Flor

#2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 276 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,608
since 1926

Flor over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Flor has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #907, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,25681—
2024#1,823110—
2023#2,06294—
2022#1,99298—
2021#1,98098—
2020#2,11586—
2019#2,45172—
2018#2,11390—
2017#2,18487—
2016#2,26984—
2015#2,27882—
2014#2,01098—
2013#2,06493—
2012#1,846109—
2011#1,722120—
2010#1,546144—
2009#1,463159—
2008#1,286193—
2007#968277—
2006#984264—
2005#907276—
2004#1,162195—
2003#1,199178—
2002#1,126185—
2001#1,170176—
2000#1,042201—
1999#1,047194—
1998#1,118172—
1997#1,040183—
1996#1,020183—
1995#940201—
1994#1,014183—
1993#1,029179—
1992#938207—
1991#1,000186—
1990#1,057168#7,1786
1989#1,067158#7,9055
1988#999164—
1987#1,336102—
1986#1,219113—
1985#1,42489—
1984#1,32392—
1983#1,53173#5,4846
1982#1,56675#3,48212
1981#1,42386#4,9617
1980#1,227107#5,5256
1979#1,60570#4,4038
1978#1,50275—
1977#1,214100—
1976#1,26388—
1975#1,41574—
1974#1,63057—
1973#1,54860—
1972#1,85645#4,9865
1971#2,03541#4,3756
1970#1,95243#4,2306
1969#2,20833#3,5957
1968#2,16431#3,6736
1967#2,55823#3,9665
1966#2,19129—
1965#2,53823—
1964#2,53024—
1963#2,13131—
1962#2,53923#3,3057
1961#2,67321—
1960#2,36925—
1959#4,03110—
1958#4,1939—
1957#3,30913—
1956#4,1619—
1955#3,22513—
1954#4,2788—
1953#4,2268—
1952#4,4837—
1951#3,48210—
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five girls were named Flor! It came in at #3,873, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1927–1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Flor is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,059 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,802 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMINew York: #1,725 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,787 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #633 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 4,018 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedUTColorado: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,451 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedDEArizona: #437 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,247 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,015 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,418 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedALGeorgia: #992 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,423 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Flor, so not publishedHITexas: #623 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 3,877 girlsTXFlorida: #1,543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,856 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#437 · 1 in 2,247
  2. Texas#623 · 1 in 3,877
  3. California#633 · 1 in 4,018
  4. Colorado#734 · 1 in 4,451
  5. Georgia#992 · 1 in 7,423

Best ever in a state: #296 in District of Columbia, 1988.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#437131 in 2,247
Texas#623371 in 3,877
California#633551 in 4,018
Colorado#73451 in 4,451
Georgia#99261 in 7,423
North Carolina#1,01551 in 8,418
Illinois#1,05981 in 8,802
Florida#1,54351 in 14,856
New York#1,72561 in 16,787
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Flor
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 433 spots since 2024 (#1,823 → #2,256)
  • 141 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #2,256)
  • 22 spots since 2015 (#2,278 → #2,256)
  • Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1988 (#1,336 → #999)
  • Biggest drop: 318 spots in 2008 (#968 → #1,286)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 2005 at #907 (276 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2005–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,695
  • Highest: 1 in 6,695 girls born in 2005 were named Flor (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,843 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 27.7% of all girls named Flor (2,104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s7#3,873 (1926)#3,873
1930s0——
1940s33#3,706 (1947)#4,269
1950s87#3,225 (1955)#3,932
1960s263#2,131 (1963)#2,390
1970s653#1,214 (1977)#1,602
1980s1,059#999 (1988)#1,312
1990s1,856#938 (1992)#1,020
2000s2,104#907 (2005)#1,131
2010s979#1,546 (2010)#2,048
2020s567#1,823 (2024)#2,038

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Flor in 1998

girls
#1,118
172 births · 1 in 10,273 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #1,118Flor172
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 10,273 of them was named Flor, which outranked 93.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flor
  1. #1,112Lissette173
  2. #1,112Symone173
  3. #1,112Xena173
  4. #1,118Flor172
  5. #1,118Aubrie172
  6. #1,118Brieanna172
  7. #1,118Griselda172
  8. #1,123Kayle171
  9. #1,123Tabatha171
  10. #1,125Irma170

Tied with 4 names at #1,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →