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Baby names in Florida, 1990s

1990–1999 · 1,618,220 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Florida across the 1990s, with 24,974 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,618,220 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Florida in the 1990s

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
Khambrel2613×
Yanelis48
Peterson71
Lazaro409
Frantz94
Widline8
Javaris183
Tavaris192

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael24,974
#2Christopher20,282
#3Joshua17,482
#4Ashley17,022
#5Matthew15,904
#6Jessica15,189
#7Brandon14,164
#8Daniel13,838
#9Nicholas12,979
#10David12,871
#11Tyler12,704
#12James12,320
#13Joseph11,873
#14Anthony11,739
#15John11,539
#16Robert11,190
#17Justin11,133
#18Ryan11,115
#19Brittany10,903
#20Jonathan10,892
#21Taylor10,880
#22Andrew10,776
#23Samantha10,726
#24William10,693
#25Austin10,620

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