Popular baby names in Florida, 1999

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1999 were Emily for girls (1,264 babies) and Michael for boys (1,901). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 161,553 babies born in Florida in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1999

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

Girls

Valentina: 60 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Camila: 69 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nathalie: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Daniella: 110 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Zaria: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Shanice: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Kaley: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tatiana: 155 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tatyana: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carolina: 107 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sebastian: 272 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Willie: 77 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ariel: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jermaine: 49 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	1,264	–	1
2	Ashley	1,107	–	6
3	Samantha	1,000	↑1	5
4	Sarah	951	↑3	4
5	Alexis	948	↓2	3
6	Hannah	944	↑2	2
7	Taylor	910	↓1	8
8	Victoria	800	↑4	16
9	Kayla	788	–	13
10	Jessica	783	↓5	9
11	Brianna	776	↑2	14
12	Madison	753	↓2	7
13	Alyssa	700	↑2	11
14	Elizabeth	660	–	10
15	Lauren	660	↑5	12
16	Amanda	626	↓5	22
17	Nicole	623	↓1	25
18	Jasmine	551	↓1	26
19	Rachel	535	↑2	19
20	Destiny	528	↑7	28
21	Alexandra	514	↑1	32
22	Jennifer	512	↑1	21
23	Megan	496	↓5	15
24	Brittany	469	↓5	35
25	Olivia	447	↑9	20
26	Stephanie	439	↓2	37
27	Abigail	419	↑5	18
28	Julia	417	↑13	30
29	Savannah	402	↓4	42
30	Sydney	402	↑14	23
31	Morgan	399	↓1	24
32	Natalie	399	↑6	34
33	Amber	391	↓5	41
34	Danielle	390	↓8	43
35	Haley	390	↑1	31
36	Brooke	374	↑3	47
37	Kaitlyn	371	↓8	33
38	Gabrielle	365	↑9	46
39	Katherine	354	↑1	36
40	Emma	349	new	17
41	Isabella	349	new	60
42	Courtney	346	↓9	44
43	Rebecca	328	↓12	38
44	Maria	305	↓1	39
45	Sierra	294	↑5	49
46	Sophia	293	new	53
47	Grace	292	new	27
48	Anna	291	new	29
49	Jordan	285	↓12	48
50	Sabrina	283	↓15	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Michael	1,901	–	2
2	Joshua	1,514	↑1	4
3	Christopher	1,494	↓1	6
4	Matthew	1,468	–	3
5	Jacob	1,443	–	1
6	Nicholas	1,373	–	5
7	Daniel	1,231	↑1	9
8	Brandon	1,188	↓1	11
9	Tyler	1,175	–	10
10	Austin	1,149	–	13
11	Anthony	1,144	–	18
12	David	1,123	↑1	16
13	Joseph	1,071	↑2	8
14	Zachary	1,055	–	17
15	Jonathan	994	↓3	22
16	Alexander	974	↑3	21
17	Ryan	962	↑4	12
18	James	956	↓1	19
19	John	943	↓3	15
20	William	941	–	14
21	Justin	913	↓3	20
22	Christian	908	–	25
23	Andrew	898	–	7
24	Robert	798	–	26
25	Dylan	754	↑1	23
26	Kyle	735	↑1	28
27	Jordan	703	↓2	30
28	Kevin	702	–	34
29	Noah	642	↑1	24
30	Cameron	592	↑3	33
31	Samuel	558	↑1	27
32	Hunter	549	↓1	36
33	Thomas	527	↓4	31
34	Jose	520	–	35
35	Jason	487	↑3	40
36	Logan	451	↑3	42
37	Steven	451	↑4	47
38	Benjamin	441	↓3	29
39	Nathan	437	new	32
40	Ethan	432	↑9	37
41	Eric	422	↓4	39
42	Aaron	420	↑2	38
43	Caleb	413	↓3	41
44	Richard	413	↑2	61
45	Charles	407	↓2	50
46	Carlos	405	new	59
47	Gabriel	398	↓5	53
48	Brian	396	↓12	43
49	Luis	389	↑1	55
50	Jared	367	↓2	54

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