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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 126,988 Florida births in 1983 across 2,089 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#66Willie#155 nationally
#79Barbara#143 nationally
#79Jorge#139 nationally
#76Ebony#135 nationally
#71Marquita#112 nationally
#56Latoya#90 nationally
#99Tamara#131 nationally
#81Christian#112 nationally
#84Sabrina#111 nationally
#93Linda#119 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,316US #1
#2Jessica2,103US #2
#3Ashley1,575US #4
#4Amanda1,307US #3
#5Melissa975US #6
#6Heather921US #9
#7Stephanie902US #8
#8Christina866US #16
#9Sarah850US #5
#10Nicole823US #7
#11Crystal811US #11
#12Tiffany774US #14
#13Michelle763US #13
#14Elizabeth694US #10
#15Kimberly668US #15
#16Amy554US #12
#17Lauren531US #24
#18Rebecca512US #19
#19Rachel508US #20
#20Angela493US #22
#21Amber492US #17
#22Danielle466US #29
#23Kelly447US #26
#24Lisa440US #27
#25Erin431US #18
#26Megan421US #21
#27Laura397US #23
#28Vanessa395US #49
#29Jamie393US #28
#30Erica365US #33
#31Andrea364US #30
#32Mary360US #32
#33Shannon358US #38
#34Alicia340US #41
#35Kristen340US #37
#36April338US #39
#37Katherine323US #34
#38Samantha318US #40
#39Christine292US #47
#40Kristin290US #42
#41Lindsey290US #35
#42Sara274US #31
#43Emily262US #25
#44Jacqueline262US #53
#45Victoria256US #58
#46Lindsay253US #36
#47Maria252US #43
#48Natalie249US #52
#49Tara239US #51
#50Brandy237US #57
#51Holly235US #48
#52Courtney234US #44
#53Brandi233US #56
#54Brittany227US #64
#55Patricia220US #60
#56Latoya209US #90
#57Natasha209US #71
#58Monica204US #54
#59Kathryn202US #50
#60Julie193US #46
#61Diana185US #69
#62Kristina182US #63
#63Veronica178US #68
#64Catherine172US #66
#65Krystal171US #78
#66Allison170US #59
#67Leslie169US #67
#68Alexis168US #83
#69Stacy166US #61
#70Cynthia165US #62
#71Marquita162US #112
#72Carrie159US #65
#73Katie158US #45
#74Dana155US #72
#75Sandra152US #88
#76Ebony147US #135
#77Erika147US #80
#78Stacey147US #76
#79Barbara145US #143
#80Pamela144US #91
#81Anna140US #55
#82Cassandra139US #70
#83Tracy137US #89
#84Sabrina135US #111
#85Leah134US #82
#86Candice132US #84
#87Desiree130US #94
#88Karen130US #77
#89Denise129US #109
#90Meghan126US #75
#91Katrina125US #108
#92Melanie124US #79
#93Linda121US #119
#94Kathleen120US #73
#95Nichole120US #93
#96Candace118US #104
#97Monique118US #117
#98Susan116US #86
#99Tamara115US #131
#100Valerie113US #74

Boys

#1Michael2,832US #1
#2Christopher2,728US #2
#3James1,684US #6
#4Matthew1,652US #3
#5David1,625US #4
#6Robert1,527US #10
#7Jason1,441US #7
#8Joshua1,395US #5
#9John1,384US #9
#10Daniel1,345US #8
#11William1,186US #16
#12Joseph1,121US #11
#13Justin1,120US #12
#14Ryan996US #13
#15Jonathan960US #19
#16Brian951US #14
#17Anthony824US #22
#18Richard765US #27
#19Andrew720US #15
#20Eric720US #20
#21Steven720US #23
#22Brandon709US #17
#23Thomas698US #24
#24Adam695US #18
#25Charles659US #33
#26Kevin626US #25
#27Nicholas612US #21
#28Timothy601US #26
#29Stephen527US #35
#30Jeremy492US #30
#31Sean471US #44
#32Jeffrey467US #28
#33Travis467US #41
#34Mark458US #31
#35Kenneth450US #45
#36Aaron425US #29
#37Patrick406US #37
#38Gregory405US #42
#39Kyle400US #34
#40Paul398US #39
#41Benjamin373US #32
#42Scott334US #38
#43Bryan329US #47
#44Alexander306US #63
#45Jesse301US #46
#46Jose288US #48
#47Shawn273US #53
#48Chad271US #49
#49Donald269US #60
#50Marcus267US #58
#51Edward257US #55
#52Ronald256US #64
#53Jacob254US #36
#54Samuel253US #54
#55Dustin248US #43
#56Keith240US #61
#57Nathan230US #40
#58George227US #65
#59Derek221US #51
#60Antonio220US #76
#61Bradley219US #52
#62Zachary201US #50
#63Carlos200US #75
#64Gary199US #68
#65Corey198US #74
#66Willie190US #155
#67Jared188US #56
#68Larry175US #85
#69Derrick174US #78
#70Juan174US #62
#71Raymond169US #71
#72Joel167US #67
#73Phillip167US #66
#74Douglas156US #69
#75Frank154US #86
#76Peter152US #59
#77Brett151US #73
#78Ian147US #77
#79Jorge145US #139
#80Luis145US #88
#81Christian143US #112
#82Philip143US #82
#83Craig132US #70
#84Randy132US #96
#85Nathaniel131US #79
#86Jeffery130US #91
#87Cory129US #83
#88Gabriel129US #89
#89Alan128US #102
#90Shane128US #84
#91Shaun128US #111
#92Victor128US #95
#93Jeremiah126US #99
#94Terry125US #110
#95Erik123US #80
#96Adrian121US #107
#97Curtis121US #100
#98Dennis120US #92
#99Jordan118US #72
#100Jerry117US #103

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑33Brittany#54
↑32Veronica#63
↑24Victoria#45
↑21Megan#26
↑21Alicia#34
↑19Kyle#39
↑17Holly#51
↑17Katie#73

Falling

↓31Katrina#91
↓25Karen#88
↓20Valerie#100
↓17Melanie#92
↓16Dennis#98
↓15Candice#86
↓15Terry#94
↓14Juan#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.