Popular baby names in Florida, 1996

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1996 were Ashley for girls (1,398 babies) and Michael for boys (2,014). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 157,621 babies born in Florida in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1996

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: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nathalie: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daniella: 74 babies, 3× the national rate
Shanice: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Natalia: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tatiana: 141 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carolina: 110 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Moesha: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tyra: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Daniela: 98 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Willie: 92 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dwayne: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rashad: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sebastian: 158 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Reginald: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Deion: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jamal: 90 babies, 2× the national rate
Stanley: 48 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	1,398	–	3
2	Jessica	1,205	–	2
3	Emily	1,132	↑1	1
4	Taylor	1,014	↑2	6
5	Sarah	995	↓2	4
6	Samantha	942	↓1	5
7	Alexis	875	↑3	8
8	Kayla	829	↑1	11
9	Brittany	812	↓2	14
10	Amanda	781	↓2	13
11	Rachel	742	↑1	9
12	Victoria	724	↑1	18
13	Stephanie	686	↓2	20
14	Elizabeth	664	↑5	10
15	Brianna	655	↑6	17
16	Nicole	641	↓2	22
17	Megan	640	↓2	12
18	Hannah	627	↑5	7
19	Jennifer	582	↓1	19
20	Jasmine	571	–	28
21	Lauren	568	↓5	16
22	Madison	558	↑12	15
23	Alexandra	550	↑2	26
24	Courtney	549	↓7	21
25	Amber	537	↓1	27
26	Savannah	505	↑12	43
27	Danielle	501	↓5	29
28	Rebecca	501	↑4	24
29	Alyssa	445	↓1	23
30	Morgan	442	↓4	25
31	Katherine	439	↑4	31
32	Shelby	411	↑7	35
33	Haley	410	↑8	30
34	Tiffany	409	↓1	52
35	Melissa	400	↓6	42
36	Natalie	393	↑1	46
37	Christina	384	↓10	57
38	Brooke	383	↑2	45
39	Chelsea	365	↓3	55
40	Kaitlyn	353	↓9	40
41	Sydney	340	↑2	39
42	Michelle	333	↓12	47
43	Sabrina	332	new	58
44	Gabrielle	311	new	54
45	Vanessa	309	new	60
46	Cheyenne	308	new	68
47	Kelsey	308	–	36
48	Sara	307	↑2	50
49	Jordan	300	↓4	49
50	Kimberly	299	↓8	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	2,014	–	1
2	Christopher	1,720	–	4
3	Joshua	1,569	–	5
4	Matthew	1,456	↑2	2
5	Brandon	1,439	↓1	8
6	Tyler	1,395	↑3	7
7	Nicholas	1,384	–	6
8	Austin	1,359	↓3	9
9	Daniel	1,307	↓1	11
10	David	1,179	–	13
11	Jacob	1,152	↑5	3
12	Anthony	1,141	↑1	19
13	James	1,109	↓1	17
14	Joseph	1,078	↓3	12
15	Alexander	1,060	–	22
16	John	1,056	↓2	15
17	Jonathan	1,046	↑5	21
18	Andrew	1,037	↑5	10
19	Ryan	1,032	↓2	16
20	Zachary	1,028	↓1	14
21	Justin	1,011	↓3	20
22	Christian	989	↑4	24
23	William	966	↓2	18
24	Robert	925	↓4	23
25	Kyle	861	↓1	25
26	Kevin	756	↓1	26
27	Jordan	668	↑1	27
28	Cody	640	↓1	31
29	Thomas	637	–	28
30	Dylan	589	–	33
31	Steven	516	↑2	38
32	Eric	513	↓1	35
33	Jose	500	↑3	32
34	Samuel	487	–	30
35	Aaron	474	↑2	34
36	Benjamin	461	↑6	29
37	Brian	455	↓5	36
38	Richard	450	↓3	45
39	Sean	449	↓1	46
40	Jason	426	–	41
41	Charles	420	↑2	43
42	Hunter	417	new	47
43	Timothy	409	↓4	40
44	Adam	398	↓3	39
45	Logan	380	new	42
46	Patrick	376	↓2	44
47	Devin	334	new	60
48	Jesse	333	↓3	51
49	Jeremy	332	↓2	56
50	Bryan	330	↓2	66

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