicole339US #11
#17Tina338US #24
#18Dawn336US #21
#19Cynthia335US #26
#20Kelly329US #18
#21Julie327US #12
#22Patricia321US #27
#23Christine319US #17
#24Tracy313US #20
#25Wendy293US #29
#26April286US #33
#27Laura285US #19
#28Karen284US #23
#29Tonya279US #36
#30Susan276US #25
#31Lori256US #28
#32Andrea239US #30
#33Tiffany237US #52
#34Stacy228US #32
#35Pamela222US #47
#36Barbara219US #63
#37Tara216US #37
#38Michele215US #44
#39Monica207US #40
#40Sandra206US #39
#41Teresa205US #45
#42Stacey204US #41
#43Maria198US #31
#44Melanie195US #43
#45Donna193US #55
#46Tanya189US #50
#47Deborah186US #56
#48Katina186US #120
#49Denise185US #38
#50Sharon184US #57
#51Jessica183US #34
#52Robin179US #60
#53Catherine177US #67
#54Katrina172US #118
#55Alicia167US #91
#56Amanda167US #51
#57Rachel167US #42
#58Dana165US #59
#59Rhonda159US #70
#60Carrie152US #46
#61Theresa152US #69
#62Sherry151US #76
#63Linda150US #61
#64Tamara150US #66
#65Brenda149US #53
#66Holly148US #54
#67Melinda148US #72
#68Danielle143US #49
#69Kristen142US #58
#70Yolanda142US #113
#71Katherine141US #64
#72Cheryl136US #74
#73Crystal132US #48
#74Leslie131US #75
#75Christy130US #73
#76Erica126US #81
#77Kristina126US #97
#78Allison125US #105
#79Carol123US #121
#80Nancy123US #77
#81Sabrina122US #173
#82Jacqueline114US #88
#83Natasha114US #155
#84Debra113US #84
#85Gina110US #83
#86Regina110US #110
#87Diana109US #85
#88Brandy108US #82
#89Sarah107US #35
#90Victoria107US #95
#91Tracey106US #102
#92Renee105US #80
#93Samantha105US #135
#94Felicia104US #138
#95Kathryn103US #107
#96Suzanne103US #98
#97Carla102US #114
#98Kristin102US #78
#99Erika101US #132
#100Erin98US #79

Boys

#1Michael2,257US #1
#2James1,754US #4
#3Christopher1,609US #2
#4Robert1,450US #7
#5David1,368US #5
#6John1,362US #6
#7Jason1,307US #3
#8William1,163US #9
#9Brian986US #8
#10Richard799US #16
#11Daniel750US #11
#12Joseph726US #12
#13Charles695US #23
#14Eric658US #13
#15Kevin621US #14
#16Thomas584US #19
#17Anthony582US #21
#18Matthew564US #10
#19Timothy545US #22
#20Mark534US #15
#21Steven524US #20
#22Scott507US #18
#23Kenneth440US #28
#24Jeffrey439US #17
#25Shawn410US #27
#26Paul401US #24
#27Stephen351US #32
#28Gregory348US #26
#29Jonathan332US #31
#30Donald329US #38
#31Sean319US #36
#32Ronald313US #40
#33Keith287US #41
#34George272US #46
#35Chad268US #25
#36Edward259US #39
#37Andrew258US #29
#38Gary254US #44
#39Larry253US #50
#40Patrick250US #37
#41Joshua245US #42
#42Ryan237US #30
#43Bryan221US #43
#44Douglas221US #47
#45Todd219US #35
#46Willie205US #109
#47Travis202US #53
#48Samuel198US #66
#49Jeremy196US #33
#50Aaron193US #34
#51Adam190US #45
#52Johnny190US #82
#53Jerry181US #57
#54Raymond180US #60
#55Craig173US #48
#56Shane170US #54
#57Derrick167US #87
#58Benjamin164US #55
#59Carlos160US #74
#60Troy158US #59
#61Dennis155US #56
#62Frank152US #61
#63Justin150US #51
#64Terry150US #65
#65Marcus148US #72
#66Antonio146US #92
#67Jose146US #49
#68Rodney144US #68
#69Alexander138US #116
#70Derek136US #69
#71Bobby135US #93
#72Phillip134US #71
#73Walter133US #101
#74Peter132US #52
#75Henry131US #111
#76Juan129US #67
#77Jeffery128US #64
#78Gerald127US #102
#79Billy125US #76
#80Carl125US #90
#81Roger125US #84
#82Corey121US #89
#83Curtis116US #98
#84Randall116US #121
#85Tony116US #78
#86Danny113US #83
#87Micheal107US #106
#88Russell107US #77
#89Shannon107US #100
#90Albert104US #112
#91Jermaine101US #127
#92Jimmy101US #95
#93Wayne101US #107
#94Frederick100US #120
#95Jamie99US #70
#96Arthur97US #119
#97Joel97US #73
#98Brett95US #88
#99Randy94US #79
#100Ronnie94US #136

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑26Joshua#41
↑20Tamara#64
↑20Allison#78
↑20Carl#80
↑18Johnny#52
↑16Alicia#55
↑16Jeremy#49
↑15Michele#38

Falling

↓28Tony#85
↓27Debra#84
↓24Cheryl#72
↓23Victoria#90
↓19Felicia#94
↓18Dana#58
↓17Kristin#98
↓16Katina#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.