Popular baby names in Florida, 2006

The most popular baby names in Florida in 2006 were Isabella for girls (1,585 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,480). Isabella ranked #4 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 192,477 babies born in Florida in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 2006

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: 155 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kaley: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tatiana: 170 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Daniella: 151 babies, 3× the national rate
Nathalie: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shania: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Giovanna: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catalina: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jaida: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gabriela: 331 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Giancarlo: 60 babies, 4× the national rate
Willie: 68 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamari: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nicolas: 333 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tomas: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sebastian: 669 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Javon: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nelson: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Felipe: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jermaine: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Isabella	1,585	↑1	4
2	Emily	1,244	↓1	1
3	Madison	1,015	–	3
4	Sophia	899	↑1	9
5	Emma	890	↓1	2
6	Ava	778	↑13	5
7	Olivia	775	↑3	7
8	Mia	769	↑5	13
9	Hannah	767	–	8
10	Brianna	740	↓2	20
11	Abigail	729	–	6
12	Ashley	708	↓6	12
13	Samantha	644	↓6	10
14	Sarah	635	↑1	15
15	Alyssa	623	↓3	19
16	Elizabeth	588	↑2	11
17	Kayla	566	–	26
18	Victoria	566	↓4	27
19	Alexis	556	↓3	14
20	Jasmine	547	–	29
21	Chloe	538	↑5	18
22	Hailey	525	↑2	25
23	Natalie	511	↓2	17
24	Angelina	508	↓1	49
25	Taylor	508	↓3	23
26	Gabriella	495	↑7	50
27	Sofia	472	↓2	55
28	Grace	452	↑2	16
29	Savannah	419	↑6	30
30	Nicole	410	↓3	74
31	Destiny	402	↓3	36
32	Alexandra	397	↓1	40
33	Brooke	386	↑3	44
34	Lauren	381	↓2	24
35	Jessica	370	↓6	32
36	Makayla	358	↑9	45
37	Maria	357	↑6	46
38	Alexa	344	new	39
39	Ella	344	–	21
40	Gabriela	331	new	>100
41	Kaitlyn	328	↓7	41
42	Melanie	327	new	85
43	Julia	321	↓2	31
44	Sydney	321	↓7	34
45	Stephanie	320	↑4	70
46	Jada	317	–	92
47	Anna	316	↓3	22
48	Jennifer	316	↓6	51
49	Lily	312	new	33
50	Morgan	309	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Joshua	1,480	–	3
2	Michael	1,443	–	2
3	Anthony	1,382	–	9
4	Christopher	1,323	–	8
5	Jacob	1,261	–	1
6	Daniel	1,242	–	6
7	Matthew	1,241	–	5
8	David	1,128	↑2	13
9	Alexander	1,094	–	12
10	Nicholas	1,059	↓2	17
11	Christian	1,021	↑1	21
12	Ethan	991	↓1	4
13	Jonathan	948	–	22
14	Tyler	942	–	18
15	Joseph	932	↑2	11
16	William	903	–	10
17	Gabriel	888	↑2	28
18	James	883	↑3	16
19	Noah	872	↑8	15
20	Ryan	872	↓5	14
21	Logan	868	↑3	20
22	Andrew	864	↓4	7
23	Dylan	818	↓1	26
24	Jordan	761	↑4	46
25	Brandon	757	↓2	27
26	John	750	↓6	19
27	Kevin	739	↑2	37
28	Jayden	706	↑8	49
29	Elijah	684	↑2	29
30	Nathan	680	–	23
31	Sebastian	669	↑10	76
32	Jose	652	↑1	30
33	Samuel	632	↓7	25
34	Zachary	623	↓9	33
35	Isaiah	608	↑3	39
36	Justin	605	↓4	45
37	Aiden	595	↑10	32
38	Robert	592	↓4	47
39	Austin	589	↓4	41
40	Caleb	576	↑2	34
41	Benjamin	566	↓4	24
42	Angel	563	↓2	31
43	Gavin	555	new	38
44	Jeremiah	546	↑6	71
45	Luis	527	↑3	62
46	Thomas	511	↑3	51
47	Lucas	505	↓4	59
48	Jason	499	↓9	55
49	Julian	492	new	65
50	Bryan	491	new	66

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