Florida · 1928

Top 100 names in Florida, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	916
#2	Dorothy	510
#3	Betty	492
#4	Margaret	279
#5	Helen	261
#6	Annie	211
#7	Doris	208
#8	Ruth	202
#9	Mildred	198
#10	Barbara	186
#11	Evelyn	174
#12	Martha	172
#13	Frances	165
#14	Elizabeth	156
#15	Louise	155
#16	Virginia	152
#17	Alice	145
#18	Ruby	136
#19	Patricia	127
#20	Willie	124
#21	Edna	119
#22	Thelma	117
#23	Gloria	112
#24	Juanita	112
#25	Sarah	102
#26	Lois	102
#27	Gladys	101
#28	Joyce	98
#29	Lillian	98
#30	Jean	93
#31	Bernice	92
#32	Catherine	92
#33	Shirley	91
#34	Marjorie	90
#35	Rosa	89
#36	Marie	84
#37	Hazel	80
#38	Ethel	77
#39	Bertha	76
#40	Lillie	76
#41	Edith	73
#42	Johnnie	68
#43	Geraldine	67
#44	Nancy	65
#45	Florence	64
#46	Ella	64
#47	Myrtle	63
#48	Pauline	62
#49	Grace	62
#50	Lucille	62
#51	Laura	59
#52	Ann	59
#53	Vera	58
#54	Norma	58
#55	Bessie	57
#56	Peggy	56
#57	Ida	56
#58	Irene	56
#59	Clara	55
#60	Emma	55
#61	Anna	55
#62	Carolyn	54
#63	Rose	54
#64	Josephine	53
#65	Beatrice	53
#66	June	53
#67	Eva	52
#68	Carrie	52
#69	Alma	52
#70	Inez	51
#71	Minnie	51
#72	Marion	49
#73	Mae	49
#74	Ernestine	49
#75	Julia	48
#76	Audrey	48
#77	Vivian	48
#78	Marian	48
#79	Sara	46
#80	Elsie	45
#81	Naomi	45
#82	Hattie	44
#83	Wilma	44
#84	Pearl	44
#85	Lula	43
#86	Mattie	42
#87	Nellie	42
#88	Christine	41
#89	Charlotte	41
#90	Katherine	41
#91	Esther	40
#92	Jessie	40
#93	Iris	40
#94	Margie	40
#95	Mamie	39
#96	Eleanor	39
#97	Kathryn	39
#98	Jane	38
#99	Roberta	37
#100	Daisy	37

Uniquely popular in Florida

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Rutha	21	15	1
Myrtice	21	15	1
Johnnie	68	50	10
Ernestine	49	36	9
Rosa	89	65	17
Essie	34	25	7
Iris	40	29	9
Jewel	29	21	6
Ollie	29	21	7
Inez	51	37	12
Willie	124	91	30
Gwendolyn	33	24	9

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.