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Baby names in Florida, 2000s

2000–2009 · 1,786,499 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Florida across the 2000s, with 15,201 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,786,499 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Florida in the 2000s

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
Frantz76
Lianet11
Schneider52
Kervens21
Marvens39
Alain206
Lazaro390
Richardson43

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael15,201
#2Joshua14,267
#3Christopher12,868
#4Jacob12,669
#5Anthony12,537
#6Daniel12,215
#7Isabella11,985
#8Matthew11,984
#9Emily11,623
#10Nicholas10,628
#11David10,525
#12Alexander10,444
#13Madison9,769
#14Christian9,726
#15Tyler9,645
#16Jonathan9,535
#17Joseph9,502
#18Jordan9,315
#19Ethan9,313
#20William8,926
#21Ryan8,674
#22James8,450
#23Andrew8,355
#24Gabriel8,322
#25Brandon8,307

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