State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,233 Florida births in 1977 across 1,771 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#46Willie#124 nationally
#56Latoya#125 nationally
#100Dwayne#163 nationally
#79Angel#133 nationally
#66Summer#119 nationally
#87Yolanda#134 nationally
#82Henry#127 nationally
#89Andre#134 nationally
#75Natasha#116 nationally
#90Felicia#128 nationally
#99Albert#137 nationally
#64Barbara#101 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,984US #1
#2Melissa879US #2
#3Heather837US #5
#4Michelle735US #7
#5Jessica715US #4
#6Amy692US #3
#7Angela682US #6
#8Kimberly673US #8
#9Christina610US #16
#10Amanda540US #9
#11Lisa527US #12
#12Kelly515US #10
#13Stephanie513US #14
#14Elizabeth461US #13
#15Shannon432US #19
#16Nicole425US #15
#17Rebecca393US #17
#18Sarah350US #11
#19Mary348US #21
#20Jamie324US #18
#21Laura314US #20
#22Tiffany313US #34
#23April289US #29
#24Andrea282US #24
#25Julie271US #22
#26Christine260US #30
#27Crystal250US #25
#28Erin242US #23
#29Patricia241US #47
#30Rachel235US #26
#31Karen230US #32
#32Carrie229US #28
#33Tara222US #35
#34Danielle212US #31
#35Dawn205US #43
#36Erica199US #38
#37Monica199US #39
#38Maria193US #36
#39Tammy192US #55
#40Melanie189US #53
#41Tina187US #58
#42Cynthia185US #48
#43Wendy185US #49
#44Sabrina184US #63
#45Sara177US #27
#46Tracy175US #50
#47Amber174US #33
#48Misty174US #40
#49Katherine173US #44
#50Susan172US #45
#51Stacy170US #42
#52Brandy169US #51
#53Jaime169US #46
#54Alicia168US #60
#55Holly167US #52
#56Latoya167US #125
#57Tonya165US #64
#58Natalie162US #69
#59Stacey155US #56
#60Lori151US #57
#61Sandra151US #61
#62Kristina149US #83
#63Catherine148US #75
#64Barbara147US #101
#65Dana147US #62
#66Summer146US #119
#67Vanessa142US #90
#68Allison139US #66
#69Christy139US #59
#70Leslie139US #65
#71Ashley136US #106
#72Tamara136US #93
#73Samantha132US #85
#74Emily131US #37
#75Natasha131US #116
#76Tanya131US #67
#77Donna126US #113
#78Jill124US #41
#79Angel120US #133
#80Sharon120US #95
#81Victoria118US #107
#82Teresa113US #79
#83Michele112US #77
#84Erika111US #103
#85Anna110US #74
#86Robin108US #84
#87Yolanda108US #134
#88Jacqueline107US #92
#89Kristen104US #72
#90Felicia103US #128
#91Kathryn102US #70
#92Valerie102US #86
#93Courtney101US #76
#94Pamela101US #102
#95Diana99US #100
#96Linda99US #99
#97Lauren98US #114
#98Suzanne97US #121
#99Denise95US #78
#100Deborah92US #109

Boys

#1Michael2,213US #1
#2Jason1,748US #2
#3Christopher1,676US #3
#4James1,609US #5
#5David1,349US #4
#6Robert1,313US #6
#7John1,238US #7
#8William988US #12
#9Brian904US #8
#10Daniel850US #11
#11Joseph798US #10
#12Matthew784US #9
#13Richard679US #20
#14Kevin651US #13
#15Charles630US #26
#16Eric618US #17
#17Joshua560US #14
#18Timothy555US #18
#19Anthony515US #21
#20Thomas508US #22
#21Steven503US #23
#22Ryan485US #16
#23Jeremy480US #15
#24Mark436US #25
#25Jeffrey422US #19
#26Andrew406US #24
#27Kenneth387US #39
#28Jonathan384US #28
#29Scott378US #27
#30Paul354US #31
#31Stephen337US #38
#32Shawn322US #37
#33Sean317US #43
#34Gregory309US #35
#35Adam296US #33
#36Justin289US #30
#37Benjamin280US #29
#38Donald279US #46
#39Bryan258US #42
#40Patrick258US #40
#41Ronald247US #53
#42Aaron245US #32
#43George238US #57
#44Travis238US #44
#45Corey235US #52
#46Willie235US #124
#47Edward224US #47
#48Chad211US #34
#49Keith209US #48
#50Antonio195US #77
#51Jose187US #45
#52Larry187US #62
#53Samuel184US #60
#54Nathan183US #36
#55Gary182US #58
#56Derrick175US #80
#57Todd166US #50
#58Douglas160US #59
#59Marcus160US #72
#60Carlos157US #74
#61Raymond154US #65
#62Alexander153US #96
#63Nicholas150US #51
#64Jesse145US #54
#65Frank143US #71
#66Johnny142US #93
#67Wesley142US #66
#68Jerry140US #75
#69Dennis136US #68
#70Shane136US #61
#71Juan133US #63
#72Jeremiah132US #69
#73Jacob131US #56
#74Terry131US #83
#75Peter127US #55
#76Craig119US #64
#77Carl118US #99
#78Phillip118US #70
#79Bradley117US #49
#80Tony115US #92
#81Bobby114US #105
#82Henry113US #127
#83Russell111US #89
#84Cory110US #67
#85Jeffery109US #78
#86Joel105US #73
#87Derek102US #84
#88Adrian100US #121
#89Andre99US #134
#90Lawrence99US #115
#91Walter95US #123
#92Luis92US #108
#93Micheal92US #122
#94Roger92US #114
#95Troy92US #88
#96Jimmy91US #98
#97Brandon90US #41
#98Curtis89US #100
#99Albert88US #137
#100Dwayne87US #163

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑44Sabrina#44
↑28Jeremiah#72
↑26Amber#47
↑24Crystal#27
↑24Vanessa#67
↑23Donna#77
↑22Melanie#40
↑21Kristina#62

Falling

↓30Tanya#76
↓27Teresa#82
↓25Brandon#97
↓24Jaime#53
↓23Pamela#94
↓21Terry#74
↓19Samantha#73
↓17Susan#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.