Popular baby names in Florida, 1984

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (2,170 babies) and Michael for boys (2,990). Social Security records list 132,875 babies born in Florida in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1984

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

Girls

Tatiana: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Precious: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Carolina: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Natalia: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tameka: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tabatha: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 39 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jean: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Antwan: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willie: 168 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cornelius: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Demetrius: 61 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alexis: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernard: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jermaine: 133 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,170	–	1
2	Jessica	2,102	–	2
3	Ashley	1,691	–	3
4	Amanda	1,359	–	4
5	Stephanie	1,001	↑2	6
6	Nicole	950	↑4	7
7	Heather	944	↓1	9
8	Melissa	932	↓3	8
9	Sarah	844	–	5
10	Christina	840	↓2	20
11	Tiffany	829	↑1	14
12	Crystal	796	↓1	12
13	Elizabeth	765	↑1	10
14	Danielle	762	↑8	16
15	Michelle	705	↓2	17
16	Kimberly	649	↓1	22
17	Rachel	624	↑2	15
18	Amber	589	↑3	18
19	Lauren	578	↓2	21
20	Megan	558	↑6	11
21	Amy	541	↓5	13
22	Rebecca	529	↓4	23
23	Kelly	501	–	27
24	Laura	471	↑3	19
25	Angela	461	↓5	26
26	Erin	420	↓1	25
27	Shannon	405	↑6	37
28	Erica	375	↑2	34
29	Lisa	374	↓5	29
30	Brittany	370	new	41
31	Katherine	366	↑6	30
32	Latoya	363	new	60
33	Samantha	353	↑5	39
34	Jamie	352	↓5	31
35	Kristen	352	–	38
36	April	349	–	42
37	Vanessa	333	↓9	45
38	Christine	329	↑1	43
39	Andrea	321	↓8	28
40	Mary	321	↓8	33
41	Kristin	314	↓1	47
42	Sara	312	–	32
43	Lindsey	311	↓2	35
44	Alicia	307	↓10	40
45	Jacqueline	284	↓1	56
46	Tara	283	↑3	49
47	Emily	267	↓4	24
48	Courtney	263	new	46
49	Victoria	262	↓4	59
50	Lindsay	252	↓4	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	2,990	–	1
2	Christopher	2,989	–	2
3	Matthew	1,818	↑1	3
4	James	1,683	↓1	7
5	David	1,633	–	5
6	Joshua	1,613	↑2	4
7	Robert	1,563	↓1	9
8	Daniel	1,511	↑2	6
9	John	1,455	–	8
10	Jason	1,379	↓3	11
11	William	1,225	–	16
12	Joseph	1,207	–	10
13	Justin	1,109	–	13
14	Ryan	1,084	–	12
15	Jonathan	1,052	–	19
16	Brian	978	–	17
17	Anthony	876	–	21
18	Andrew	855	↑2	14
19	Brandon	847	↑3	15
20	Richard	765	↓2	27
21	Eric	763	–	22
22	Thomas	719	↑1	25
23	Steven	716	↓4	23
24	Nicholas	709	↑3	20
25	Kevin	706	↑1	24
26	Adam	700	↓2	18
27	Charles	677	↓2	33
28	Timothy	673	–	26
29	Stephen	556	–	35
30	Jeffrey	533	↑2	28
31	Travis	496	↑2	42
32	Sean	488	↓1	43
33	Jeremy	486	↓3	31
34	Kenneth	482	↑1	46
35	Mark	427	↓1	32
36	Benjamin	414	↑5	30
37	Kyle	411	↑2	34
38	Patrick	408	↓1	36
39	Aaron	407	↓3	29
40	Gregory	402	↓2	44
41	Bryan	401	↑2	48
42	Paul	361	↓2	40
43	Alexander	349	↑1	54
44	Dustin	348	new	41
45	Scott	327	↓3	39
46	Marcus	304	↑4	57
47	Chad	298	↑1	51
48	Shawn	293	↓1	56
49	Jesse	292	↓4	50
50	Antonio	279	new	77

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