State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,626 Florida births in 1979 across 1,894 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#53Willie#125 nationally
#82Latoya#148 nationally
#95Maurice#160 nationally
#97Felicia#153 nationally
#99Yolanda#147 nationally
#76Barbara#123 nationally
#69Natasha#110 nationally
#96Randall#135 nationally
#70Sabrina#106 nationally
#59Alexander#94 nationally
#81Johnny#111 nationally
#50Antonio#79 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,099US #1
#2Melissa1,163US #2
#3Amanda980US #3
#4Jessica976US #4
#5Christina752US #14
#6Heather745US #7
#7Michelle728US #10
#8Kimberly697US #12
#9Angela649US #8
#10Nicole604US #9
#11Stephanie593US #15
#12Amy586US #5
#13Lisa568US #13
#14Elizabeth541US #11
#15Kelly495US #16
#16Sarah447US #6
#17Tiffany443US #28
#18Rebecca424US #17
#19April418US #23
#20Crystal392US #18
#21Shannon366US #25
#22Laura343US #20
#23Mary342US #24
#24Jamie324US #19
#25Erica299US #32
#26Erin291US #21
#27Andrea290US #26
#28Rachel290US #27
#29Amber276US #22
#30Julie266US #29
#31Danielle265US #33
#32Christine245US #35
#33Patricia240US #44
#34Brandy233US #39
#35Tracy233US #49
#36Katherine221US #36
#37Maria212US #37
#38Monica208US #40
#39Samantha204US #66
#40Sara198US #30
#41Alicia197US #47
#42Tara195US #38
#43Ashley189US #67
#44Dana188US #54
#45Holly185US #48
#46Dawn180US #57
#47Carrie175US #41
#48Susan174US #51
#49Emily172US #34
#50Lauren172US #45
#51Vanessa170US #75
#52Misty168US #42
#53Cynthia166US #55
#54Tina160US #58
#55Jacqueline159US #80
#56Tammy159US #79
#57Melanie158US #53
#58Karen157US #46
#59Stacey156US #60
#60Kristina153US #74
#61Stacy153US #43
#62Megan151US #31
#63Natalie150US #68
#64Wendy150US #64
#65Leslie148US #65
#66Allison146US #70
#67Brandi146US #61
#68Christy144US #72
#69Natasha144US #110
#70Sabrina143US #106
#71Sandra143US #77
#72Pamela142US #90
#73Kathryn140US #50
#74Kristy138US #56
#75Tamara138US #104
#76Barbara135US #123
#77Tonya134US #86
#78Catherine130US #78
#79Courtney128US #71
#80Cheryl127US #94
#81Erika126US #91
#82Latoya126US #148
#83Theresa124US #100
#84Katrina122US #99
#85Anna121US #59
#86Lori121US #69
#87Kristen118US #62
#88Denise116US #92
#89Teresa116US #87
#90Kristin110US #73
#91Tanya108US #93
#92Melinda106US #82
#93Leah104US #98
#94Sharon104US #117
#95Robin102US #95
#96Brooke99US #85
#97Felicia98US #153
#98Michele98US #105
#99Yolanda98US #147
#100Veronica97US #76

Boys

#1Michael2,244US #1
#2Christopher1,856US #2
#3Jason1,721US #3
#4James1,560US #5
#5David1,474US #4
#6Robert1,295US #8
#7John1,277US #7
#8William1,024US #13
#9Matthew980US #6
#10Joseph955US #11
#11Daniel936US #12
#12Joshua884US #9
#13Brian858US #10
#14Richard658US #25
#15Ryan640US #14
#16Charles627US #28
#17Anthony612US #21
#18Eric606US #17
#19Kevin594US #19
#20Timothy594US #18
#21Thomas569US #26
#22Justin560US #22
#23Jeremy545US #16
#24Nicholas522US #15
#25Steven510US #27
#26Jonathan485US #31
#27Jeffrey464US #24
#28Adam457US #23
#29Andrew437US #20
#30Travis436US #36
#31Mark406US #30
#32Scott387US #29
#33Stephen386US #40
#34Kenneth384US #41
#35Paul378US #34
#36Benjamin360US #33
#37Donald313US #51
#38Patrick307US #39
#39Aaron305US #32
#40Gregory294US #42
#41Shawn286US #43
#42Sean269US #49
#43Bryan265US #46
#44Chad254US #38
#45Ronald253US #54
#46Edward249US #48
#47George241US #57
#48Jose222US #44
#49Samuel211US #55
#50Antonio210US #79
#51Keith210US #52
#52Gary207US #59
#53Willie207US #125
#54Brandon198US #35
#55Carlos193US #73
#56Corey187US #63
#57Larry186US #69
#58Jesse172US #50
#59Alexander165US #94
#60Raymond162US #70
#61Douglas161US #58
#62Nathan161US #37
#63Bradley160US #47
#64Shaun157US #64
#65Derrick156US #80
#66Phillip156US #68
#67Frank155US #78
#68Juan153US #61
#69Erik151US #66
#70Jacob151US #45
#71Derek148US #72
#72Kyle144US #56
#73Marcus143US #76
#74Peter143US #53
#75Shane141US #67
#76Jeffery138US #87
#77Dennis133US #75
#78Terry121US #96
#79Jeremiah120US #81
#80Carl117US #100
#81Johnny117US #111
#82Wesley116US #89
#83Tony114US #104
#84Joel113US #71
#85Todd112US #60
#86Curtis111US #91
#87Jerry111US #85
#88Luis110US #102
#89Troy110US #99
#90Adrian105US #113
#91Cory104US #82
#92Zachary104US #74
#93Billy103US #97
#94Craig99US #77
#95Maurice99US #160
#96Randall99US #135
#97Jared98US #65
#98Randy98US #86
#99Philip97US #83
#100Jimmy96US #123

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑27Dana#44
↑21Travis#30
↑19Brandon#54
↑19Jeremiah#79
↑16Lauren#50
↑16Courtney#79
↑16Carl#80
↑14Samantha#39

Falling

↓21Karen#58
↓19Teresa#89
↓19Tanya#91
↓19Todd#85
↓18Robin#95
↓18Craig#94
↓15Cynthia#53
↓15Tina#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.