State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,755 Florida births in 1982 across 2,096 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#65Willie#144 nationally
#90Jermaine#168 nationally
#97Maurice#165 nationally
#78Jorge#139 nationally
#78Sabrina#128 nationally
#84Barbara#130 nationally
#86Ebony#132 nationally
#76Johnny#118 nationally
#95Henry#134 nationally
#56Latoya#91 nationally
#49Antonio#76 nationally
#60Katrina#87 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,372US #1
#2Jessica1,720US #2
#3Amanda1,216US #3
#4Melissa1,080US #5
#5Nicole821US #6
#6Crystal815US #9
#7Tiffany804US #13
#8Michelle788US #11
#9Stephanie779US #7
#10Sarah758US #4
#11Christina757US #19
#12Ashley694US #17
#13Elizabeth684US #8
#14Kimberly658US #14
#15Heather657US #12
#16Amy546US #10
#17Angela517US #16
#18Rebecca489US #15
#19Amber475US #18
#20Kelly459US #25
#21Rachel458US #21
#22Erin449US #20
#23Lauren440US #26
#24Lisa439US #23
#25Danielle429US #31
#26Mary418US #30
#27April393US #32
#28Shannon391US #38
#29Laura389US #22
#30Jamie386US #29
#31Kristen382US #33
#32Kristin345US #37
#33Erica344US #35
#34Katherine327US #36
#35Vanessa323US #49
#36Andrea322US #27
#37Samantha306US #44
#38Sara285US #28
#39Emily277US #24
#40Jacqueline276US #54
#41Brandy265US #50
#42Tara263US #47
#43Christine260US #46
#44Maria258US #42
#45Courtney254US #43
#46Lindsey252US #40
#47Megan252US #34
#48Monica233US #52
#49Brandi232US #55
#50Lindsay232US #39
#51Natalie227US #51
#52Julie216US #41
#53Patricia211US #59
#54Kristina203US #70
#55Alicia201US #53
#56Latoya192US #91
#57Natasha192US #71
#58Leslie186US #60
#59Allison177US #58
#60Katrina177US #87
#61Dana176US #67
#62Cynthia173US #64
#63Karen171US #68
#64Carrie170US #57
#65Kathryn168US #48
#66Sandra168US #80
#67Diana163US #63
#68Holly163US #61
#69Victoria162US #66
#70Krystal161US #83
#71Candice157US #78
#72Catherine150US #73
#73Tracy148US #88
#74Cassandra146US #62
#75Melanie145US #65
#76Pamela145US #82
#77Anna143US #56
#78Sabrina142US #128
#79Erika140US #81
#80Valerie140US #75
#81Alexis137US #93
#82Dawn136US #95
#83Stacey135US #85
#84Barbara134US #130
#85Stacy134US #72
#86Ebony131US #132
#87Brittany129US #94
#88Linda128US #107
#89Candace127US #103
#90Katie126US #45
#91Tina124US #90
#92Nichole122US #99
#93Misty121US #74
#94Leah116US #79
#95Veronica116US #69
#96Teresa115US #102
#97Robin112US #108
#98Monique109US #116
#99Susan109US #76
#100Kathleen107US #77

Boys

#1Michael2,678US #1
#2Christopher2,484US #2
#3James1,834US #6
#4Jason1,638US #4
#5David1,625US #5
#6Robert1,547US #9
#7Matthew1,458US #3
#8John1,441US #8
#9Joshua1,369US #7
#10William1,207US #15
#11Daniel1,190US #10
#12Justin1,115US #12
#13Joseph1,074US #11
#14Brian980US #14
#15Ryan893US #13
#16Jonathan870US #16
#17Anthony815US #21
#18Richard738US #27
#19Eric712US #20
#20Charles708US #31
#21Timothy690US #24
#22Thomas640US #23
#23Andrew625US #17
#24Kevin621US #25
#25Adam617US #19
#26Steven602US #26
#27Nicholas567US #22
#28Jeremy557US #28
#29Jeffrey523US #29
#30Brandon476US #18
#31Stephen460US #38
#32Kenneth442US #45
#33Travis433US #39
#34Mark427US #32
#35Sean422US #44
#36Aaron411US #30
#37Paul379US #35
#38Benjamin378US #33
#39Patrick373US #37
#40Gregory341US #40
#41Scott332US #34
#42Bryan328US #49
#43Jesse305US #43
#44Jose295US #46
#45Shawn288US #52
#46Alexander286US #65
#47Donald277US #58
#48Chad258US #48
#49Antonio243US #76
#50Dustin238US #42
#51Ronald235US #60
#52Carlos228US #71
#53Edward228US #53
#54Samuel228US #56
#55George226US #62
#56Juan220US #61
#57Marcus218US #63
#58Kyle216US #47
#59Nathan216US #36
#60Derek215US #50
#61Bradley212US #51
#62Jacob208US #41
#63Keith204US #59
#64Jared198US #54
#65Willie198US #144
#66Gary193US #64
#67Phillip177US #67
#68Douglas174US #68
#69Larry173US #77
#70Peter170US #57
#71Raymond167US #70
#72Joel157US #69
#73Zachary156US #55
#74Brett154US #72
#75Frank152US #81
#76Johnny151US #118
#77Corey150US #74
#78Jorge148US #139
#79Terry147US #105
#80Ian141US #83
#81Jeffery141US #92
#82Dennis140US #87
#83Shaun140US #96
#84Craig139US #73
#85Derrick138US #78
#86Shane138US #84
#87Luis136US #90
#88Jerry132US #100
#89Nathaniel132US #75
#90Jermaine128US #168
#91Jeremiah127US #89
#92Cory123US #93
#93Christian121US #114
#94Curtis119US #101
#95Henry119US #134
#96Carl118US #104
#97Maurice117US #165
#98Wesley116US #98
#99Mario114US #109
#100Randy114US #94

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑38Lindsey#46
↑21Anna#77
↑20Ian#80
↑18Krystal#70
↑17Cassandra#74
↑16Brett#74
↑16Jeffery#81
↑15Jorge#78

Falling

↓24Stacy#85
↓20Latoya#56
↓20Veronica#95
↓18Barbara#84
↓18Susan#99
↓18Derrick#85
↓17Misty#93
↓17Teresa#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.