State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 160,958 Florida births in 1998 across 3,079 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#89Sebastian#198 nationally
#61Gabriela#129 nationally
#100Andres#157 nationally
#60Gabriella#116 nationally
#77Nicolas#132 nationally
#82Summer#131 nationally
#91Melanie#135 nationally
#80Jada#119 nationally
#99Malik#138 nationally
#35Sabrina#68 nationally
#57Dalton#88 nationally
#70Marcus#96 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,184US #1
#2Ashley1,166US #5
#3Alexis980US #6
#4Samantha978US #3
#5Jessica943US #8
#6Taylor934US #7
#7Sarah917US #4
#8Hannah899US #2
#9Kayla791US #12
#10Madison749US #9
#11Amanda727US #19
#12Victoria727US #16
#13Brianna711US #17
#14Elizabeth675US #10
#15Alyssa664US #11
#16Nicole646US #24
#17Jasmine605US #26
#18Megan601US #13
#19Brittany593US #25
#20Lauren589US #14
#21Rachel576US #15
#22Alexandra523US #27
#23Jennifer522US #20
#24Stephanie480US #29
#25Savannah474US #45
#26Danielle432US #41
#27Destiny418US #34
#28Amber416US #37
#29Kaitlyn415US #35
#30Morgan415US #23
#31Rebecca412US #30
#32Abigail389US #18
#33Courtney388US #39
#34Olivia386US #21
#35Sabrina383US #68
#36Haley381US #36
#37Jordan375US #42
#38Natalie374US #40
#39Brooke359US #46
#40Katherine359US #33
#41Julia353US #32
#42Vanessa334US #52
#43Maria329US #43
#44Sydney319US #28
#45Tiffany318US #67
#46Shelby314US #49
#47Gabrielle311US #47
#48Michelle309US #55
#49Allison308US #38
#50Sierra302US #51
#51Cheyenne282US #72
#52Emma281US #22
#53Sara278US #48
#54Christina276US #69
#55Briana263US #79
#56Andrea262US #61
#57Kimberly260US #54
#58Anna257US #31
#59Melissa249US #59
#60Gabriella247US #116
#61Gabriela232US #129
#62Isabella232US #84
#63Mary232US #44
#64Katelyn221US #58
#65Sophia221US #73
#66Jenna217US #65
#67Kelsey211US #56
#68Alexa210US #93
#69Chelsea209US #94
#70Breanna206US #76
#71Caitlin205US #78
#72Bailey203US #60
#73Mariah199US #62
#74Alexandria190US #81
#75Erin190US #57
#76Kaylee190US #86
#77Laura190US #74
#78Madeline190US #50
#79Hailey188US #70
#80Jada187US #119
#81Mackenzie184US #64
#82Summer183US #131
#83Autumn182US #77
#84Catherine180US #101
#85Angelica178US #109
#86Grace178US #53
#87Marissa176US #66
#88Miranda176US #80
#89Alicia174US #98
#90Heather174US #99
#91Melanie174US #135
#92Kelly173US #90
#93Makayla172US #71
#94Caitlyn171US #115
#95Diana171US #83
#96Caroline170US #75
#97Chloe168US #87
#98Cassandra165US #85
#99Lindsey163US #97
#100Shannon163US #104

Boys

#1Michael2,053US #1
#2Christopher1,640US #5
#3Joshua1,547US #4
#4Matthew1,453US #3
#5Jacob1,430US #2
#6Nicholas1,383US #6
#7Brandon1,305US #7
#8Daniel1,258US #12
#9Tyler1,217US #8
#10Austin1,211US #10
#11Anthony1,173US #19
#12Jonathan1,110US #21
#13David1,107US #13
#14Zachary1,084US #16
#15Joseph1,018US #11
#16John1,014US #15
#17James991US #18
#18Justin986US #20
#19Alexander983US #22
#20William955US #14
#21Ryan946US #17
#22Christian885US #26
#23Andrew878US #9
#24Robert869US #23
#25Jordan810US #27
#26Dylan786US #25
#27Kyle753US #24
#28Kevin705US #32
#29Thomas618US #31
#30Noah617US #29
#31Hunter560US #36
#32Samuel528US #28
#33Cameron519US #35
#34Jose518US #33
#35Benjamin494US #30
#36Brian466US #41
#37Eric465US #39
#38Jason464US #40
#39Logan426US #44
#40Caleb425US #42
#41Steven425US #46
#42Gabriel424US #54
#43Charles416US #48
#44Aaron415US #37
#45Cody415US #43
#46Richard407US #56
#47Sean392US #50
#48Jared380US #51
#49Ethan377US #38
#50Luis369US #53
#51Nathan366US #34
#52Alex336US #55
#53Connor333US #47
#54Adam329US #45
#55Timothy323US #49
#56Juan320US #52
#57Dalton309US #88
#58Antonio307US #79
#59Patrick303US #57
#60Chase302US #67
#61Carlos301US #69
#62Bryan299US #74
#63Devin299US #62
#64Mark293US #64
#65Adrian289US #71
#66Jeremy275US #68
#67Trevor275US #58
#68Stephen266US #78
#69Elijah264US #66
#70Marcus260US #96
#71Isaiah258US #59
#72Nathaniel252US #60
#73Alejandro249US #95
#74Evan246US #63
#75Ian246US #73
#76Kenneth244US #87
#77Nicolas243US #132
#78Travis242US #98
#79Jesse231US #70
#80Jeffrey222US #91
#81Jake221US #102
#82Garrett220US #80
#83Bradley215US #101
#84Jorge211US #107
#85Spencer205US #84
#86Bryce195US #94
#87Shawn194US #113
#88Victor194US #97
#89Sebastian193US #198
#90Blake192US #85
#91Jack191US #61
#92Tristan191US #92
#93Angel190US #81
#94Dakota186US #72
#95Paul186US #89
#96Gregory185US #109
#97Jeremiah185US #114
#98Luke184US #75
#99Malik184US #138
#100Andres180US #157

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑24Mariah#73
↑22Ethan#49
↑21Caitlin#71
↑20Nicolas#77
↑19Abigail#32
↑19Breanna#70
↑19Elijah#69
↑18Isabella#62

Falling

↓28Lindsey#99
↓23Malik#99
↓22Shannon#100
↓22Kenneth#76
↓19Marissa#87
↓18Melissa#59
↓17Chelsea#69
↓15Laura#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.