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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #380, 1888girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988#11,7985
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#10,5175
1981#7,4098
1980
1979#10,2105
1978#6,3859
1977
1976#9,2845
1975#7,9846
1974#5,01111
1973#7,4356
1972#8,2925
1971#6,6197
1970#5,8188
1969#5,4568
1968
1967
1966#4,8668
1965#4,4949
1964#6,0096
1963#3,17616
1962#4,01111
1961#4,8828
1960#2,72920
1959#2,67819
1958#2,86217
1957#2,48621
1956#3,18614
1955#2,34122
1954#2,45020
1953#2,69916
1952#2,02325
1951#1,96825
1950#1,47439
1949#1,56435
1948#1,34547
1947#1,72231
1946#1,97022
1945#1,69924
1944#1,23641
1943#1,59128
1942#99761
1941#1,16641
1940#1,01050
1939#1,10242
1938#1,11142
1937#1,07044
1936#84065
1935#1,10140
1934#89458
1933#98549
1932#96554
1931#97051
1930#98356
1929#94158
1928#87070
1927#84876
1926#82978
1925#74399
1924#88872
1923#86472
1922#86472
1921#78886
1920#85771
1919#85866
1918#85970#4,1795
1917#90458
1916#86762
1915#76774
1914#74759
1913#67858
1912#67854
1911#65044
1910#64443
1909#66236
1908#64935
1907#61437
1906#57837
1905#54740
1904#55936
1903#48244
1902#49041
1901#60327
1900#44057
1899#53731
1898#44148
1897#55429
1896#42845
1895#45540
1894#55727
1893#46433
1892#54026
1891#48328
1890#49128
1889#55521
1888#38040
1887#48921
1886#73110
1885#47020
1884#47918
1883#43519
1882#56011
1881#47013
1880#54710
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 1911

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedARTennessee: 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: #262 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,501 girlsLAMississippi: #284 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,836 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: fewer than 5 girls named Florida, so not publishedTXFlorida: #173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 748 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#173 · 1 in 748
  2. Louisiana#262 · 1 in 1,501
  3. Mississippi#284 · 1 in 1,836

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#17351 in 748
Louisiana#26261 in 1,501
Mississippi#28451 in 1,836
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Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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 1911

girls
#650
44 births · 1 in 9,507 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #650Florida44
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 9,507 of them was named Florida, which outranked 77.3% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florida
  1. #641Lida45
  2. #641Nan45
  3. #641Savannah45
  4. #650Florida44
  5. #650Alicia44
  6. #650Beaulah44
  7. #650Charlie44
  8. #659Bell43
  9. #659Claudine43
  10. #659Hellen43

Tied with 8 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

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

See the top 100 for 1911