State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,162 Florida births in 1976 across 1,728 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#49Willie#121 nationally
#89Jorge#152 nationally
#74Latoya#135 nationally
#88Sabrina#146 nationally
#75Felicia#130 nationally
#94Tyrone#146 nationally
#60Katrina#110 nationally
#84Natasha#131 nationally
#85Walter#127 nationally
#82Henry#122 nationally
#99Albert#136 nationally
#71Alexander#107 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,954US #1
#2Amy803US #2
#3Heather803US #4
#4Melissa775US #3
#5Kimberly736US #7
#6Angela704US #5
#7Michelle704US #6
#8Christina592US #14
#9Lisa566US #9
#10Jessica528US #8
#11Stephanie515US #11
#12Amanda472US #10
#13Shannon463US #17
#14Elizabeth403US #16
#15Rebecca387US #12
#16Mary385US #22
#17Nicole385US #13
#18Kelly364US #19
#19Tiffany329US #32
#20Laura303US #20
#21Jamie285US #18
#22April279US #30
#23Christine269US #26
#24Dawn267US #35
#25Julie262US #21
#26Sarah258US #15
#27Karen241US #31
#28Rachel238US #23
#29Jaime228US #29
#30Andrea227US #25
#31Tammy223US #41
#32Cynthia221US #44
#33Susan215US #40
#34Tracy213US #37
#35Erin209US #24
#36Carrie203US #28
#37Stacy203US #38
#38Maria199US #34
#39Patricia199US #43
#40Wendy197US #39
#41Tina196US #48
#42Tara187US #42
#43Danielle179US #33
#44Tonya174US #58
#45Erica171US #54
#46Tanya169US #61
#47Sandra168US #59
#48Brandy167US #55
#49Katherine167US #57
#50Stacey167US #51
#51Crystal163US #36
#52Christy161US #60
#53Lori156US #47
#54Samantha155US #85
#55Teresa154US #66
#56Monica151US #45
#57Sara151US #27
#58Dana150US #64
#59Allison143US #67
#60Katrina142US #110
#61Alicia141US #71
#62Melanie141US #53
#63Holly139US #56
#64Misty139US #46
#65Sharon136US #81
#66Michele135US #63
#67Theresa133US #89
#68Leslie132US #65
#69Catherine131US #72
#70Natalie130US #80
#71Pamela130US #84
#72Barbara129US #98
#73Amber127US #49
#74Latoya125US #135
#75Felicia120US #130
#76Robin118US #75
#77Jacqueline117US #99
#78Victoria117US #92
#79Tamara116US #91
#80Jill113US #52
#81Emily112US #50
#82Denise110US #69
#83Kristina110US #97
#84Natasha110US #131
#85Regina110US #116
#86Ashley108US #115
#87Linda108US #90
#88Sabrina107US #146
#89Yolanda102US #117
#90Nancy101US #87
#91Vanessa101US #106
#92Kristin99US #74
#93Valerie97US #83
#94Brenda94US #77
#95Courtney94US #76
#96Brandi93US #79
#97Erika93US #112
#98Cheryl92US #105
#99Deborah91US #96
#100Donna91US #93

Boys

#1Michael2,201US #1
#2Christopher1,647US #3
#3Jason1,618US #2
#4James1,417US #5
#5Robert1,273US #7
#6David1,249US #4
#7John1,188US #6
#8William916US #11
#9Brian876US #8
#10Joseph766US #12
#11Daniel735US #10
#12Matthew678US #9
#13Richard642US #19
#14Eric632US #13
#15Anthony555US #22
#16Charles550US #26
#17Kevin544US #15
#18Thomas515US #23
#19Timothy490US #21
#20Steven476US #20
#21Jeffrey443US #17
#22Jeremy437US #14
#23Joshua431US #18
#24Ryan425US #16
#25Scott422US #24
#26Mark406US #25
#27Jonathan374US #31
#28Kenneth345US #38
#29Stephen332US #37
#30Paul318US #28
#31Shawn315US #34
#32Donald297US #47
#33Andrew292US #27
#34Gregory278US #35
#35Sean273US #42
#36Patrick264US #41
#37Adam257US #36
#38Ronald257US #49
#39Aaron255US #30
#40Chad251US #29
#41Justin250US #33
#42Benjamin246US #32
#43Bryan235US #43
#44Edward233US #45
#45Travis225US #46
#46Larry217US #60
#47George208US #53
#48Gary205US #52
#49Willie203US #121
#50Keith201US #48
#51Antonio186US #71
#52Jose173US #44
#53Terry173US #75
#54Samuel172US #59
#55Corey166US #64
#56Todd162US #50
#57Carlos156US #70
#58Douglas155US #56
#59Nathan153US #39
#60Frank147US #68
#61Raymond147US #65
#62Dennis146US #66
#63Jerry145US #67
#64Marcus140US #74
#65Juan139US #58
#66Derrick137US #91
#67Shane135US #57
#68Jesse133US #55
#69Craig130US #61
#70Phillip126US #69
#71Alexander123US #107
#72Brandon123US #40
#73Bradley117US #51
#74Johnny116US #92
#75Jamie112US #62
#76Rodney112US #88
#77Carl109US #95
#78Russell108US #87
#79Tony108US #86
#80Jeffery107US #76
#81Peter106US #54
#82Henry105US #122
#83Troy105US #73
#84Billy103US #85
#85Walter103US #127
#86Jimmy102US #101
#87Gerald98US #120
#88Roger98US #103
#89Jorge96US #152
#90Andre95US #125
#91Danny94US #102
#92Joel93US #72
#93Kyle93US #80
#94Tyrone93US #146
#95Erik92US #94
#96Bobby91US #96
#97Marc91US #99
#98Wayne91US #131
#99Albert86US #136
#100Jeremiah86US #93

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑74Jamie#21
↑25Allison#59
↑24Natalie#70
↑18Sarah#26
↑16Tanya#46
↑16Samantha#54
↑16Natasha#84
↑14Erin#35

Falling

↓31Donna#100
↓26Yolanda#89
↓23Tamara#79
↓22Barbara#72
↓20Deborah#99
↓15Cheryl#98
↓14Lori#53
↓14Melanie#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.