State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,373 Florida births in 1980 across 1,959 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#49Latoya#123 nationally
#60Willie#130 nationally
#96Jermaine#149 nationally
#76Barbara#120 nationally
#91Henry#135 nationally
#98Latasha#141 nationally
#97Jorge#139 nationally
#73Sabrina#113 nationally
#78Johnny#113 nationally
#59Katrina#90 nationally
#62Alexander#91 nationally
#50Antonio#77 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,241US #1
#2Amanda1,261US #2
#3Jessica1,242US #3
#4Melissa1,199US #4
#5Kimberly793US #11
#6Christina780US #15
#7Heather743US #6
#8Michelle740US #10
#9Tiffany729US #14
#10Nicole655US #7
#11Sarah646US #5
#12Angela627US #12
#13Elizabeth623US #9
#14Stephanie620US #13
#15Amy548US #8
#16Crystal471US #18
#17Kelly462US #19
#18Rebecca459US #17
#19Lisa448US #16
#20April433US #26
#21Mary407US #25
#22Shannon399US #29
#23Erin398US #20
#24Laura381US #21
#25Amber348US #22
#26Danielle342US #33
#27Rachel340US #23
#28Jamie338US #24
#29Ashley335US #40
#30Erica315US #34
#31Andrea303US #28
#32Julie277US #32
#33Lauren277US #38
#34Brandy273US #42
#35Sara265US #27
#36Christine260US #41
#37Kristin260US #37
#38Maria260US #36
#39Kristen255US #39
#40Katherine227US #35
#41Monica224US #45
#42Alicia220US #47
#43Patricia203US #51
#44Vanessa202US #69
#45Samantha201US #58
#46Tara198US #43
#47Leslie195US #61
#48Karen193US #54
#49Latoya191US #123
#50Courtney189US #48
#51Dawn188US #67
#52Holly187US #52
#53Kristina187US #73
#54Natalie187US #65
#55Carrie182US #46
#56Megan180US #30
#57Tracy180US #56
#58Emily179US #31
#59Katrina177US #90
#60Misty170US #49
#61Dana166US #68
#62Brandi165US #63
#63Allison161US #59
#64Brooke161US #57
#65Stacy161US #53
#66Tina161US #72
#67Natasha159US #89
#68Cynthia158US #64
#69Kathryn156US #50
#70Jacqueline154US #81
#71Sandra154US #80
#72Melanie152US #60
#73Sabrina152US #113
#74Catherine150US #77
#75Susan150US #62
#76Barbara145US #120
#77Stacey145US #74
#78Pamela141US #86
#79Anna138US #55
#80Monique138US #93
#81Teresa138US #94
#82Veronica135US #70
#83Christy134US #83
#84Tanya128US #88
#85Katie126US #44
#86Wendy126US #75
#87Lori125US #76
#88Tamara120US #108
#89Erika118US #87
#90Kristy118US #78
#91Tammy118US #96
#92Victoria117US #103
#93Linda115US #110
#94Tonya115US #97
#95Robin114US #109
#96Denise112US #95
#97Candice111US #99
#98Latasha106US #141
#99Leah106US #84
#100Cheryl102US #119

Boys

#1Michael2,488US #1
#2Christopher1,995US #2
#3James1,727US #5
#4Jason1,657US #3
#5David1,539US #4
#6Robert1,525US #9
#7John1,403US #8
#8Joseph1,129US #10
#9William1,056US #14
#10Joshua1,048US #7
#11Matthew1,036US #6
#12Daniel1,024US #11
#13Brian984US #12
#14Justin865US #13
#15Ryan738US #15
#16Richard710US #26
#17Jonathan706US #21
#18Eric674US #16
#19Charles670US #29
#20Kevin650US #23
#21Timothy625US #20
#22Thomas623US #25
#23Anthony609US #24
#24Jeremy585US #18
#25Nicholas544US #17
#26Adam533US #22
#27Andrew518US #19
#28Steven497US #28
#29Mark446US #30
#30Kenneth445US #41
#31Travis445US #37
#32Jeffrey435US #27
#33Stephen371US #40
#34Benjamin369US #32
#35Paul363US #35
#36Scott350US #33
#37Patrick338US #38
#38Bryan334US #49
#39Aaron327US #34
#40Gregory327US #42
#41Sean318US #48
#42Donald296US #53
#43Shawn286US #47
#44Jose277US #46
#45Chad269US #39
#46Brandon266US #31
#47Edward262US #52
#48Ronald252US #58
#49Samuel251US #54
#50Antonio246US #77
#51Jesse246US #45
#52George242US #60
#53Derek230US #50
#54Keith210US #56
#55Nathan208US #36
#56Jacob199US #43
#57Gary197US #63
#58Bradley193US #51
#59Carlos193US #78
#60Willie190US #130
#61Douglas187US #62
#62Alexander185US #91
#63Dustin184US #44
#64Kyle178US #57
#65Marcus174US #71
#66Raymond172US #66
#67Erik164US #64
#68Juan163US #59
#69Peter162US #55
#70Larry159US #70
#71Derrick158US #74
#72Frank158US #81
#73Corey154US #68
#74Phillip153US #65
#75Shaun153US #79
#76Joel148US #67
#77Dennis146US #80
#78Johnny146US #113
#79Jared141US #61
#80Curtis138US #89
#81Luis137US #88
#82Jeffery135US #90
#83Jerry132US #94
#84Craig131US #73
#85Cory128US #83
#86Billy126US #100
#87Bobby126US #109
#88Shane126US #69
#89Philip125US #82
#90Todd124US #75
#91Henry123US #135
#92Terry120US #101
#93Jeremiah116US #76
#94Nathaniel116US #86
#95Vincent116US #111
#96Jermaine114US #149
#97Jorge114US #139
#98Wesley114US #95
#99Mario113US #102
#100Russell111US #92

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑53Kristin#37
↑48Kristen#39
↑33Latoya#49
↑32Brooke#64
↑29Courtney#50
↑25Katrina#59
↑18Leslie#47
↑18Veronica#82

Falling

↓35Tammy#91
↓27Susan#75
↓22Tracy#57
↓22Wendy#86
↓20Cheryl#100
↓18Stacey#77
↓17Dana#61
↓17Tonya#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.