Popular baby names in Florida, 1979

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (2,099 babies) and Michael for boys (2,244). Social Security records list 101,614 babies born in Florida in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1979

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

Girls

Shaneka: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shalonda: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shanika: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sharonda: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lashanda: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Shayla: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cristina: 81 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Viviana: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shameka: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Latoya: 126 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Tavares: 33 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antwan: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alonzo: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Willie: 207 babies, 3× the national rate
Johnnie: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cornelius: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cedric: 69 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Freddie: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,099	–	1
2	Melissa	1,163	–	2
3	Amanda	980	↑6	3
4	Jessica	976	↓1	4
5	Christina	752	↑2	14
6	Heather	745	↓2	7
7	Michelle	728	↓1	10
8	Kimberly	697	↓3	12
9	Angela	649	↓1	8
10	Nicole	604	↑4	9
11	Stephanie	593	↑1	15
12	Amy	586	↓2	5
13	Lisa	568	–	13
14	Elizabeth	541	↑1	11
15	Kelly	495	↓4	16
16	Sarah	447	↑1	6
17	Tiffany	443	↑3	28
18	Rebecca	424	↑1	17
19	April	418	↑3	23
20	Crystal	392	↓4	18
21	Shannon	366	↓3	25
22	Laura	344	↑1	20
23	Mary	342	↓2	24
24	Jamie	324	↑1	19
25	Erica	299	↑3	32
26	Erin	291	–	21
27	Andrea	290	↓3	26
28	Rachel	290	↓1	27
29	Amber	276	↑11	22
30	Julie	266	↓1	29
31	Danielle	265	–	33
32	Christine	245	–	35
33	Patricia	240	↑3	44
34	Brandy	233	↓4	39
35	Tracy	233	↑9	49
36	Katherine	221	↑12	36
37	Maria	212	↑5	37
38	Monica	208	↓3	40
39	Samantha	204	new	66
40	Sara	198	↑1	30
41	Alicia	197	↑8	47
42	Tara	195	↓8	38
43	Ashley	189	↑2	67
44	Dana	188	new	54
45	Holly	185	↑2	48
46	Dawn	180	–	57
47	Carrie	175	↓14	41
48	Susan	174	new	51
49	Emily	172	↑1	34
50	Lauren	172	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	2,244	–	1
2	Christopher	1,854	–	2
3	Jason	1,721	–	3
4	James	1,560	–	5
5	David	1,474	–	4
6	Robert	1,295	–	8
7	John	1,277	–	7
8	William	1,024	–	13
9	Matthew	980	–	6
10	Joseph	955	↑1	11
11	Daniel	936	↓1	12
12	Joshua	884	↑3	9
13	Brian	858	↓1	10
14	Richard	658	↓1	25
15	Ryan	640	↑6	14
16	Charles	627	↓2	28
17	Anthony	611	↑1	21
18	Eric	606	↓1	17
19	Kevin	594	↓3	19
20	Timothy	594	↓1	18
21	Thomas	569	↓1	26
22	Justin	560	↑5	22
23	Jeremy	545	–	16
24	Nicholas	522	↑5	15
25	Steven	511	↓3	27
26	Jonathan	485	–	31
27	Jeffrey	464	↓3	24
28	Adam	457	↑3	23
29	Andrew	436	↓4	20
30	Travis	436	new	36
31	Mark	406	↓3	30
32	Scott	387	↑3	29
33	Stephen	385	–	40
34	Kenneth	384	↓4	41
35	Paul	378	↓3	34
36	Benjamin	359	↑1	33
37	Donald	313	↑5	51
38	Patrick	307	↑3	39
39	Aaron	305	↓3	32
40	Gregory	294	↓2	42
41	Shawn	286	↓7	43
42	Sean	268	↓2	49
43	Bryan	265	↓4	46
44	Chad	254	↓1	38
45	Ronald	253	↑2	54
46	Edward	249	↓2	48
47	George	241	↑1	57
48	Jose	222	new	44
49	Samuel	211	↑1	55
50	Antonio	210	↓5	79

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