Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,487 |
| 2 | Christopher | 1,995 |
| 3 | James | 1,727 |
| 4 | Jason | 1,657 |
| 5 | David | 1,541 |
| 6 | Robert | 1,525 |
| 7 | John | 1,405 |
| 8 | Joseph | 1,129 |
| 9 | William | 1,057 |
| 10 | Joshua | 1,048 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,036 |
| 12 | Daniel | 1,024 |
| 13 | Brian | 984 |
| 14 | Justin | 865 |
| 15 | Ryan | 737 |
| 16 | Richard | 710 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 705 |
| 18 | Eric | 674 |
| 19 | Charles | 670 |
| 20 | Kevin | 650 |
| 21 | Timothy | 626 |
| 22 | Thomas | 623 |
| 23 | Anthony | 609 |
| 24 | Jeremy | 585 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 541 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 533 |
| 27 | Andrew | 518 |
| 28 | Steven | 497 |
| 29 | Mark | 446 |
| 30 | Kenneth | 445 |
| 30 | Travis | 445 |
| 32 | Jeffrey | 435 |
| 33 | Stephen | 371 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 369 |
| 35 | Paul | 362 |
| 36 | Scott | 350 |
| 37 | Patrick | 338 |
| 38 | Bryan | 334 |
| 39 | Aaron | 327 |
| 39 | Gregory | 327 |
| 41 | Sean | 318 |
| 42 | Donald | 296 |
| 43 | Shawn | 286 |
| 44 | Jose | 277 |
| 45 | Chad | 269 |
| 46 | Brandon | 266 |
| 47 | Edward | 262 |
| 48 | Ronald | 252 |
| 48 | Samuel | 252 |
| 50 | Jesse | 246 |
| 51 | Antonio | 245 |
| 52 | George | 242 |
| 53 | Derek | 230 |
| 54 | Keith | 210 |
| 55 | Nathan | 208 |
| 56 | Jacob | 199 |
| 57 | Gary | 197 |
| 58 | Bradley | 193 |
| 58 | Carlos | 193 |
| 60 | Willie | 190 |
| 61 | Douglas | 187 |
| 62 | Alexander | 185 |
| 63 | Dustin | 184 |
| 64 | Kyle | 178 |
| 65 | Marcus | 174 |
| 66 | Raymond | 172 |
| 67 | Erik | 164 |
| 68 | Juan | 163 |
| 69 | Peter | 162 |
| 70 | Larry | 159 |
| 71 | Derrick | 158 |
| 71 | Frank | 158 |
| 73 | Corey | 154 |
| 74 | Phillip | 153 |
| 74 | Shaun | 153 |
| 76 | Joel | 148 |
| 77 | Dennis | 146 |
| 77 | Johnny | 146 |
| 79 | Jared | 141 |
| 80 | Curtis | 138 |
| 81 | Luis | 137 |
| 82 | Jeffery | 135 |
| 83 | Jerry | 132 |
| 84 | Craig | 131 |
| 85 | Cory | 128 |
| 86 | Billy | 126 |
| 86 | Bobby | 126 |
| 86 | Philip | 126 |
| 86 | Shane | 126 |
| 90 | Todd | 124 |
| 91 | Henry | 123 |
| 92 | Terry | 120 |
| 93 | Jeremiah | 116 |
| 93 | Nathaniel | 116 |
| 95 | Vincent | 115 |
| 96 | Jermaine | 114 |
| 96 | Jorge | 114 |
| 96 | Wesley | 114 |
| 99 | Mario | 113 |
| 100 | Russell | 111 |