Popular baby names in Florida, 2000

The most popular baby names in Florida in 2000 were Emily for girls (1,205 babies) and Michael for boys (1,829). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 166,599 babies born in Florida in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 2000

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: 68 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Camila: 73 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nathalie: 65 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Daniella: 113 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tatiana: 155 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Juliette: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carolina: 126 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gabriela: 291 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cristina: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Zaria: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 67 babies, 5× the national rate
Willie: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlon: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Keyshawn: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Javon: 77 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sebastian: 511 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nelson: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Giovanni: 161 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	1,205	–	1
2	Ashley	1,022	–	4
3	Hannah	1,016	↑3	2
4	Samantha	954	↓1	7
5	Sarah	922	↓1	5
6	Alexis	886	↓1	6
7	Madison	864	↑5	3
8	Taylor	856	↓1	10
9	Kayla	812	–	13
10	Brianna	809	↑1	15
11	Jessica	757	↓1	8
12	Alyssa	707	↑1	12
13	Victoria	680	↓5	20
14	Lauren	673	↑1	11
15	Elizabeth	636	↓1	9
16	Destiny	617	↑4	24
17	Nicole	609	–	31
18	Amanda	561	↓2	32
19	Jasmine	543	↓1	27
20	Abigail	529	↑7	14
21	Olivia	515	↑4	16
22	Rachel	514	↓3	21
23	Alexandra	513	↓2	36
24	Megan	454	↓1	18
25	Jennifer	439	↓3	26
26	Isabella	436	↑15	45
27	Haley	433	↑8	28
28	Natalie	424	↑4	34
29	Savannah	424	–	37
30	Sydney	424	–	23
31	Emma	400	↑9	17
32	Kaitlyn	395	↑5	30
33	Stephanie	388	↓7	40
34	Morgan	379	↓3	25
35	Amber	375	↓2	47
36	Hailey	374	new	35
37	Katherine	372	↑2	33
38	Danielle	371	↓4	48
39	Julia	371	↓11	29
40	Chloe	350	new	38
41	Sophia	346	↑5	42
42	Brooke	342	↓6	51
43	Rebecca	342	–	39
44	Anna	338	↑4	22
45	Maria	329	↓1	41
46	Grace	324	↑1	19
47	Brittany	316	↓23	60
48	Gabrielle	309	↓10	49
49	Andrea	299	new	55
50	Jordan	299	↓1	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	1,829	–	2
2	Joshua	1,592	–	4
3	Christopher	1,462	–	5
4	Matthew	1,354	–	3
5	Jacob	1,338	–	1
6	Nicholas	1,276	–	6
7	Daniel	1,252	–	9
8	Brandon	1,129	–	12
9	Tyler	1,118	–	10
10	Anthony	1,110	↑1	17
11	Joseph	1,075	↑2	8
12	Jonathan	1,057	↑3	21
13	David	1,056	↓1	16
14	Zachary	1,047	–	15
15	Christian	1,007	↑7	22
16	John	1,001	↑3	14
17	Justin	963	↑4	19
18	Alexander	947	↓2	20
19	William	932	↑1	11
20	James	924	↓2	18
21	Andrew	890	↑2	7
22	Ryan	884	↓5	13
23	Dylan	772	↑2	24
24	Austin	767	↓14	23
25	Robert	760	↓1	29
26	Kevin	715	↑2	32
27	Jordan	701	–	36
28	Hunter	667	↑4	35
29	Cameron	651	↑1	31
30	Kyle	643	↓4	37
31	Noah	604	↓2	27
32	Jose	583	↑2	34
33	Ethan	569	↑7	25
34	Gabriel	566	↑13	44
35	Thomas	565	↓2	33
36	Samuel	527	↓5	28
37	Benjamin	519	↑1	26
38	Sebastian	511	new	81
39	Jason	493	↓4	39
40	Logan	484	↓4	40
41	Nathan	472	↓2	30
42	Brian	455	↑6	43
43	Luis	439	↑6	49
44	Caleb	433	↓1	38
45	Eric	428	↓4	42
46	Carlos	399	–	66
47	Charles	398	↓2	51
48	Juan	390	new	48
49	Richard	375	↓5	65
50	Steven	375	↓13	54

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