State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,035 Florida births in 1978 across 1,809 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
#86Maurice#157 nationally
#97Reginald#160 nationally
#75Latoya#135 nationally
#93Jorge#153 nationally
#89Felicia#140 nationally
#82Henry#127 nationally
#99Summer#143 nationally
#45Ashley#87 nationally
#97Yolanda#138 nationally
#58Alexander#98 nationally
#83Victoria#121 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,859US #1
#2Melissa1,000US #2
#3Jessica865US #3
#4Heather846US #5
#5Kimberly709US #13
#6Michelle705US #9
#7Christina701US #15
#8Angela665US #7
#9Amanda619US #6
#10Amy606US #4
#11Kelly562US #12
#12Stephanie522US #16
#13Lisa487US #11
#14Nicole483US #10
#15Elizabeth451US #14
#16Crystal405US #18
#17Sarah399US #8
#18Shannon390US #22
#19Rebecca374US #17
#20Tiffany371US #32
#21Mary362US #24
#22April361US #27
#23Laura331US #19
#24Andrea297US #23
#25Jamie285US #20
#26Erin277US #21
#27Rachel273US #25
#28Erica270US #34
#29Julie253US #26
#30Brandy239US #37
#31Danielle235US #31
#32Christine226US #29
#33Carrie214US #35
#34Tara213US #40
#35Monica208US #42
#36Patricia205US #48
#37Karen202US #39
#38Cynthia199US #50
#39Tina196US #45
#40Amber189US #30
#41Sara189US #28
#42Maria187US #36
#43Vanessa185US #76
#44Tracy184US #47
#45Ashley177US #87
#46Dawn173US #52
#47Holly172US #55
#48Katherine171US #38
#49Alicia166US #58
#50Emily162US #33
#51Natalie161US #66
#52Stacy161US #44
#53Samantha158US #74
#54Wendy154US #56
#55Melanie153US #54
#56Stacey152US #53
#57Christy150US #59
#58Kristina150US #64
#59Misty144US #43
#60Tammy142US #67
#61Leslie140US #63
#62Susan140US #49
#63Sabrina139US #91
#64Jacqueline138US #81
#65Brandi136US #61
#66Lauren136US #80
#67Tonya135US #77
#68Kristy134US #51
#69Allison133US #75
#70Teresa133US #88
#71Dana132US #71
#72Tanya132US #82
#73Catherine129US #72
#74Kathryn129US #57
#75Latoya129US #135
#76Kristen128US #62
#77Robin127US #89
#78Natasha124US #114
#79Sandra120US #69
#80Barbara117US #113
#81Deborah116US #118
#82Tamara116US #105
#83Victoria113US #121
#84Katrina110US #122
#85Michele110US #86
#86Jill108US #46
#87Melinda108US #84
#88Cheryl107US #94
#89Felicia105US #140
#90Lori105US #60
#91Anna103US #65
#92Denise103US #85
#93Erika103US #104
#94Theresa103US #101
#95Courtney102US #68
#96Sharon102US #106
#97Yolanda101US #138
#98Kristin99US #78
#99Summer98US #143
#100Linda97US #100

Boys

#1Michael2,244US #1
#2Christopher1,816US #3
#3Jason1,641US #2
#4James1,528US #5
#5David1,353US #4
#6Robert1,300US #8
#7John1,222US #7
#8William989US #13
#9Matthew899US #6
#10Daniel875US #11
#11Joseph869US #10
#12Brian865US #9
#13Richard700US #21
#14Charles694US #27
#15Joshua663US #12
#16Kevin619US #15
#17Eric593US #16
#18Anthony558US #20
#19Timothy557US #17
#20Thomas539US #23
#21Ryan536US #14
#22Steven469US #24
#23Jeremy421US #18
#24Jeffrey418US #19
#25Andrew416US #22
#26Jonathan409US #31
#27Justin390US #28
#28Mark376US #26
#29Nicholas367US #25
#30Kenneth361US #41
#31Adam358US #29
#32Paul348US #33
#33Stephen347US #37
#34Shawn340US #39
#35Scott339US #30
#36Aaron303US #32
#37Benjamin289US #34
#38Gregory278US #38
#39Bryan264US #43
#40Sean263US #45
#41Patrick254US #42
#42Donald244US #48
#43Chad240US #35
#44Edward237US #47
#45Antonio223US #79
#46Keith222US #49
#47Ronald219US #55
#48George202US #58
#49Willie199US #121
#50Samuel197US #57
#51Travis196US #46
#52Derrick193US #76
#53Jose193US #44
#54Larry189US #64
#55Shaun187US #52
#56Gary183US #60
#57Corey177US #61
#58Alexander174US #98
#59Nathan167US #36
#60Douglas159US #59
#61Marcus156US #70
#62Peter151US #54
#63Juan150US #62
#64Frank146US #77
#65Raymond145US #69
#66Todd144US #56
#67Jesse143US #51
#68Phillip142US #67
#69Carlos141US #78
#70Jacob138US #50
#71Bradley135US #53
#72Johnny129US #101
#73Brandon128US #40
#74Shane126US #65
#75Terry123US #91
#76Craig121US #66
#77Curtis118US #96
#78Tony117US #97
#79Dennis114US #71
#80Jeffery112US #80
#81Cory110US #73
#82Henry110US #127
#83Joel110US #74
#84Wesley110US #83
#85Derek109US #75
#86Maurice105US #157
#87Russell105US #93
#88Troy105US #88
#89Jerry103US #82
#90Micheal103US #125
#91Philip100US #84
#92Adrian98US #111
#93Jorge98US #153
#94Billy97US #99
#95Luis96US #110
#96Carl95US #100
#97Reginald95US #160
#98Jeremiah93US #81
#99Jimmy92US #118
#100Bobby91US #109

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑34Nicholas#29
↑31Lauren#66
↑26Ashley#45
↑24Vanessa#43
↑24Emily#50
↑24Jacqueline#64
↑24Brandon#73
↑22Brandy#30

Falling

↓33Summer#99
↓30Lori#90
↓26Jeremiah#98
↓21Tammy#60
↓21Jerry#89
↓19Sabrina#63
↓19Latoya#75
↓19Carl#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.