What baby names are unique to Florida?

Khambrel is the name most distinctive to Florida, given about 20 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Altamese, Marvens and Suhaill follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in Florida is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to Florida

The most distinctive Florida baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in Florida than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Khambrel leads: it is given about 20× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of Florida births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Khambrel	59	20×
2	Altamese	176	17×
3	Marvens	252	14×
4	Suhaill	13	13×
5	Kerline	54	12×
6	Broward	25	12×
7	Altamease	33	12×
8	Shanreka	13	11×
9	Tshwanda	9	11×
10	Abigaelle	148	11×
11	Tavaris	800	9×
12	Widline	8	9×
13	Javaris	494	8×
14	Carlens	39	8×
15	Anquette	19	8×
16	Lazaro	1,812	8×
17	Kervens	89	8×
18	Mirlande	11	8×
19	Platon	61	7×
20	Frantz	284	7×
21	Schneider	96	7×
22	Ainhoa	580	7×
23	Tangela	860	7×
24	Tavares	684	7×
25	Caridad	399	7×
26	Guerline	20	7×
27	Shanteria	169	7×
28	Reef	310	6×
29	Bernessia	6	6×
30	Fabiana	409	6×
31	Antonella	2,193	6×
32	Ainoha	56	6×
33	Dawens	25	6×
34	Yanelis	153	6×
35	Fiorella	343	6×
36	Alain	789	6×
37	Peterson	175	6×
38	Shantavia	147	6×
39	Shantoria	80	6×
40	Jacquez	341	6×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to Florida in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Alanys	17	8×
Dom	15	8×
Jenaiah	22	7×
Abigaelle	11	6×
Amiria	11	6×
Mako	11	6×
Keisha	16	6×
Aras	10	6×
Fabrizio	10	6×
Janiel	10	6×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Evelio	52×
1920s	Altamese	52×
1930s	Altamese	53×
1940s	Altamese	38×
1950s	Tangela	14×
1960s	Tangela	13×
1970s	Suhaill	13×
1980s	Khambrel	14×
1990s	Khambrel	13×
2000s	Frantz	8×
2010s	Marvens	10×
2020s	Marvens	7×

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Names unique to other states

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