Popular baby names in Florida, 1990

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1990 were Ashley for girls (2,374 babies) and Michael for boys (3,493). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 170,840 babies born in Florida in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1990

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

Girls

Kaley: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carolina: 103 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tatiana: 100 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Daniella: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Latoya: 98 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ciara: 81 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kierra: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christie: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Natalia: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Summer: 87 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Willie: 164 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jarvis: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernard: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Giovanni: 80 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marquis: 107 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jermaine: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Akeem: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rashad: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	2,374	–	2
2	Jessica	2,290	–	1
3	Brittany	2,100	–	3
4	Amanda	1,728	–	4
5	Stephanie	1,314	–	7
6	Samantha	1,185	↑2	5
7	Sarah	1,111	–	6
8	Jennifer	1,109	↓2	8
9	Lauren	965	–	10
10	Nicole	909	↑3	13
11	Amber	854	↑1	15
12	Tiffany	847	↓2	23
13	Elizabeth	833	↑3	9
14	Megan	815	↑1	11
15	Kayla	809	↑6	14
16	Courtney	781	↑7	17
17	Danielle	758	–	18
18	Heather	727	↓7	19
19	Melissa	723	↓1	20
20	Chelsea	710	↑2	24
21	Christina	692	↓7	25
22	Michelle	691	↓3	22
23	Rachel	668	↓3	16
24	Rebecca	645	–	21
25	Emily	640	↑3	12
26	Jasmine	549	↑3	28
27	Kimberly	499	–	31
28	Alexandra	490	↑2	37
29	Katherine	488	↓3	26
30	Victoria	480	↑4	33
31	Kristen	458	↑5	42
32	Crystal	452	↓7	39
33	Sara	442	↓1	34
34	Alyssa	412	new	27
35	Brittney	412	↓4	44
36	Erica	400	↓3	36
37	Laura	395	↓2	29
38	Kelly	380	↓1	41
39	Vanessa	371	↑1	56
40	Caitlin	361	↑5	50
41	Alexis	357	new	66
42	Mary	357	↓3	35
43	Taylor	351	new	46
44	Erin	341	new	43
45	Andrea	340	↓7	40
46	Natalie	333	↑2	63
47	Amy	327	↓6	38
48	Jamie	316	↓4	55
49	Kelsey	309	new	32
50	Lindsey	307	↓8	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	3,493	–	1
2	Christopher	2,933	–	2
3	Joshua	2,210	–	4
4	Matthew	1,929	–	3
5	James	1,642	–	8
6	David	1,622	–	6
7	Daniel	1,614	↑1	5
8	Robert	1,581	↓1	13
9	Justin	1,420	–	9
10	Andrew	1,399	↑1	7
11	John	1,398	↓1	12
12	Joseph	1,348	–	10
13	Anthony	1,322	↑2	15
14	Ryan	1,321	↓1	11
15	Jonathan	1,279	↑1	17
16	William	1,263	↓2	16
17	Nicholas	1,223	–	14
18	Kyle	1,165	↑1	18
19	Brandon	1,115	↓1	19
20	Alexander	983	↑1	28
21	Steven	898	↓1	25
22	Kevin	883	–	23
23	Thomas	846	–	26
24	Eric	841	–	24
25	Richard	831	–	35
26	Tyler	827	↑12	21
27	Brian	768	↓1	27
28	Zachary	750	↑1	22
29	Timothy	721	↓2	30
30	Charles	669	↓2	38
31	Jordan	660	↑17	29
32	Jacob	652	↑9	20
33	Sean	634	↓1	37
34	Travis	618	–	42
35	Stephen	607	↓2	39
36	Cody	605	↑13	31
37	Jeremy	599	↓6	40
38	Adam	573	↓8	32
39	Aaron	556	↓2	34
40	Patrick	539	↓4	36
41	Jose	499	↑3	41
42	Jason	495	↓7	46
43	Kenneth	492	↓1	52
44	Benjamin	491	↓5	33
45	Jeffrey	474	↓5	43
46	Mark	469	↓3	47
47	Austin	441	↑3	55
48	Gregory	418	↓3	51
49	Bryan	416	↓3	57
50	Corey	406	new	56

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