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Baby names in Florida, 1960s

1960–1969 · 972,995 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Florida across the 1960s, with 21,489 births in the decade. The state recorded 972,995 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Florida in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Tangela38113×
Alina109
Caridad71
Sebrina76
Teresita81
Claretha22
Alphonso263
Elijah163

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael21,489
#2James21,356
#3John19,668
#4Robert19,185
#5David18,566
#6William14,005
#7Lisa11,836
#8Richard10,645
#9Mark9,680
#10Charles8,938
#11Mary8,891
#12Kimberly7,824
#13Thomas7,482
#14Kenneth7,298
#15Karen7,066
#16Joseph6,954
#17Timothy6,857
#18Cynthia6,806
#19Patricia6,631
#20Susan6,434
#21Linda6,196
#22Anthony6,053
#23Steven5,907
#24Donna5,869
#25Christopher5,842

Other decades in Florida

All Florida names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org