Popular baby names in Florida, 2012

The most popular baby names in Florida in 2012 were Isabella for girls (1,592 babies) and Jayden for boys (1,154). Isabella ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jayden ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 171,587 babies born in Florida in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 2012

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: 285 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Taraji: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anabella: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angeline: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Daniella: 126 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chanel: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Armani: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kimora: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tatiana: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catalina: 69 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Tomas: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kymani: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jermaine: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Matias: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Kamari: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Jasiah: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mathias: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Willie: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicolas: 256 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carmelo: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Isabella	1,592	–	3
2	Sophia	1,376	–	1
3	Emma	1,072	–	2
4	Olivia	911	–	4
5	Mia	852	↑1	8
6	Ava	778	↑1	5
7	Emily	775	↓2	6
8	Abigail	714	↑1	7
9	Madison	705	↓1	9
10	Sofia	589	↑2	18
11	Victoria	564	↑2	28
12	Elizabeth	520	↑2	10
13	Chloe	514	↓3	11
14	Gabriella	506	↓3	37
15	Lily	476	–	16
16	Samantha	417	↑1	26
17	Layla	408	↑5	31
18	Ella	398	↓2	12
19	Aaliyah	396	↑6	36
20	Brianna	381	↓2	51
21	Aubrey	379	↑12	15
22	Zoey	379	↑15	20
23	Alyssa	377	↓4	44
24	Nevaeh	364	↓4	39
25	Amelia	353	↑6	23
26	Avery	345	↑21	13
27	Sarah	344	↓3	42
28	Arianna	341	↓5	49
29	Addison	337	↓8	14
30	Hannah	332	↑15	22
31	Zoe	329	↑3	30
32	Leah	326	↓2	33
33	Natalie	324	↓7	17
34	Grace	310	↓6	21
35	Hailey	308	–	32
36	Gianna	297	↓9	73
37	Savannah	292	↓1	43
38	Bella	291	new	54
39	Jasmine	290	–	83
40	Camila	287	↓11	48
41	Taylor	285	↑3	46
42	Valentina	285	↓2	>100
43	Lillian	282	–	25
44	Allison	271	new	38
45	Charlotte	271	new	19
46	Harper	271	new	24
47	Riley	271	↓1	47
48	Ashley	267	↓16	50
49	Genesis	263	new	56
50	Makayla	253	↓9	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Jayden	1,154	–	8
2	Jacob	1,081	–	1
3	Ethan	1,034	↑9	3
4	Michael	1,027	–	7
5	Mason	1,000	↑5	2
6	Noah	994	↓1	4
7	Liam	984	↑11	6
8	Alexander	948	↑1	9
9	Elijah	934	↓1	13
10	Matthew	880	↑3	12
11	Aiden	878	–	10
12	Daniel	866	↓9	11
13	Anthony	829	↓7	15
14	Christopher	827	–	23
15	Joshua	825	↓8	17
16	Gabriel	799	↓1	24
17	David	740	↓1	20
18	William	730	↓1	5
19	Lucas	700	↑1	27
20	Christian	687	↓1	33
21	Logan	683	–	22
22	Dylan	673	↑1	31
23	James	644	↑1	14
24	Joseph	644	↑1	19
25	Jeremiah	623	↑2	52
26	Benjamin	616	↑5	16
27	Jackson	596	↑9	21
28	Jonathan	594	↓6	34
29	Jordan	591	↓3	48
30	Sebastian	586	↓2	64
31	Caleb	580	↑1	32
32	Ryan	575	↓2	26
33	Isaiah	559	↑1	42
34	Andrew	553	↓5	18
35	Samuel	546	–	25
36	Nathan	524	↑2	29
37	Nicholas	519	–	49
38	Landon	515	↑1	35
39	John	511	↓6	28
40	Adrian	484	–	61
41	Julian	473	↑2	53
42	Luke	456	new	37
43	Tyler	447	↓2	50
44	Isaac	444	new	30
45	Gavin	431	↑4	40
46	Kevin	429	↓1	69
47	Justin	418	↓3	74
48	Brayden	415	↓2	39
49	Brandon	412	↓7	56
50	Robert	411	↓2	60

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