Popular baby names in Florida, 1980

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (2,241 babies) and Michael for boys (2,487). Social Security records list 111,365 babies born in Florida in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1980

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: 32 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Shameka: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Selena: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lawanda: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latoya: 191 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Latosha: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shayla: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cristina: 87 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shirley: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latonya: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 34 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Xavier: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Antwan: 57 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Willie: 190 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cecil: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bernard: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,241	–	1
2	Amanda	1,261	↑1	2
3	Jessica	1,242	↑1	3
4	Melissa	1,199	↓2	4
5	Kimberly	793	↑3	11
6	Christina	780	↓1	15
7	Heather	743	↓1	6
8	Michelle	740	↓1	10
9	Tiffany	729	↑8	14
10	Nicole	655	–	7
11	Sarah	646	↑5	5
12	Angela	627	↓3	12
13	Elizabeth	623	↑1	9
14	Stephanie	620	↓3	13
15	Amy	548	↓3	8
16	Crystal	472	↑4	18
17	Kelly	462	↓2	19
18	Rebecca	459	–	17
19	Lisa	448	↓6	16
20	April	433	↓1	26
21	Mary	407	↑2	25
22	Shannon	399	↓1	29
23	Erin	398	↑3	20
24	Laura	381	↓2	21
25	Amber	348	↑4	22
26	Danielle	342	↑5	33
27	Rachel	340	↑1	23
28	Jamie	338	↓4	24
29	Ashley	335	↑14	40
30	Erica	315	↓5	34
31	Andrea	303	↓4	28
32	Julie	277	↓2	32
33	Lauren	277	↑17	38
34	Brandy	273	–	42
35	Sara	265	↑5	27
36	Christine	260	↓4	41
37	Kristin	260	new	37
38	Maria	260	↓1	36
39	Kristen	255	new	39
40	Katherine	227	↓4	35
41	Monica	224	↓3	45
42	Alicia	220	↓1	47
43	Patricia	203	↓10	51
44	Vanessa	202	new	69
45	Samantha	201	↓6	58
46	Tara	198	↓4	43
47	Leslie	195	new	61
48	Karen	193	new	54
49	Latoya	191	new	>100
50	Courtney	189	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	2,487	–	1
2	Christopher	1,995	–	2
3	James	1,727	↑1	5
4	Jason	1,657	↓1	3
5	David	1,541	–	4
6	Robert	1,525	–	9
7	John	1,405	–	8
8	Joseph	1,129	↑2	10
9	William	1,057	↓1	14
10	Joshua	1,048	↑2	7
11	Matthew	1,036	↓2	6
12	Daniel	1,024	↓1	11
13	Brian	984	–	12
14	Justin	865	↑8	13
15	Ryan	737	–	15
16	Richard	710	↓2	26
17	Jonathan	705	↑9	21
18	Eric	674	–	16
19	Charles	670	↓3	29
20	Kevin	650	↓1	23
21	Timothy	626	↓1	20
22	Thomas	623	↓1	25
23	Anthony	609	↓6	24
24	Jeremy	585	↓1	18
25	Nicholas	541	↓1	17
26	Adam	533	↑2	22
27	Andrew	518	↑2	19
28	Steven	497	↓3	28
29	Mark	446	↑2	30
30	Kenneth	445	↑4	41
31	Travis	445	↓1	37
32	Jeffrey	435	↓5	27
33	Stephen	371	–	40
34	Benjamin	369	↑2	32
35	Paul	362	–	35
36	Scott	350	↓4	33
37	Patrick	338	↑1	38
38	Bryan	334	↑5	49
39	Aaron	327	–	34
40	Gregory	327	–	42
41	Sean	318	↑1	48
42	Donald	296	↓5	53
43	Shawn	286	↓2	47
44	Jose	277	↑4	46
45	Chad	269	↓1	39
46	Brandon	266	new	31
47	Edward	262	↓1	52
48	Ronald	252	↓3	58
49	Samuel	252	–	54
50	Jesse	246	new	45

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