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Written by Monica Beyer

Both traditional baby names and trendy names made the list of popular Florida baby names for girls and boys. The top baby name in Florida was Jayden for boys and Isabella for girls, followed by Michael, Joshua and Jacob for boys, and Sophia, Emma and Emily for girls. Check out the rest of Florida’s most popular names for girls and boys and find out how they compare to the Social Security Administration's top names.

Traditional Names Are Tops

For the most part, parents in Florida looked to strong, traditional names for their baby boys as well as their baby girls. For boys, you can’t get much more traditional than Michael (2), Joshua (3), Jacob (4), Anthony (5) or Christopher (6). Other wonderful traditional boy names on the list are Daniel (8), David (13), Matthew (14) and William (18).

For Floridian girls, parents chose traditional names like Sophia (2), Emma (3), Emily (4) and Abigail (9). Other popular traditional names were Samantha (12), Elizabeth (13), Victoria (15) and Sarah (21).

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Trendy Florida Names

Other names that were popular are enjoying a popularity explosion in recent years. Boy names on the trendier side that were tops in Florida were Jayden (1), Ethan (7), Logan (16), Dylan (21) and Aiden (12).

For girls, Isabella is extremely trendy -- it has made a huge jump in popularity in recent years! Other trend-setting girl names in Florida were Olivia (5), Ava (7), Madison (6), Brianna (11) and Mia (8).

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National Comparisons

The Florida list was similar to the top names in the country overall but there were a few shifts and differences. Isabella was the most popular female name on both lists, while the top boy name in the US, Jacob, came in at 4 in Florida.

Wondering how Florida baby names compare to the national list of baby names?

Boy Name Ranks:

-- Michael (2 in Florida, 3 in the US)

-- Joshua (3 in Florida, 6 in the US)

-- Anthony (5 in Florida, 10 in the US)

-- Ethan (7 in Florida, 2 in the US)

-- Noah (10 in Florida, 9 in the US)

Girl Name Ranks:

-- Sophia (2 in Florida, 4 in the US)

-- Ava (7 in Florida, 5 in the US)

-- Emma (3 in Florida, 2 in the US)

-- Emily (4 in Florida, 6 in the US)

-- Madison (6 in Florida, 7 in the US)

Some names were uniquely popular in Florida. For example, Angelina, number 24 on the Florida list, didn’t even make the top 50 in the national list (it clocked in at number 86). Gabriella, number 14 on Florida’s list, was at 33 in the US overall. Brianna was the 11th most popular girl name in Florida while nationally it came in at 24. The boy name Dylan was 21 in Florida but 33 in the US, and Gabriel (11 in Florida) was 22 nationally.