State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,356 Florida births in 1974 across 1,738 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#192 nationally
#48Katrina#126 nationally
#48Willie#119 nationally
#94Reginald#152 nationally
#80Felicia#137 nationally
#87Natasha#141 nationally
#82Samantha#128 nationally
#86Erika#127 nationally
#75Henry#115 nationally
#43Barbara#77 nationally
#78Yolanda#112 nationally
#78Alexander#112 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,095US #1
#2Michelle889US #3
#3Kimberly888US #6
#4Angela767US #5
#5Heather763US #4
#6Melissa723US #7
#7Amy715US #2
#8Stephanie604US #9
#9Lisa598US #8
#10Christina485US #16
#11Shannon437US #18
#12Rebecca420US #10
#13Elizabeth417US #12
#14Mary417US #13
#15Nicole374US #11
#16Tammy364US #24
#17April354US #28
#18Kelly353US #15
#19Tracy347US #23
#20Julie317US #14
#21Patricia310US #29
#22Dawn308US #22
#23Tina301US #25
#24Christine296US #19
#25Tiffany295US #41
#26Laura292US #21
#27Jessica287US #17
#28Wendy280US #32
#29Cynthia274US #33
#30Tonya274US #37
#31Karen260US #26
#32Tara244US #39
#33Amanda237US #34
#34Lori237US #30
#35Pamela234US #54
#36Rachel231US #36
#37Susan229US #27
#38Monica223US #43
#39Sandra205US #44
#40Teresa203US #52
#41Maria200US #31
#42Tanya199US #46
#43Barbara198US #77
#44Andrea196US #35
#45Stacy196US #38
#46Tamara187US #64
#47Stacey180US #48
#48Katrina175US #126
#49Erin172US #47
#50Crystal170US #49
#51Dana168US #55
#52Kristen168US #45
#53Sarah166US #20
#54Michele164US #50
#55Holly163US #56
#56Melanie161US #51
#57Robin160US #63
#58Danielle159US #40
#59Sharon158US #70
#60Linda157US #75
#61Donna155US #67
#62Carrie152US #42
#63Deborah149US #68
#64Denise148US #53
#65Leslie148US #65
#66Theresa146US #79
#67Brandy143US #80
#68Jacqueline142US #83
#69Catherine140US #73
#70Brenda139US #59
#71Katherine137US #62
#72Alicia134US #90
#73Erica133US #74
#74Christy132US #57
#75Cheryl130US #88
#76Joy129US #109
#77Rhonda127US #86
#78Yolanda127US #112
#79Misty123US #66
#80Felicia121US #137
#81Melinda120US #81
#82Samantha118US #128
#83Debra116US #94
#84Nancy116US #78
#85Sherry116US #89
#86Erika115US #127
#87Natasha113US #141
#88Emily112US #69
#89Sabrina111US #192
#90Valerie109US #93
#91Allison108US #99
#92Victoria108US #104
#93Margaret107US #95
#94Brandi104US #106
#95Anna103US #82
#96Christie103US #110
#97Tracey103US #108
#98Paula102US #96
#99Vanessa102US #122
#100Kristina101US #101

Boys

#1Michael2,296US #1
#2Jason1,704US #2
#3Christopher1,700US #3
#4James1,597US #5
#5Robert1,524US #7
#6David1,468US #4
#7John1,390US #6
#8William1,097US #10
#9Brian1,003US #8
#10Richard753US #17
#11Daniel730US #11
#12Joseph720US #12
#13Charles684US #23
#14Matthew659US #9
#15Eric644US #13
#16Kevin592US #14
#17Thomas582US #20
#18Anthony553US #21
#19Mark543US #16
#20Steven530US #19
#21Timothy516US #22
#22Scott508US #18
#23Jeffrey477US #15
#24Shawn412US #30
#25Kenneth404US #34
#26Paul390US #27
#27Stephen355US #35
#28Jonathan331US #33
#29Ryan331US #25
#30Gregory328US #31
#31Ronald328US #42
#32Donald320US #41
#33Sean313US #37
#34Joshua311US #29
#35Andrew304US #28
#36Patrick291US #38
#37Edward262US #40
#38Chad252US #26
#39George250US #49
#40Adam249US #36
#41Jeremy248US #24
#42Gary246US #48
#43Larry246US #55
#44Bryan242US #45
#45Aaron236US #32
#46Benjamin225US #46
#47Keith221US #44
#48Willie202US #119
#49Jose200US #47
#50Todd199US #39
#51Justin188US #43
#52Travis180US #54
#53Carlos175US #71
#54Dennis173US #59
#55Samuel173US #60
#56Frank171US #65
#57Marcus170US #73
#58Terry166US #69
#59Douglas165US #53
#60Jerry164US #61
#61Johnny164US #83
#62Raymond159US #62
#63Antonio156US #82
#64Corey156US #77
#65Craig156US #57
#66Jeffery150US #66
#67Shane149US #56
#68Peter148US #50
#69Rodney147US #72
#70Derrick143US #87
#71Juan138US #64
#72Billy137US #78
#73Tony137US #81
#74Troy135US #63
#75Henry133US #115
#76Phillip133US #70
#77Derek129US #74
#78Alexander126US #112
#79Bobby126US #92
#80Nathan122US #52
#81Walter121US #104
#82Bradley119US #58
#83Carl118US #89
#84Micheal115US #102
#85Jesse111US #67
#86Joel110US #75
#87Roger108US #93
#88Gerald103US #108
#89Jimmy101US #99
#90Jamie100US #68
#91Russell100US #84
#92Randall96US #123
#93Curtis92US #98
#94Reginald92US #152
#95Christian91US #103
#96Nicholas91US #80
#97Wayne91US #120
#98Arthur90US #126
#99Albert89US #130
#100Philip88US #86

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑51Erin#49
↑36Sarah#53
↑24Jessica#27
↑23Amanda#33
↑23Crystal#50
↑21Rachel#36
↑21Brandy#67
↑18Tamara#46

Falling

↓23Sherry#85
↓23Kristina#100
↓18Rhonda#77
↓17Alicia#72
↓16Michele#54
↓16Donna#61
↓16Deborah#63
↓16Catherine#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.