State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,050 Florida births in 1981 across 2,044 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#88Jermaine#161 nationally
#70Willie#141 nationally
#84Walter#138 nationally
#66Barbara#119 nationally
#87Latasha#139 nationally
#88Krystal#131 nationally
#54Katrina#95 nationally
#86Henry#126 nationally
#85Sabrina#120 nationally
#93Jorge#128 nationally
#36Latoya#69 nationally
#81Johnny#113 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,209US #1
#2Jessica1,619US #2
#3Amanda1,269US #3
#4Melissa1,058US #5
#5Tiffany809US #14
#6Christina754US #17
#7Stephanie749US #8
#8Sarah735US #4
#9Heather721US #10
#10Michelle717US #11
#11Kimberly699US #13
#12Nicole667US #7
#13Crystal623US #16
#14Elizabeth618US #9
#15Amy601US #6
#16Rebecca546US #12
#17Angela524US #15
#18Lisa461US #18
#19Kelly447US #23
#20April442US #25
#21Mary422US #27
#22Erin416US #19
#23Danielle414US #30
#24Ashley397US #34
#25Amber390US #20
#26Rachel390US #22
#27Shannon387US #32
#28Andrea366US #24
#29Laura362US #21
#30Lauren359US #35
#31Kristin352US #31
#32Jamie347US #28
#33Kristen304US #38
#34Sara300US #26
#35Erica298US #36
#36Latoya298US #69
#37Brandy294US #41
#38Samantha271US #51
#39Katherine261US #39
#40Alicia257US #46
#41Tara251US #45
#42Emily248US #29
#43Courtney247US #43
#44Maria246US #40
#45Christine241US #42
#46Patricia231US #53
#47Julie228US #37
#48Monica224US #49
#49Vanessa221US #62
#50Brandi212US #50
#51Megan199US #33
#52Natalie199US #60
#53Jacqueline190US #67
#54Katrina188US #95
#55Kristina187US #72
#56Cynthia184US #59
#57Natasha182US #85
#58Karen176US #64
#59Carrie169US #55
#60Leslie168US #56
#61Stacy168US #65
#62Brooke166US #52
#63Catherine166US #73
#64Lindsay164US #47
#65Victoria160US #87
#66Barbara159US #119
#67Kathryn159US #48
#68Christy156US #99
#69Dana156US #70
#70Diana155US #75
#71Melanie151US #66
#72Dawn150US #79
#73Allison149US #57
#74Tracy148US #77
#75Veronica146US #68
#76Misty143US #61
#77Sandra143US #74
#78Pamela141US #76
#79Teresa140US #97
#80Candice137US #86
#81Susan137US #71
#82Holly134US #63
#83Tanya133US #92
#84Lindsey132US #58
#85Sabrina131US #120
#86Tina131US #80
#87Latasha126US #139
#88Krystal121US #131
#89Monique121US #103
#90Leah120US #81
#91Cassandra119US #104
#92Erika119US #93
#93Stacey119US #83
#94Tonya119US #110
#95Linda118US #111
#96Katie117US #44
#97Nancy117US #101
#98Anna116US #54
#99Julia114US #88
#100Wendy111US #90

Boys

#1Michael2,645US #1
#2Christopher2,104US #2
#3James1,748US #7
#4David1,630US #5
#5Jason1,566US #4
#6Robert1,461US #9
#7John1,391US #8
#8Joshua1,257US #6
#9Matthew1,183US #3
#10Daniel1,136US #10
#11Joseph1,087US #11
#12William1,066US #15
#13Justin994US #12
#14Brian900US #14
#15Ryan855US #13
#16Jonathan833US #16
#17Richard803US #27
#18Charles736US #31
#19Anthony718US #23
#20Eric690US #17
#21Timothy685US #24
#22Thomas609US #26
#23Nicholas590US #21
#24Kevin578US #25
#25Adam569US #20
#26Jeremy550US #22
#27Steven542US #28
#28Andrew535US #18
#29Jeffrey479US #29
#30Aaron456US #30
#31Brandon456US #19
#32Travis450US #40
#33Mark433US #33
#34Kenneth426US #41
#35Stephen425US #39
#36Paul403US #35
#37Scott371US #34
#38Benjamin369US #32
#39Patrick352US #38
#40Sean352US #44
#41Gregory327US #46
#42Jesse317US #37
#43Ronald293US #59
#44Donald292US #56
#45Edward279US #51
#46Bryan277US #48
#47Jose270US #45
#48Shawn270US #49
#49Dustin258US #42
#50George257US #61
#51Alexander251US #70
#52Chad251US #47
#53Carlos238US #71
#54Samuel227US #54
#55Nathan221US #36
#56Antonio220US #75
#57Juan211US #60
#58Gary209US #62
#59Jacob208US #43
#60Derek201US #53
#61Bradley200US #50
#62Douglas195US #64
#63Keith192US #58
#64Larry189US #73
#65Marcus189US #67
#66Jared181US #57
#67Derrick179US #78
#68Kyle179US #52
#69Raymond177US #68
#70Willie174US #141
#71Phillip167US #66
#72Corey161US #69
#73Frank159US #82
#74Dennis154US #83
#75Peter154US #55
#76Joel152US #65
#77Jerry151US #97
#78Luis142US #92
#79Philip139US #84
#80Terry139US #105
#81Johnny135US #113
#82Curtis133US #94
#83Shaun129US #86
#84Walter129US #138
#85Nathaniel127US #80
#86Henry125US #126
#87Erik123US #76
#88Jermaine122US #161
#89Bobby120US #110
#90Brett120US #79
#91Craig119US #72
#92Randy119US #91
#93Jorge118US #128
#94Tony118US #111
#95Jeremiah117US #77
#96Mario114US #109
#97Jeffery113US #93
#98Todd112US #74
#99Carl109US #106
#100Ian108US #101

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑27Victoria#65
↑17Jacqueline#53
↑17Candice#80
↑16Emily#42
↑15Christy#68
↑15Brandon#31
↑14Dustin#49
↑13Latoya#36

Falling

↓30Holly#82
↓21Dawn#72
↓20Tina#86
↓20Erik#87
↓19Anna#98
↓17Tracy#74
↓16Misty#76
↓16Stacey#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.