Florida

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · Last seen for boys in 1918 at #4,179
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1888 · 40 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,527
since 1880

Florida over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Florida has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #380, 1888girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1994#13,4305—
1993#10,5887—
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1981#7,4098—
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1978#6,3859—
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1976#9,2845—
1975#7,9846—
1974#5,01111—
1973#7,4356—
1972#8,2925—
1971#6,6197—
1970#5,8188—
1969#5,4568—
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1965#4,4949—
1964#6,0096—
1963#3,17616—
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1959#2,67819—
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1957#2,48621—
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1955#2,34122—
1954#2,45020—
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1952#2,02325—
1951#1,96825—
1950#1,47439—
1949#1,56435—
1948#1,34547—
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Florida was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Florida is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedKSArkansas: #432 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,464 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,533 girlsLAMississippi: #275 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,784 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedHITexas: #926 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,401 girlsTXFlorida: #235 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#235 · 1 in 1,317
  2. Mississippi#275 · 1 in 1,784
  3. Arkansas#432 · 1 in 3,464
  4. Louisiana#499 · 1 in 4,533
  5. Texas#926 · 1 in 11,401

Best ever in a state: #124 in Florida, 1910.

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Florida#23581 in 1,317
Mississippi#275121 in 1,784
Arkansas#43261 in 3,464
Louisiana#49951 in 4,533
Texas#92651 in 11,401
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Florida
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
  • Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1936 (#1,101 → #840)
  • Biggest drop: 594 spots in 1943 (#997 → #1,591)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #380 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 65 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,466
  • Highest: 1 in 4,466 girls born in 1888 were named Florida (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.4% of all girls named Florida (754) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s183#380 (1888)#512
1890s335#428 (1896)#495
1900s390#440 (1900)#562
1910s588#644 (1910)#765
1920s754#743 (1925)#849
1930s501#840 (1936)#1,002
1940s380#997 (1942)#1,430
1950s218#1,474 (1950)#2,417
1960s86#2,729 (1960)#4,453
1970s62#5,011 (1974)#7,449
1980s18#7,409 (1981)#9,908
1990s12#10,588 (1993)#12,009

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Florida in 1920

girls
#857
71 births · 1 in 16,877 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #857Florida71
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 16,877 of them was named Florida, which outranked 85.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florida
  1. #850Eugenie72
  2. #850Ozella72
  3. #850Verdie72
  4. #857Florida71
  5. #857Adaline71
  6. #857Elvie71
  7. #857Francine71
  8. #865Bridget70
  9. #865Doreen70
  10. #865Fairy70

Tied with 7 names at #857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →