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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 132,894 Florida births in 1984 across 2,138 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#75Willie#166 nationally
#91Jermaine#170 nationally
#93Barbara#152 nationally
#93Jorge#144 nationally
#100Henry#135 nationally
#88Sabrina#122 nationally
#98Johnathan#132 nationally
#100Morgan#132 nationally
#74Katrina#105 nationally
#32Latoya#60 nationally
#50Antonio#77 nationally
#63Alexis#89 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,170US #1
#2Jessica2,102US #2
#3Ashley1,691US #3
#4Amanda1,359US #4
#5Stephanie1,001US #6
#6Nicole950US #7
#7Heather944US #9
#8Melissa932US #8
#9Sarah845US #5
#10Christina840US #20
#11Tiffany829US #14
#12Crystal797US #12
#13Elizabeth765US #10
#14Danielle762US #16
#15Michelle705US #17
#16Kimberly649US #22
#17Rachel624US #15
#18Amber589US #18
#19Lauren578US #21
#20Megan558US #11
#21Amy541US #13
#22Rebecca529US #23
#23Kelly501US #27
#24Laura471US #19
#25Angela461US #26
#26Erin420US #25
#27Shannon405US #37
#28Erica375US #34
#29Lisa374US #29
#30Brittany370US #41
#31Katherine366US #30
#32Latoya363US #60
#33Samantha353US #39
#34Jamie352US #31
#35Kristen352US #38
#36April349US #42
#37Vanessa333US #45
#38Christine329US #43
#39Andrea321US #28
#40Mary321US #33
#41Kristin314US #47
#42Sara312US #32
#43Lindsey311US #35
#44Alicia307US #40
#45Jacqueline284US #56
#46Tara283US #49
#47Emily267US #24
#48Courtney263US #46
#49Victoria262US #59
#50Lindsay252US #36
#51Patricia243US #66
#52Monica242US #58
#53Natalie240US #55
#54Brandy233US #64
#55Kristina230US #68
#56Julie225US #52
#57Maria224US #50
#58Brandi219US #61
#59Jenna218US #54
#60Holly217US #53
#61Allison214US #51
#62Katie204US #44
#63Alexis192US #89
#64Cynthia192US #62
#65Diana188US #72
#66Sheena185US #80
#67Kathryn180US #48
#68Krystal179US #74
#69Cassandra177US #63
#70Meghan176US #65
#71Natasha174US #77
#72Catherine169US #69
#73Stacy169US #67
#74Katrina160US #105
#75Alexandra158US #96
#76Veronica151US #70
#77Kathleen141US #71
#78Sandra141US #94
#79Valerie141US #76
#80Dana140US #73
#81Anna139US #57
#82Erika139US #81
#83Melanie139US #85
#84Candice137US #86
#85Karen137US #82
#86Stacey136US #79
#87Joanna134US #88
#88Sabrina131US #122
#89Candace130US #102
#90Tina130US #111
#91Nichole129US #97
#92Tracy128US #91
#93Barbara126US #152
#94Carrie126US #78
#95Misty121US #98
#96Rachael118US #103
#97Teresa118US #117
#98Leslie116US #75
#99Tamara116US #124
#100Morgan111US #132

Boys

#1Michael2,991US #1
#2Christopher2,989US #2
#3Matthew1,818US #3
#4James1,682US #7
#5David1,632US #5
#6Joshua1,613US #4
#7Robert1,563US #9
#8Daniel1,512US #6
#9John1,456US #8
#10Jason1,379US #11
#11William1,225US #16
#12Joseph1,207US #10
#13Justin1,109US #13
#14Ryan1,084US #12
#15Jonathan1,052US #19
#16Brian978US #17
#17Anthony877US #21
#18Andrew855US #14
#19Brandon847US #15
#20Richard764US #27
#21Eric763US #22
#22Thomas720US #25
#23Steven716US #23
#24Nicholas709US #20
#25Kevin707US #24
#26Adam700US #18
#27Charles677US #33
#28Timothy673US #26
#29Stephen556US #35
#30Jeffrey533US #28
#31Travis496US #42
#32Sean488US #43
#33Jeremy486US #31
#34Kenneth482US #46
#35Mark427US #32
#36Benjamin414US #30
#37Kyle411US #34
#38Patrick409US #36
#39Aaron407US #29
#40Gregory402US #44
#41Bryan401US #48
#42Paul361US #40
#43Alexander350US #54
#44Dustin348US #41
#45Scott327US #39
#46Marcus304US #57
#47Chad298US #51
#48Shawn293US #56
#49Jesse292US #50
#50Antonio279US #77
#51Samuel271US #55
#52Jose266US #49
#53Edward250US #58
#54Derek243US #52
#55Donald243US #63
#56Ronald243US #67
#57Nathan232US #38
#58Keith228US #61
#59Jacob225US #37
#60Bradley222US #53
#61Carlos222US #74
#62Tyler213US #47
#63George211US #68
#64Jared209US #59
#65Gary201US #76
#66Zachary197US #45
#67Corey185US #69
#68Juan181US #64
#69Joel179US #66
#70Phillip175US #70
#71Brett174US #72
#72Douglas171US #71
#73Raymond171US #73
#74Jordan169US #65
#75Willie168US #166
#76Frank166US #86
#77Craig164US #75
#78Larry163US #91
#79Peter153US #60
#80Alex150US #93
#81Derrick150US #79
#82Christian149US #104
#83Shane148US #85
#84Ian146US #78
#85Luis145US #88
#86Jeffery144US #94
#87Philip142US #81
#88Dennis134US #97
#89Nathaniel134US #80
#90Troy134US #114
#91Jermaine133US #170
#92Cory132US #83
#93Jorge130US #144
#94Tony128US #112
#95Victor127US #90
#96Austin125US #117
#97Gabriel125US #87
#98Johnathan125US #132
#99Casey124US #82
#100Henry123US #135

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑25Jordan#74
↑24Brittany#30
↑24Latoya#32
↑21Valerie#79
↑20Meghan#70
↑17Katrina#74
↑17Kathleen#77
↑13Cassandra#69

Falling

↓31Leslie#98
↓22Carrie#94
↓14Natasha#71
↓14Barbara#93
↓14Jorge#93
↓13Veronica#76
↓12Derrick#81
↓10Alicia#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.