Florida
Florida is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 381st, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192599 births
- Best rank
- #381in 1888
- Since 1880
- 3,527people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,527 girls have been named Florida in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1925, with 99 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 99 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 183 | |
| 1890s | 335 | |
| 1900s | 390 | |
| 1910s | 588 | |
| 1920s | 754 | |
| 1930s | 501 | |
| 1940s | 380 | |
| 1950s | 218 | |
| 1960s | 86 | |
| 1970s | 62 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 12 |
In 1925, its biggest year
Florida was the 745th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1925 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1925.
Names that rose and fell with Florida
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lelapeak 1921
- Olapeak 1921
- Alphapeak 1916
- Jettiepeak 1918
- Hesterpeak 1918
- Altapeak 1918
- Ivapeak 1918
- Artiepeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.