Popular baby names in Florida, 1977

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,984 babies) and Michael for boys (2,213). Social Security records list 93,232 babies born in Florida in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1977

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: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sharonda: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shayla: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shameka: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tanika: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lakeshia: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latoya: 167 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lashonda: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Iris: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tameka: 68 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 27 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Tavares: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Antwan: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Willie: 235 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Johnnie: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lorenzo: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Carlton: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charlie: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,984	–	1
2	Melissa	879	↑2	2
3	Heather	837	–	5
4	Michelle	735	↑3	7
5	Jessica	715	↑5	4
6	Amy	692	↓4	3
7	Angela	682	↓1	6
8	Kimberly	673	↓3	8
9	Christina	611	↓1	16
10	Amanda	540	↑2	9
11	Lisa	527	↓2	12
12	Kelly	515	↑6	10
13	Stephanie	513	↓2	14
14	Elizabeth	461	–	13
15	Shannon	432	↓2	19
16	Nicole	425	↑1	15
17	Rebecca	393	↓2	17
18	Sarah	350	↑8	11
19	Mary	348	↓3	21
20	Jamie	324	↑1	18
21	Laura	314	↓1	20
22	Tiffany	313	↓3	34
23	April	289	↓1	29
24	Andrea	282	↑6	24
25	Julie	271	–	22
26	Christine	260	↓3	30
27	Crystal	250	new	25
28	Erin	242	↑7	23
29	Patricia	241	↑10	47
30	Rachel	236	↓2	26
31	Karen	230	↓4	32
32	Carrie	229	↑4	28
33	Tara	222	↑9	35
34	Danielle	212	↑9	31
35	Dawn	205	↓11	43
36	Erica	199	↑9	38
37	Monica	199	new	39
38	Maria	193	–	36
39	Tammy	192	↓8	55
40	Melanie	189	new	53
41	Tina	187	–	58
42	Cynthia	185	↓10	48
43	Wendy	185	↓3	49
44	Sabrina	184	new	63
45	Sara	177	new	27
46	Tracy	175	↓12	50
47	Amber	174	new	33
48	Misty	174	new	40
49	Katherine	173	↑1	44
50	Susan	173	↓17	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	2,213	–	1
2	Jason	1,748	↑1	2
3	Christopher	1,675	↓1	3
4	James	1,609	–	5
5	David	1,348	↑1	4
6	Robert	1,313	↓1	6
7	John	1,237	–	7
8	William	988	–	12
9	Brian	904	–	8
10	Daniel	850	↑1	11
11	Joseph	797	↓1	10
12	Matthew	783	–	9
13	Richard	679	–	20
14	Kevin	651	↑3	13
15	Charles	631	↑1	26
16	Eric	619	↓2	17
17	Joshua	560	↑6	14
18	Timothy	555	↑1	18
19	Anthony	515	↓4	21
20	Thomas	508	↓2	22
21	Steven	503	↓1	23
22	Ryan	485	↑2	16
23	Jeremy	480	↓1	15
24	Mark	437	↑2	25
25	Jeffrey	423	↓4	19
26	Andrew	406	↑7	24
27	Kenneth	387	↑1	39
28	Jonathan	384	↓1	28
29	Scott	378	↓4	27
30	Paul	354	–	31
31	Stephen	337	↓2	38
32	Shawn	322	↓1	37
33	Sean	317	↑2	43
34	Gregory	309	–	35
35	Adam	296	↑2	33
36	Justin	289	↑5	30
37	Benjamin	280	↑5	29
38	Donald	279	↓6	46
39	Bryan	258	↑4	42
40	Patrick	258	↓4	40
41	Ronald	247	↓3	53
42	Aaron	245	↓3	32
43	George	238	↑4	57
44	Travis	238	↑1	44
45	Corey	235	new	52
46	Willie	235	↑3	>100
47	Edward	224	↓3	47
48	Chad	211	↓8	34
49	Keith	209	↑1	48
50	Antonio	195	new	77

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