State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 157,615 Florida births in 1996 across 2,927 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#82Gabriella#139 nationally
#100Nicolas#151 nationally
#88Gabriela#132 nationally
#79Melanie#119 nationally
#94Julian#129 nationally
#67Corey#94 nationally
#73Dalton#99 nationally
#95Casey#121 nationally
#72Malik#97 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,398US #3
#2Jessica1,204US #2
#3Emily1,132US #1
#4Taylor1,014US #6
#5Sarah994US #4
#6Samantha942US #5
#7Alexis875US #8
#8Kayla829US #11
#9Brittany812US #14
#10Amanda782US #13
#11Rachel742US #9
#12Victoria724US #18
#13Stephanie686US #20
#14Elizabeth664US #10
#15Brianna655US #17
#16Nicole641US #22
#17Megan640US #12
#18Hannah627US #7
#19Jennifer582US #19
#20Jasmine571US #28
#21Lauren568US #16
#22Madison558US #15
#23Alexandra549US #26
#24Courtney549US #21
#25Amber537US #27
#26Savannah505US #43
#27Danielle501US #29
#28Rebecca501US #24
#29Alyssa445US #23
#30Morgan442US #25
#31Katherine439US #31
#32Shelby411US #35
#33Haley410US #30
#34Tiffany409US #52
#35Melissa400US #42
#36Natalie393US #46
#37Christina384US #57
#38Brooke383US #45
#39Chelsea365US #55
#40Kaitlyn353US #40
#41Sydney340US #39
#42Michelle333US #47
#43Sabrina332US #58
#44Gabrielle311US #54
#45Vanessa309US #60
#46Cheyenne308US #68
#47Kelsey308US #36
#48Sara307US #50
#49Jordan301US #49
#50Kimberly299US #41
#51Abigail298US #32
#52Maria295US #37
#53Olivia295US #34
#54Destiny294US #56
#55Briana293US #72
#56Andrea285US #61
#57Allison275US #38
#58Sierra268US #62
#59Anna261US #33
#60Julia253US #48
#61Mary253US #44
#62Shannon247US #80
#63Erin242US #51
#64Heather238US #71
#65Kristen238US #70
#66Kelly237US #73
#67Alexandria235US #77
#68Laura228US #66
#69Lindsey227US #86
#70Katelyn226US #64
#71Marissa220US #59
#72Caitlin216US #84
#73Mariah215US #63
#74Erica208US #79
#75Caroline204US #78
#76Crystal198US #92
#77Katie197US #81
#78Breanna195US #74
#79Melanie192US #119
#80Alexa189US #100
#81Jenna189US #83
#82Gabriella188US #139
#83Monica185US #82
#84Amy181US #88
#85Angelica180US #97
#86Jacqueline178US #69
#87Miranda178US #76
#88Gabriela177US #132
#89Kathryn177US #87
#90Paige177US #65
#91Angela171US #90
#92Cassandra169US #89
#93Jamie168US #96
#94Mackenzie168US #75
#95Casey167US #121
#96Catherine166US #95
#97Veronica161US #114
#98Alicia156US #91
#99Kaitlin156US #103
#100Bianca155US #123

Boys

#1Michael2,014US #1
#2Christopher1,720US #4
#3Joshua1,568US #5
#4Matthew1,456US #2
#5Brandon1,439US #8
#6Tyler1,395US #7
#7Nicholas1,384US #6
#8Austin1,359US #9
#9Daniel1,307US #11
#10David1,179US #13
#11Jacob1,152US #3
#12Anthony1,141US #19
#13James1,109US #17
#14Joseph1,078US #12
#15Alexander1,060US #22
#16John1,056US #15
#17Jonathan1,046US #21
#18Andrew1,037US #10
#19Ryan1,032US #16
#20Zachary1,028US #14
#21Justin1,011US #20
#22Christian989US #24
#23William966US #18
#24Robert925US #23
#25Kyle862US #25
#26Kevin756US #26
#27Jordan668US #27
#28Cody640US #31
#29Thomas637US #28
#30Dylan589US #33
#31Steven516US #38
#32Eric513US #35
#33Jose500US #32
#34Samuel487US #30
#35Aaron474US #34
#36Benjamin461US #29
#37Brian455US #36
#38Richard450US #45
#39Sean449US #46
#40Jason426US #41
#41Charles420US #43
#42Hunter417US #47
#43Timothy409US #40
#44Adam398US #39
#45Logan380US #42
#46Patrick376US #44
#47Devin334US #60
#48Jesse333US #51
#49Jeremy332US #56
#50Bryan330US #66
#51Stephen330US #59
#52Nathan323US #37
#53Carlos322US #67
#54Gabriel320US #61
#55Alex319US #53
#56Caleb315US #48
#57Cameron308US #49
#58Kenneth301US #77
#59Mark296US #55
#60Connor295US #54
#61Luis285US #57
#62Antonio284US #80
#63Bradley276US #83
#64Travis265US #73
#65Chase263US #76
#66Juan260US #52
#67Corey257US #94
#68Jared257US #64
#69Marcus256US #87
#70Noah255US #50
#71Tristan254US #68
#72Malik251US #97
#73Dalton249US #99
#74Jeffrey248US #72
#75Ian247US #70
#76Garrett240US #85
#77Trevor237US #63
#78Dustin234US #79
#79Gregory233US #98
#80Paul232US #78
#81Dakota231US #58
#82Blake226US #84
#83Evan222US #65
#84Adrian215US #92
#85Isaiah208US #71
#86Nathaniel207US #69
#87Taylor206US #82
#88Edward195US #96
#89Jorge195US #113
#90Shane194US #112
#91Jake193US #114
#92Ethan183US #62
#93Elijah182US #81
#94Julian180US #129
#95Miguel178US #91
#96George177US #118
#97Shawn177US #111
#98Alec169US #117
#99Alejandro167US #107
#100Nicolas167US #151

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑54Sabrina#43
↑28Cheyenne#46
↑21Mariah#73
↑19Melanie#79
↑18Abigail#51
↑16Vanessa#45
↑16Caroline#75
↑16Antonio#62

Falling

↓20Heather#64
↓19Miranda#87
↓16Kristen#65
↓16Juan#66
↓16Dustin#78
↓16Shawn#97
↓15Angela#91
↓15Taylor#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.