State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 157,374 Florida births in 1988 across 2,513 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#93Cristina#188 nationally
#100Willie#191 nationally
#91Latoya#157 nationally
#96Dominique#145 nationally
#80Jorge#122 nationally
#74Brandy#107 nationally
#93Larry#123 nationally
#82Bianca#108 nationally
#72Alexis#97 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,613US #2
#2Jessica2,576US #1
#3Amanda1,901US #3
#4Brittany1,563US #6
#5Jennifer1,440US #5
#6Stephanie1,214US #7
#7Sarah1,203US #4
#8Nicole998US #9
#9Tiffany996US #13
#10Lauren966US #11
#11Heather949US #14
#12Amber888US #15
#13Samantha884US #8
#14Melissa826US #16
#15Danielle805US #17
#16Christina749US #22
#17Elizabeth743US #10
#18Megan730US #12
#19Michelle679US #21
#20Rachel626US #19
#21Courtney582US #24
#22Kimberly580US #25
#23Crystal537US #28
#24Rebecca526US #26
#25Kayla517US #20
#26Erica470US #31
#27Katherine470US #27
#28Chelsea460US #33
#29Laura445US #23
#30Emily442US #18
#31Sara435US #30
#32Kelly410US #32
#33Alexandra408US #49
#34Amy388US #29
#35Brittney380US #52
#36Angela374US #38
#37Vanessa371US #41
#38Victoria366US #42
#39Andrea363US #35
#40Kristen354US #36
#41Jamie353US #45
#42Shannon346US #56
#43Jasmine341US #53
#44Mary340US #34
#45Caitlin310US #44
#46Christine303US #51
#47Erin300US #37
#48Lindsey294US #48
#49Whitney294US #39
#50Natalie287US #63
#51Kristin284US #58
#52Alicia279US #50
#53Katie275US #40
#54Jacqueline271US #62
#55Kristina262US #68
#56Lisa261US #43
#57Allison245US #46
#58Kathryn242US #55
#59Maria238US #60
#60Krystal237US #74
#61Alyssa231US #47
#62Natasha229US #73
#63Lindsay224US #57
#64Patricia222US #77
#65Catherine219US #69
#66Tara213US #67
#67April207US #65
#68Cassandra207US #59
#69Monica207US #70
#70Jenna204US #66
#71Anna203US #54
#72Alexis193US #97
#73Erika186US #76
#74Brandy184US #107
#75Kathleen178US #75
#76Veronica178US #83
#77Julie176US #71
#78Kendra176US #80
#79Dana174US #90
#80Brandi172US #91
#81Morgan167US #78
#82Bianca165US #108
#83Leah164US #82
#84Holly161US #72
#85Casey160US #92
#86Hannah158US #61
#87Kelsey156US #64
#88Cynthia149US #79
#89Brooke148US #87
#90Felicia146US #105
#91Latoya143US #157
#92Diana139US #85
#93Cristina136US #188
#94Rachael135US #100
#95Sabrina134US #116
#96Dominique132US #145
#97Katrina132US #110
#98Marissa131US #101
#99Julia127US #88
#100Leslie127US #94

Boys

#1Michael3,128US #1
#2Christopher2,897US #2
#3Joshua2,141US #4
#4Matthew1,816US #3
#5David1,759US #6
#6James1,658US #9
#7Robert1,650US #10
#8Daniel1,632US #8
#9Justin1,630US #7
#10John1,412US #11
#11Andrew1,350US #5
#12Joseph1,344US #12
#13Ryan1,306US #13
#14William1,245US #16
#15Jonathan1,236US #15
#16Brandon1,095US #17
#17Anthony1,088US #18
#18Kyle988US #21
#19Nicholas965US #14
#20Kevin895US #20
#21Eric862US #19
#22Thomas840US #23
#23Steven836US #24
#24Brian830US #22
#25Richard776US #32
#26Jason748US #27
#27Alexander733US #34
#28Timothy682US #25
#29Sean677US #38
#30Charles663US #37
#31Jeremy626US #35
#32Travis616US #41
#33Stephen602US #40
#34Adam587US #26
#35Zachary522US #29
#36Aaron507US #31
#37Jeffrey506US #36
#38Patrick504US #42
#39Kenneth489US #51
#40Benjamin476US #30
#41Bryan472US #54
#42Mark456US #39
#43Gregory445US #50
#44Tyler443US #33
#45Jacob402US #28
#46Scott402US #47
#47Jose386US #49
#48Corey362US #56
#49Paul352US #46
#50Dustin345US #48
#51Shawn341US #61
#52Cody339US #43
#53Jesse334US #55
#54Samuel334US #45
#55Derek333US #53
#56Jordan315US #52
#57Austin309US #63
#58Bradley300US #57
#59Carlos282US #80
#60Nathan281US #44
#61Antonio280US #72
#62Cory280US #59
#63Jared277US #60
#64Alex274US #58
#65Keith274US #70
#66Edward266US #62
#67Chad262US #65
#68George259US #78
#69Marcus259US #66
#70Ronald247US #79
#71Phillip241US #71
#72Shane238US #67
#73Cameron236US #69
#74Donald233US #76
#75Juan230US #68
#76Christian223US #86
#77Joel208US #85
#78Brett200US #73
#79Raymond196US #84
#80Jorge193US #122
#81Ian184US #77
#82Luis183US #75
#83Peter181US #64
#84Vincent176US #82
#85Casey174US #83
#86Evan174US #74
#87Douglas167US #88
#88Curtis161US #105
#89Frank160US #99
#90Gary160US #100
#91Adrian159US #101
#92Johnathan159US #115
#93Larry159US #123
#94Derrick155US #97
#95Philip154US #94
#96Devin151US #98
#97Victor151US #89
#98Wesley150US #93
#99Mario149US #106
#100Willie147US #191

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑44Jasmine#43
↑24Cameron#73
↑23Caitlin#45
↑23Alyssa#61
↑21Alexandra#33
↑20Catherine#65
↑16Chelsea#28
↑14Cody#52

Falling

↓19Dominique#96
↓18Katrina#97
↓17Whitney#49
↓15Philip#95
↓15Willie#100
↓13Kendra#78
↓13Latoya#91
↓12Shannon#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.