State roster

Top names in Florida

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Florida birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 166,591 Florida births in 2000 across 3,315 distinct names.

Distinctively Florida

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

#75Sofia#161 nationally
#96Bianca#170 nationally
#52Gabriela#117 nationally
#91Daniela#156 nationally
#80Nicolas#137 nationally
#84Kiara#130 nationally
#53Gabriella#98 nationally
#38Sebastian#81 nationally
#57Sabrina#92 nationally
#81Jade#116 nationally
#80Melanie#114 nationally
#73Cheyenne#99 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,205US #1
#2Ashley1,022US #4
#3Hannah1,016US #2
#4Samantha954US #7
#5Sarah922US #5
#6Alexis886US #6
#7Madison864US #3
#8Taylor856US #10
#9Kayla812US #13
#10Brianna809US #15
#11Jessica757US #8
#12Alyssa707US #12
#13Victoria680US #20
#14Lauren673US #11
#15Elizabeth636US #9
#16Destiny617US #24
#17Nicole608US #31
#18Amanda561US #32
#19Jasmine543US #27
#20Abigail529US #14
#21Olivia515US #16
#22Rachel514US #21
#23Alexandra513US #36
#24Megan454US #18
#25Jennifer439US #26
#26Isabella436US #45
#27Haley433US #28
#28Natalie424US #34
#29Savannah424US #37
#30Sydney424US #23
#31Emma400US #17
#32Kaitlyn395US #30
#33Stephanie388US #40
#34Morgan379US #25
#35Amber374US #47
#36Hailey374US #35
#37Katherine372US #33
#38Danielle371US #48
#39Julia370US #29
#40Chloe350US #38
#41Sophia346US #42
#42Brooke342US #51
#43Rebecca342US #39
#44Anna338US #22
#45Maria329US #41
#46Grace323US #19
#47Brittany315US #60
#48Gabrielle309US #49
#49Andrea299US #55
#50Jordan299US #50
#51Christina292US #73
#52Gabriela291US #117
#53Gabriella291US #98
#54Michelle285US #52
#55Sierra285US #53
#56Faith284US #66
#57Sabrina273US #92
#58Vanessa260US #62
#59Mackenzie256US #43
#60Sara254US #57
#61Trinity251US #74
#62Melissa250US #71
#63Courtney244US #59
#64Allison241US #44
#65Briana233US #83
#66Jada233US #84
#67Shelby229US #70
#68Alexa224US #87
#69Jenna223US #63
#70Mary223US #46
#71Katelyn222US #54
#72Caroline217US #65
#73Cheyenne215US #99
#74Caitlin208US #76
#75Sofia208US #161
#76Tiffany208US #101
#77Mia205US #93
#78Kaylee204US #72
#79Autumn201US #77
#80Melanie199US #114
#81Jade198US #116
#82Angela195US #79
#83Catherine195US #81
#84Kiara195US #130
#85Kimberly195US #58
#86Erin190US #61
#87Marissa187US #78
#88Bailey186US #68
#89Alexandria184US #91
#90Ariana184US #109
#91Daniela183US #156
#92Jacqueline182US #64
#93Laura179US #85
#94Zoe175US #82
#95Breanna172US #80
#96Bianca170US #170
#97Lindsey166US #103
#98Makayla166US #67
#99Cassidy164US #107
#100Katie163US #95

Boys

#1Michael1,829US #2
#2Joshua1,591US #4
#3Christopher1,462US #5
#4Matthew1,354US #3
#5Jacob1,338US #1
#6Nicholas1,276US #6
#7Daniel1,252US #9
#8Brandon1,129US #12
#9Tyler1,118US #10
#10Anthony1,110US #17
#11Joseph1,075US #8
#12Jonathan1,057US #21
#13David1,056US #16
#14Zachary1,047US #15
#15Christian1,007US #22
#16John1,001US #14
#17Justin963US #19
#18Alexander947US #20
#19William932US #11
#20James924US #18
#21Andrew890US #7
#22Ryan884US #13
#23Dylan772US #24
#24Austin767US #23
#25Robert760US #29
#26Kevin715US #32
#27Jordan701US #36
#28Hunter667US #35
#29Cameron651US #31
#30Kyle643US #37
#31Noah604US #27
#32Jose583US #34
#33Ethan568US #25
#34Gabriel566US #44
#35Thomas565US #33
#36Samuel527US #28
#37Benjamin519US #26
#38Sebastian511US #81
#39Jason493US #39
#40Logan484US #40
#41Nathan471US #30
#42Brian455US #43
#43Luis439US #49
#44Caleb433US #38
#45Eric428US #42
#46Carlos399US #66
#47Charles398US #51
#48Juan390US #48
#49Richard375US #65
#50Steven375US #54
#51Bryan372US #70
#52Sean370US #57
#53Connor368US #50
#54Isaiah368US #47
#55Aaron358US #41
#56Cody357US #60
#57Jared353US #56
#58Elijah349US #52
#59Timothy345US #58
#60Devin340US #69
#61Chase328US #77
#62Adam314US #45
#63Antonio312US #82
#64Alex311US #62
#65Patrick304US #68
#66Ian298US #73
#67Alejandro297US #89
#68Nathaniel292US #61
#69Adrian291US #78
#70Evan288US #55
#71Seth284US #63
#72Julian282US #87
#73Garrett269US #74
#74Jack266US #46
#75Angel265US #67
#76Jeremy264US #84
#77Kenneth262US #94
#78Dalton261US #91
#79Luke261US #59
#80Nicolas257US #137
#81Trevor251US #75
#82Mark247US #79
#83Marcus236US #99
#84Jeremiah235US #102
#85Miguel229US #86
#86Lucas225US #83
#87Isaac224US #53
#88Stephen222US #95
#89Cole217US #71
#90Victor217US #97
#91Mason215US #64
#92Jake213US #96
#93Jorge213US #107
#94Bryce211US #92
#95Jackson205US #72
#96Blake203US #80
#97Joel202US #112
#98Gavin199US #85
#99Paul197US #100
#100Jesse193US #90

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑31Sebastian#38
↑27Hailey#36
↑26Chloe#40
↑21Faith#56
↑21Sofia#75
↑15Isabella#26
↑15Caroline#72
↑15Jeremiah#84

Falling

↓32Kiara#84
↓28Breanna#95
↓23Brittany#47
↓21Courtney#63
↓20Laura#93
↓15Makayla#98
↓15Mark#82
↓14Kimberly#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.