Popular baby names in Florida, 1997

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1997 were Ashley for girls (1,309 babies) and Michael for boys (2,091). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 159,230 babies born in Florida in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1997

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

Girls

Camila: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kaley: 79 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daniella: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nathalie: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Juliette: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tatiana: 124 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sofia: 118 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cristina: 82 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Natalia: 82 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sasha: 53 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 66 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sebastian: 212 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamal: 90 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marlon: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Willie: 78 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nelson: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ariel: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 65 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stefan: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Deandre: 93 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Ashley	1,309	–	3
2	Jessica	1,072	–	2
3	Emily	1,065	–	1
4	Samantha	1,048	↑2	6
5	Taylor	993	↓1	7
6	Sarah	956	↓1	4
7	Alexis	896	–	8
8	Hannah	821	↑10	5
9	Kayla	788	↓1	12
10	Amanda	751	–	16
11	Victoria	718	↑1	19
12	Brittany	684	↓3	20
13	Brianna	678	↑2	17
14	Nicole	674	↑2	21
15	Megan	673	↑2	11
16	Lauren	649	↑5	14
17	Alyssa	641	↑12	15
18	Elizabeth	636	↓4	9
19	Rachel	629	↓8	13
20	Madison	619	↑2	10
21	Stephanie	618	↓8	23
22	Jennifer	571	↓3	18
23	Jasmine	536	↓3	24
24	Amber	519	↑1	29
25	Alexandra	513	↓2	30
26	Danielle	492	↑1	34
27	Morgan	459	↑3	22
28	Courtney	451	↓4	28
29	Rebecca	434	↓1	25
30	Savannah	421	↓4	47
31	Brooke	413	↑7	45
32	Haley	396	↑1	31
33	Katherine	396	↓2	32
34	Shelby	389	↓2	43
35	Sabrina	375	↑8	53
36	Sydney	361	↑5	35
37	Olivia	359	new	27
38	Kaitlyn	357	↑2	41
39	Tiffany	356	↓5	61
40	Natalie	347	↓4	48
41	Melissa	339	↓6	44
42	Destiny	338	new	42
43	Jordan	331	↑6	40
44	Christina	318	↓7	62
45	Sara	318	↑3	50
46	Vanessa	313	↓1	54
47	Michelle	311	↓5	55
48	Julia	308	new	37
49	Gabrielle	298	↓5	51
50	Cheyenne	296	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	2,091	–	1
2	Christopher	1,659	–	4
3	Joshua	1,520	–	5
4	Matthew	1,478	–	3
5	Brandon	1,408	–	8
6	Austin	1,386	↑2	9
7	Nicholas	1,365	–	6
8	Jacob	1,317	↑3	2
9	Daniel	1,292	–	11
10	Tyler	1,280	↓4	10
11	Anthony	1,130	↑1	18
12	Zachary	1,115	↑8	13
13	Jonathan	1,112	↑4	21
14	David	1,100	↓4	14
15	Joseph	1,049	↓1	12
16	John	1,036	–	15
17	Justin	1,025	↑4	20
18	Alexander	981	↓3	22
19	Ryan	980	–	16
20	William	973	↑3	19
21	Andrew	971	↓3	7
22	Christian	966	–	25
23	James	963	↓10	17
24	Robert	924	–	23
25	Kyle	899	–	24
26	Jordan	757	↑1	26
27	Kevin	742	↓1	28
28	Dylan	643	↑2	30
29	Thomas	609	–	31
30	Jose	522	↑3	32
31	Samuel	512	↑3	27
32	Cody	486	↓4	36
33	Steven	482	↓2	40
34	Brian	478	↑3	37
35	Sean	461	↑4	48
36	Eric	454	↓4	35
37	Richard	448	↑1	51
38	Jason	444	↑2	41
39	Logan	442	↑6	42
40	Aaron	439	↓5	33
41	Benjamin	435	↓5	29
42	Hunter	418	–	44
43	Noah	400	new	38
44	Charles	389	↓3	49
45	Luis	387	new	53
46	Adam	367	↓2	39
47	Cameron	367	new	45
48	Gabriel	364	new	57
49	Timothy	360	↓6	43
50	Nathan	339	new	34

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