Popular baby names in Florida, 1970

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,264 babies) and Michael for boys (2,519). Social Security records list 101,350 babies born in Florida in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tangela: 42 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lourdes: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Susana: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lawanda: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lashawn: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sabrina: 242 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cristina: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Valarie: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Vivian: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bridgette: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Alphonso: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Johnnie: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Willie: 259 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alejandro: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roderick: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jorge: 80 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Earnest: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carlton: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lorenzo: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dexter: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,264	↑3	1
2	Kimberly	1,247	–	3
3	Lisa	1,080	↓2	2
4	Michelle	1,058	↓1	4
5	Angela	813	–	6
6	Melissa	732	↑1	7
7	Tammy	691	↓1	8
8	Mary	577	–	9
9	Tracy	565	↑2	10
10	Stephanie	518	↑2	17
11	Amy	510	↑7	5
12	Elizabeth	481	↑2	18
13	Patricia	476	↑4	24
14	Pamela	475	↓1	26
15	Karen	474	↓5	12
16	Shannon	467	↑8	22
17	Dawn	461	↑14	16
18	Laura	459	↓9	13
19	Julie	429	↑2	11
20	Susan	407	↓1	15
21	Cynthia	405	↓6	25
22	Tina	404	↑5	21
23	Kelly	392	↓7	20
24	Christine	390	↑1	14
25	Heather	390	↑11	19
26	Lori	380	↑3	23
27	Wendy	358	↑3	28
28	Donna	343	↓6	32
29	Sandra	340	↓9	27
30	Teresa	336	↓4	34
31	Deborah	324	↓8	33
32	Sharon	323	↓4	37
33	Barbara	307	↓1	41
34	Rebecca	287	↓1	29
35	Tonya	284	↑3	49
36	Christina	278	↑1	35
37	Michele	278	↑3	31
38	Nicole	269	↑11	30
39	Robin	261	↑3	51
40	Cheryl	258	↓1	44
41	Rhonda	242	↓7	46
42	Sabrina	242	new	>100
43	Linda	237	↓8	38
44	Brenda	229	↓3	40
45	Andrea	224	↑1	43
46	Theresa	217	↓3	53
47	Debra	215	↓3	47
48	Denise	214	↓3	36
49	Stacey	211	new	48
50	Stacy	203	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	2,519	–	1
2	James	2,184	–	2
3	Robert	1,923	–	5
4	David	1,860	↑1	3
5	John	1,859	↓1	4
6	William	1,424	–	7
7	Christopher	1,252	↑1	6
8	Richard	949	↓1	10
9	Charles	883	–	21
10	Joseph	794	↑2	16
11	Mark	751	↓1	9
12	Thomas	735	↓1	17
13	Kevin	715	↑8	14
14	Brian	706	↓1	8
15	Steven	703	↓1	15
16	Timothy	667	–	20
17	Eric	661	↑3	18
18	Jason	645	↑10	13
19	Scott	645	–	12
20	Anthony	640	↓3	22
21	Jeffrey	600	↓6	11
22	Kenneth	578	↓4	25
23	Daniel	535	–	19
24	Gregory	518	↑2	26
25	Paul	477	↓3	23
26	Ronald	446	↓2	29
27	Stephen	446	↓2	27
28	Matthew	427	↑4	24
29	Donald	421	↓2	30
30	Edward	388	↓1	31
31	George	339	–	40
32	Sean	326	↑6	37
33	Patrick	320	↓3	33
34	Keith	315	↓1	38
35	Gary	310	↓1	35
36	Shawn	303	new	34
37	Todd	300	↓2	28
38	Larry	297	↑1	43
39	Andrew	292	↓3	32
40	Douglas	268	↓3	36
41	Willie	259	↑2	>100
42	Jonathan	253	↑4	42
43	Terry	230	↓2	54
44	Troy	225	–	41
45	Craig	224	–	39
46	Raymond	221	↑2	49
47	Jerry	214	↓7	45
48	Johnny	209	new	65
49	Frank	194	↓7	48
50	Rodney	190	↓3	55

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