Popular baby names in Florida, 1976

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,954 babies) and Michael for boys (2,200). Social Security records list 88,156 babies born in Florida in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1976

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

Girls

Lissette: 33 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tangela: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lourdes: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sharonda: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Felecia: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tameka: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latosha: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cristina: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kenya: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marilyn: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Tavares: 38 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Carlton: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 203 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cecil: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cedric: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rolando: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrence: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leroy: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Herman: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,954	–	1
2	Amy	803	–	2
3	Heather	803	–	4
4	Melissa	775	↑1	3
5	Kimberly	736	↓1	7
6	Angela	704	↑1	5
7	Michelle	704	↓1	6
8	Christina	591	↑2	14
9	Lisa	566	–	9
10	Jessica	528	↑8	8
11	Stephanie	515	↓3	11
12	Amanda	472	↓1	10
13	Shannon	463	↑3	17
14	Elizabeth	403	–	16
15	Rebecca	387	↓3	12
16	Mary	385	↓3	22
17	Nicole	385	↓2	13
18	Kelly	364	↓1	19
19	Tiffany	329	↑3	32
20	Laura	303	↑3	20
21	Jamie	285	new	18
22	April	279	↓1	30
23	Christine	269	↑2	26
24	Dawn	267	↓5	35
25	Julie	262	↓5	21
26	Sarah	258	↑18	15
27	Karen	241	–	31
28	Rachel	237	↑5	23
29	Jaime	228	new	29
30	Andrea	227	↑5	25
31	Tammy	223	↓7	41
32	Cynthia	221	–	44
33	Susan	215	↓4	40
34	Tracy	213	↓3	37
35	Erin	209	↑14	24
36	Carrie	203	↑2	28
37	Stacy	203	↑3	38
38	Maria	200	↑3	34
39	Patricia	199	↓13	43
40	Wendy	197	↓12	39
41	Tina	196	↓11	48
42	Tara	187	↓8	42
43	Danielle	179	new	33
44	Tonya	174	↓8	58
45	Erica	171	new	54
46	Tanya	169	new	61
47	Sandra	168	new	59
48	Brandy	167	↓5	55
49	Stacey	167	↓12	51
50	Katherine	166	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	2,200	–	1
2	Christopher	1,648	–	3
3	Jason	1,619	–	2
4	James	1,417	–	5
5	Robert	1,273	–	7
6	David	1,249	–	4
7	John	1,188	–	6
8	William	916	–	11
9	Brian	876	–	8
10	Joseph	766	–	12
11	Daniel	735	–	10
12	Matthew	678	↑2	9
13	Richard	642	↓1	19
14	Eric	632	↑1	13
15	Anthony	555	↑3	22
16	Charles	550	↓3	26
17	Kevin	544	–	15
18	Thomas	516	↓2	23
19	Timothy	490	–	21
20	Steven	476	–	20
21	Jeffrey	443	–	17
22	Jeremy	436	↑10	14
23	Joshua	431	↑1	18
24	Ryan	425	↑5	16
25	Scott	422	↓3	24
26	Mark	405	↓3	25
27	Jonathan	375	↑1	31
28	Kenneth	345	↓3	38
29	Stephen	332	↑2	37
30	Paul	318	↓4	28
31	Shawn	316	↓4	34
32	Donald	297	↑4	47
33	Andrew	291	–	27
34	Gregory	278	↓4	35
35	Sean	273	↓1	42
36	Patrick	264	↑5	41
37	Adam	257	↑8	36
38	Ronald	257	↑1	49
39	Aaron	255	↑3	30
40	Chad	251	↓3	29
41	Justin	250	↑3	33
42	Benjamin	246	↓4	32
43	Bryan	235	↓3	43
44	Edward	233	↓9	45
45	Travis	225	↑5	46
46	Larry	217	new	60
47	George	208	↓4	53
48	Gary	205	↓1	52
49	Willie	203	new	>100
50	Keith	201	↓4	48

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