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Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,939 Florida births in 1987 across 2,374 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#85Willie#186 nationally
#100Cristina#185 nationally
#80Yesenia#137 nationally
#78Latoya#128 nationally
#77Dominique#114 nationally
#94Jorge#129 nationally
#83Alexis#113 nationally
#79Katrina#105 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,740US #1
#2Ashley2,624US #2
#3Amanda1,948US #3
#4Jennifer1,563US #4
#5Brittany1,245US #7
#6Stephanie1,125US #6
#7Sarah1,115US #5
#8Heather986US #9
#9Danielle943US #14
#10Melissa882US #13
#11Tiffany871US #18
#12Nicole851US #8
#13Amber817US #15
#14Christina812US #20
#15Samantha788US #11
#16Lauren784US #16
#17Megan687US #12
#18Elizabeth680US #10
#19Michelle651US #21
#20Rachel638US #17
#21Kimberly588US #23
#22Crystal565US #26
#23Rebecca466US #25
#24Kelly446US #30
#25Laura441US #22
#26Amy432US #24
#27Katherine411US #28
#28Vanessa410US #43
#29Sara409US #29
#30Shannon407US #45
#31Erica392US #31
#32Whitney383US #32
#33Courtney376US #33
#34Emily376US #19
#35Angela367US #35
#36Kristen362US #42
#37Kayla358US #27
#38Jamie356US #39
#39Mary348US #37
#40Andrea332US #36
#41Erin331US #34
#42Victoria319US #50
#43Lindsey315US #41
#44Chelsea310US #47
#45Christine310US #48
#46Brittney303US #61
#47Kristina294US #62
#48Lisa290US #40
#49Katie284US #38
#50Alicia279US #46
#51Jacqueline279US #54
#52Natalie277US #56
#53Allison267US #44
#54Alexandra265US #59
#55April250US #58
#56Lindsay243US #49
#57Monica243US #64
#58Kathryn241US #51
#59Krystal237US #70
#60Jenna233US #57
#61Kristin230US #55
#62Natasha215US #73
#63Patricia211US #76
#64Maria208US #53
#65Kendra198US #77
#66Julie194US #65
#67Tara192US #69
#68Caitlin187US #63
#69Erika186US #75
#70Brandy185US #92
#71Brandi183US #88
#72Cassandra182US #68
#73Casey176US #81
#74Anna170US #52
#75Dana169US #83
#76Kathleen169US #72
#77Dominique168US #114
#78Latoya168US #128
#79Katrina166US #105
#80Yesenia165US #137
#81Cynthia164US #84
#82Veronica161US #80
#83Alexis160US #113
#84Alyssa159US #60
#85Catherine159US #74
#86Holly159US #71
#87Jasmine148US #79
#88Sabrina147US #110
#89Meghan141US #78
#90Leah138US #82
#91Leslie133US #89
#92Rachael133US #98
#93Brooke131US #94
#94Stacey130US #103
#95Diana127US #85
#96Julia123US #86
#97Candace120US #120
#98Sandra120US #115
#99Ashlee118US #112
#100Cristina118US #185

Boys

#1Michael3,057US #1
#2Christopher2,768US #2
#3Joshua1,924US #4
#4Matthew1,866US #3
#5David1,730US #5
#6James1,718US #8
#7Daniel1,633US #7
#8Robert1,576US #10
#9Justin1,422US #9
#10John1,332US #11
#11Andrew1,283US #6
#12Joseph1,252US #12
#13William1,213US #15
#14Ryan1,201US #13
#15Jonathan1,164US #18
#16Anthony1,073US #17
#17Brandon1,071US #14
#18Jason962US #23
#19Kyle935US #22
#20Brian913US #20
#21Nicholas856US #16
#22Kevin816US #19
#23Steven777US #25
#24Thomas775US #24
#25Richard767US #30
#26Eric758US #21
#27Timothy738US #26
#28Charles669US #35
#29Alexander648US #37
#30Jeremy610US #29
#31Sean591US #40
#32Stephen579US #38
#33Jeffrey551US #32
#34Adam545US #27
#35Mark502US #36
#36Travis493US #42
#37Kenneth472US #53
#38Zachary466US #33
#39Benjamin460US #28
#40Patrick449US #41
#41Gregory427US #47
#42Aaron425US #34
#43Bryan404US #51
#44Scott388US #43
#45Dustin373US #44
#46Paul373US #46
#47Jacob366US #31
#48Jose358US #48
#49Tyler342US #39
#50Shawn341US #59
#51Jesse330US #55
#52Corey319US #57
#53Jordan318US #52
#54Samuel313US #50
#55Derek289US #54
#56Cory283US #62
#57Chad281US #63
#58Carlos274US #74
#59Bradley273US #56
#60Antonio266US #72
#61Edward261US #61
#62Nathan253US #45
#63Donald247US #70
#64George243US #77
#65Marcus240US #67
#66Cody239US #49
#67Shane237US #65
#68Austin235US #76
#69Jared233US #58
#70Alex227US #60
#71Keith225US #69
#72Ronald224US #73
#73Juan218US #66
#74Phillip212US #68
#75Brett206US #71
#76Raymond198US #79
#77Luis197US #82
#78Gary189US #87
#79Christian186US #90
#80Philip176US #84
#81Douglas174US #85
#82Ian167US #81
#83Peter167US #64
#84Casey166US #80
#85Willie165US #186
#86Joel162US #75
#87Adrian158US #102
#88Derrick158US #86
#89Victor157US #91
#90Frank152US #97
#91Nathaniel152US #78
#92Gabriel150US #98
#93Jeffery150US #109
#94Jorge146US #129
#95Wesley143US #92
#96Craig141US #88
#97Cameron138US #96
#98Vincent136US #95
#99Mario134US #108
#100Erik127US #94

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑52Kayla#37
↑29Chelsea#44
↑28Caitlin#68
↑23Austin#68
↑18Dana#75
↑15Ian#82
↑14Cory#56
↑13Brittney#46

Falling

↓24Diana#95
↓22Holly#86
↓19Catherine#85
↓19Cristina#100
↓14Keith#71
↓14Jorge#94
↓14Vincent#98
↓13Kristin#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.