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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 139,899 Florida births in 1985 across 2,266 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#72Willie#171 nationally
#94Barbara#169 nationally
#99Cristina#171 nationally
#78Jorge#125 nationally
#76Alexis#112 nationally
#50Latoya#81 nationally
#87Pamela#116 nationally
#68Katrina#93 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,288US #1
#2Ashley2,122US #2
#3Jennifer1,958US #3
#4Amanda1,698US #4
#5Stephanie1,056US #6
#6Heather990US #8
#7Nicole949US #7
#8Christina918US #12
#9Melissa918US #11
#10Sarah847US #5
#11Tiffany789US #23
#12Brittany783US #17
#13Crystal775US #21
#14Elizabeth751US #9
#15Danielle729US #18
#16Lauren710US #15
#17Megan679US #10
#18Amber641US #16
#19Rachel633US #13
#20Michelle625US #22
#21Kimberly602US #19
#22Laura529US #14
#23Samantha508US #29
#24Amy496US #20
#25Rebecca472US #25
#26Jamie448US #27
#27Kelly446US #28
#28Erica432US #34
#29Kristen394US #38
#30Shannon393US #41
#31Angela391US #31
#32Vanessa391US #42
#33Sara375US #30
#34Katherine361US #32
#35Mary356US #35
#36Erin352US #26
#37Lisa340US #36
#38Lindsey339US #37
#39Andrea333US #33
#40April332US #47
#41Christine330US #44
#42Alicia321US #45
#43Emily305US #24
#44Kristina304US #57
#45Natalie301US #58
#46Courtney299US #43
#47Krystal289US #53
#48Kristin286US #49
#49Victoria279US #59
#50Latoya272US #81
#51Lindsay271US #40
#52Tara263US #51
#53Jacqueline248US #60
#54Allison247US #46
#55Kathryn238US #48
#56Jenna236US #50
#57Monica231US #61
#58Julie223US #55
#59Katie218US #39
#60Maria218US #52
#61Patricia218US #64
#62Brandy205US #70
#63Dominique200US #83
#64Brandi192US #69
#65Holly192US #56
#66Meghan189US #63
#67Natasha189US #79
#68Katrina180US #93
#69Stacy178US #67
#70Anna175US #54
#71Catherine173US #65
#72Alexandra171US #92
#73Cynthia170US #66
#74Whitney167US #73
#75Diana164US #74
#76Alexis152US #112
#77Sheena150US #91
#78Brittney147US #84
#79Erika146US #80
#80Veronica146US #72
#81Kathleen144US #68
#82Candice143US #86
#83Leah140US #78
#84Cassandra139US #62
#85Melanie139US #88
#86Rachael139US #100
#87Pamela138US #116
#88Leslie137US #76
#89Sandra134US #105
#90Dana132US #82
#91Candace131US #104
#92Nichole130US #95
#93Karen129US #87
#94Barbara128US #169
#95Julia127US #85
#96Tina126US #110
#97Valerie121US #71
#98Chelsea119US #75
#99Cristina119US #171
#100Felicia114US #101

Boys

#1Michael2,983US #1
#2Christopher2,888US #2
#3Joshua1,803US #4
#4James1,761US #7
#5Daniel1,702US #5
#6Matthew1,700US #3
#7David1,694US #6
#8Robert1,570US #8
#9John1,460US #9
#10Ryan1,233US #12
#11Joseph1,186US #10
#12William1,180US #16
#13Jason1,129US #14
#14Justin1,106US #15
#15Brandon1,088US #13
#16Jonathan1,072US #17
#17Anthony1,001US #20
#18Brian989US #18
#19Andrew958US #11
#20Eric790US #21
#21Richard770US #28
#22Steven765US #24
#23Nicholas741US #19
#24Kevin718US #23
#25Thomas705US #25
#26Charles702US #34
#27Timothy686US #26
#28Kyle671US #27
#29Adam617US #22
#30Jeffrey563US #29
#31Stephen548US #36
#32Sean537US #38
#33Kenneth501US #47
#34Jeremy479US #30
#35Mark476US #32
#36Alexander455US #50
#37Travis451US #46
#38Patrick435US #37
#39Gregory433US #45
#40Bryan409US #48
#41Aaron407US #33
#42Paul401US #42
#43Benjamin390US #31
#44Dustin341US #41
#45Shawn341US #55
#46Jesse337US #51
#47Scott335US #44
#48Jose319US #49
#49Zachary304US #39
#50Jacob295US #35
#51Samuel277US #54
#52Nathan272US #40
#53Marcus267US #61
#54Tyler265US #43
#55Chad262US #57
#56Antonio256US #73
#57Edward255US #59
#58Corey254US #63
#59Donald254US #66
#60George254US #72
#61Ronald251US #71
#62Bradley237US #53
#63Carlos232US #74
#64Keith223US #64
#65Derek222US #56
#66Gary199US #82
#67Jared196US #58
#68Phillip194US #69
#69Raymond193US #75
#70Jordan192US #62
#71Brett189US #70
#72Willie188US #171
#73Shane186US #68
#74Juan185US #65
#75Peter179US #60
#76Alex177US #80
#77Cody173US #52
#78Jorge173US #125
#79Ian170US #78
#80Douglas169US #76
#81Luis169US #85
#82Christian165US #101
#83Philip161US #84
#84Derrick159US #83
#85Joel158US #67
#86Adrian150US #93
#87Victor150US #88
#88Curtis149US #98
#89Frank149US #90
#90Vincent149US #95
#91Craig148US #79
#92Cory145US #81
#93Alan143US #109
#94Jeffery138US #96
#95Wesley137US #94
#96Larry136US #97
#97Randy131US #102
#98Austin129US #107
#99Gabriel129US #92
#100Jerry129US #116

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑21Krystal#47
↑18Brittany#12
↑17Zachary#49
↑15Jorge#78
↑12Kathryn#55
↑11Kristina#44
↑11Anna#70
↑10Samantha#23

Falling

↓18Latoya#50
↓18Valerie#97
↓18Larry#96
↓16Joel#85
↓15Cassandra#84
↓14Craig#91
↓13Alexis#76
↓13Frank#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.