State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 159,220 Florida births in 1997 across 3,009 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#86Sebastian#189 nationally
#64Gabriella#123 nationally
#72Gabriela#120 nationally
#97Nicolas#143 nationally
#90Summer#131 nationally
#87Adriana#125 nationally
#76Malik#111 nationally
#80Isabella#114 nationally
#95Jade#129 nationally
#75Alexa#106 nationally
#96Melanie#127 nationally
#54Kenneth#83 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,309US #3
#2Jessica1,072US #2
#3Emily1,065US #1
#4Samantha1,048US #6
#5Taylor993US #7
#6Sarah957US #4
#7Alexis896US #8
#8Hannah821US #5
#9Kayla788US #12
#10Amanda751US #16
#11Victoria718US #19
#12Brittany684US #20
#13Brianna678US #17
#14Nicole674US #21
#15Megan673US #11
#16Lauren649US #14
#17Alyssa641US #15
#18Elizabeth636US #9
#19Rachel629US #13
#20Madison619US #10
#21Stephanie618US #23
#22Jennifer571US #18
#23Jasmine536US #24
#24Amber519US #29
#25Alexandra513US #30
#26Danielle492US #34
#27Morgan459US #22
#28Courtney451US #28
#29Rebecca434US #25
#30Savannah421US #47
#31Brooke413US #45
#32Haley396US #31
#33Katherine396US #32
#34Shelby389US #43
#35Sabrina375US #53
#36Sydney361US #35
#37Olivia359US #27
#38Kaitlyn357US #41
#39Tiffany356US #61
#40Natalie347US #48
#41Melissa339US #44
#42Destiny338US #42
#43Jordan331US #40
#44Christina318US #62
#45Sara318US #50
#46Vanessa313US #54
#47Michelle311US #55
#48Julia308US #37
#49Gabrielle298US #51
#50Cheyenne296US #68
#51Abigail293US #26
#52Chelsea288US #73
#53Kimberly288US #49
#54Maria288US #38
#55Sierra278US #56
#56Briana264US #72
#57Andrea261US #58
#58Allison253US #39
#59Kelsey248US #57
#60Anna234US #33
#61Mary221US #46
#62Laura218US #66
#63Erin217US #52
#64Gabriella215US #123
#65Alexandria213US #78
#66Kristen213US #82
#67Emma212US #36
#68Marissa206US #60
#69Monica206US #79
#70Sophia206US #94
#71Lindsey205US #95
#72Gabriela203US #120
#73Erica193US #84
#74Katelyn193US #63
#75Alexa191US #106
#76Bailey191US #65
#77Heather191US #90
#78Shannon190US #85
#79Jenna188US #76
#80Isabella187US #114
#81Jamie187US #103
#82Kelly186US #83
#83Miranda185US #70
#84Angelica182US #101
#85Catherine182US #96
#86Angela180US #93
#87Adriana179US #125
#88Caroline179US #75
#89Breanna178US #74
#90Summer178US #131
#91Dominique176US #118
#92Caitlin175US #88
#93Kaylee175US #107
#94Alicia174US #89
#95Jade174US #129
#96Melanie173US #127
#97Mariah170US #67
#98Paige169US #64
#99Amy166US #92
#100Grace166US #69

Boys

#1Michael2,090US #1
#2Christopher1,659US #4
#3Joshua1,520US #5
#4Matthew1,478US #3
#5Brandon1,408US #8
#6Austin1,386US #9
#7Nicholas1,365US #6
#8Jacob1,317US #2
#9Daniel1,292US #11
#10Tyler1,280US #10
#11Anthony1,130US #18
#12Zachary1,115US #13
#13Jonathan1,112US #21
#14David1,100US #14
#15Joseph1,049US #12
#16John1,036US #15
#17Justin1,025US #20
#18Alexander981US #22
#19Ryan980US #16
#20William973US #19
#21Andrew971US #7
#22Christian966US #25
#23James963US #17
#24Robert924US #23
#25Kyle899US #24
#26Jordan757US #26
#27Kevin742US #28
#28Dylan643US #30
#29Thomas609US #31
#30Jose521US #32
#31Samuel512US #27
#32Cody486US #36
#33Steven482US #40
#34Brian478US #37
#35Sean461US #48
#36Eric454US #35
#37Richard448US #51
#38Jason444US #41
#39Logan442US #42
#40Aaron439US #33
#41Benjamin435US #29
#42Hunter418US #44
#43Noah399US #38
#44Charles389US #49
#45Luis387US #53
#46Adam367US #39
#47Cameron367US #45
#48Gabriel363US #57
#49Timothy360US #43
#50Nathan339US #34
#51Juan337US #54
#52Patrick336US #50
#53Carlos332US #67
#54Kenneth322US #83
#55Caleb321US #47
#56Antonio320US #75
#57Stephen316US #68
#58Devin306US #59
#59Bryan301US #69
#60Alex298US #55
#61Mark298US #58
#62Chase297US #77
#63Connor296US #52
#64Jeremy293US #64
#65Dalton273US #90
#66Jared271US #56
#67Jesse264US #63
#68Nathaniel260US #65
#69Ian253US #70
#70Travis253US #81
#71Ethan251US #46
#72Jeffrey249US #84
#73Trevor249US #62
#74Isaiah241US #60
#75Garrett240US #85
#76Malik240US #111
#77Evan238US #61
#78Adrian237US #95
#79Tristan231US #92
#80Marcus222US #93
#81Corey219US #110
#82Dustin218US #88
#83Gregory216US #103
#84Alejandro215US #99
#85Bradley215US #94
#86Sebastian212US #189
#87Angel209US #86
#88Elijah207US #74
#89Blake206US #80
#90Paul206US #79
#91Dakota204US #66
#92Shawn198US #109
#93Edward197US #100
#94Victor197US #105
#95Jake195US #101
#96Cole191US #72
#97Nicolas187US #143
#98George182US #121
#99Taylor180US #87
#100Joel179US #126

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑27Noah#43
↑21Ethan#71
↑18Gabriella#64
↑18Nathaniel#68
↑16Olivia#37
↑16Gabriela#72
↑16Luis#45
↑15Juan#51

Falling

↓24Mariah#97
↓22Bradley#85
↓20Caitlin#92
↓19Jesse#67
↓17Melanie#96
↓16Shannon#78
↓16Kelly#82
↓15Amy#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.