State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 142,844 Florida births in 1986 across 2,261 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#89Willie#178 nationally
#81Cristina#163 nationally
#100Ebony#165 nationally
#80Jorge#127 nationally
#83Alexis#129 nationally
#74Latoya#111 nationally
#88Sabrina#120 nationally
#95Terry#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,565US #1
#2Ashley2,302US #2
#3Amanda1,796US #3
#4Jennifer1,741US #4
#5Brittany1,122US #8
#6Sarah1,071US #5
#7Stephanie1,024US #6
#8Heather987US #9
#9Nicole898US #7
#10Tiffany866US #17
#11Melissa830US #12
#12Amber788US #13
#13Danielle785US #16
#14Christina781US #19
#15Lauren735US #14
#16Elizabeth676US #10
#17Megan676US #11
#18Samantha655US #21
#19Crystal645US #25
#20Kimberly630US #18
#21Rachel621US #15
#22Michelle597US #23
#23Amy521US #22
#24Rebecca501US #26
#25Kelly460US #29
#26Laura459US #20
#27Katherine444US #28
#28Shannon412US #44
#29Vanessa408US #43
#30Whitney406US #32
#31Courtney393US #35
#32Erica392US #31
#33Jamie389US #34
#34Sara374US #27
#35Angela371US #33
#36Kristen367US #41
#37Lindsey342US #39
#38Erin338US #30
#39Andrea335US #36
#40Emily334US #24
#41Mary327US #37
#42Christine300US #47
#43Lisa300US #40
#44Natalie295US #52
#45Alicia293US #45
#46Victoria286US #54
#47Kristina282US #62
#48Kristin272US #50
#49Krystal268US #61
#50Katie261US #38
#51Jacqueline253US #57
#52April250US #53
#53Patricia249US #66
#54Lindsay248US #46
#55Allison247US #42
#56Monica245US #59
#57Kathryn242US #48
#58Jenna238US #55
#59Brittney237US #65
#60Maria233US #49
#61Brandy215US #84
#62Tara213US #56
#63Alexandra201US #72
#64Holly197US #63
#65Cassandra191US #60
#66Catherine189US #67
#67Erika184US #74
#68Julie184US #58
#69Natasha182US #70
#70Brandi181US #79
#71Diana174US #75
#72Anna171US #51
#73Chelsea171US #73
#74Latoya167US #111
#75Cynthia163US #81
#76Casey159US #80
#77Katrina156US #99
#78Dominique152US #98
#79Kathleen147US #68
#80Meghan144US #71
#81Cristina142US #163
#82Felicia140US #89
#83Alexis139US #129
#84Stacy137US #87
#85Leslie136US #86
#86Veronica136US #77
#87Leah135US #78
#88Sabrina135US #120
#89Kayla132US #64
#90Jasmine131US #95
#91Rachael126US #103
#92Valerie125US #76
#93Dana123US #92
#94Krista121US #93
#95Brooke120US #104
#96Caitlin119US #69
#97Stacey119US #94
#98Sandra118US #106
#99Melanie117US #97
#100Ebony115US #165

Boys

#1Michael3,081US #1
#2Christopher2,897US #2
#3Matthew1,860US #3
#4Joshua1,698US #4
#5David1,679US #5
#6James1,675US #7
#7Robert1,615US #9
#8Daniel1,550US #6
#9John1,415US #10
#10Joseph1,261US #12
#11William1,248US #15
#12Justin1,230US #14
#13Ryan1,211US #11
#14Andrew1,183US #8
#15Brandon1,104US #13
#16Jonathan1,077US #16
#17Anthony988US #19
#18Jason977US #18
#19Brian862US #20
#20Steven850US #25
#21Nicholas830US #17
#22Kevin815US #21
#23Kyle792US #23
#24Richard778US #29
#25Thomas735US #26
#26Eric730US #22
#27Timothy693US #27
#28Charles688US #34
#29Adam626US #24
#30Jeremy622US #28
#31Sean586US #37
#32Stephen548US #36
#33Alexander546US #41
#34Jeffrey540US #32
#35Mark484US #35
#36Patrick456US #39
#37Benjamin454US #30
#38Bryan435US #47
#39Kenneth435US #50
#40Gregory432US #46
#41Aaron430US #33
#42Travis406US #49
#43Scott391US #44
#44Paul383US #45
#45Zachary366US #38
#46Dustin360US #42
#47Shawn355US #55
#48Jesse343US #48
#49Jacob332US #31
#50Samuel306US #52
#51Jose297US #51
#52Corey289US #62
#53Tyler289US #40
#54Antonio273US #73
#55Edward273US #61
#56Chad268US #59
#57Keith266US #66
#58Derek258US #57
#59Marcus256US #63
#60Donald255US #71
#61Nathan255US #43
#62Bradley253US #54
#63Jordan247US #53
#64Ronald240US #75
#65George238US #74
#66Carlos236US #76
#67Shane229US #67
#68Brett225US #69
#69Phillip222US #70
#70Cory216US #68
#71Alex206US #64
#72Cody206US #56
#73Jared206US #58
#74Juan197US #65
#75Raymond186US #77
#76Christian182US #89
#77Gary182US #84
#78Joel181US #72
#79Luis178US #79
#80Jorge174US #127
#81Peter173US #60
#82Casey162US #83
#83Frank162US #91
#84Vincent162US #93
#85Douglas161US #82
#86Craig160US #80
#87Adrian159US #99
#88Philip159US #86
#89Willie153US #178
#90Nathaniel145US #78
#91Austin144US #90
#92Jeffery143US #102
#93Alan135US #107
#94Derrick135US #87
#95Terry135US #122
#96Wesley134US #96
#97Ian133US #85
#98Curtis131US #100
#99Evan131US #81
#100Erik130US #92

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑44Whitney#30
↑25Chelsea#73
↑22Cory#70
↑19Brittney#59
↑19Cassandra#65
↑18Cristina#81
↑18Felicia#82
↑15Courtney#31

Falling

↓24Latoya#74
↓18Ian#97
↓17Willie#89
↓15Dominique#78
↓15Stacy#84
↓14Meghan#80
↓14Melanie#99
↓12April#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.