Flora

#607 for girls in 2025, 483 births · Last seen for boys in 1960 at #4,038
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1880 · 365 births
Debut · girls
365 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,971
since 1880

Flora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #68, 1880girls
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#607483—
2024#645455—
2023#682428—
2022#726402—
2021#648460—
2020#924279—
2019#939281—
2018#1,051244—
2017#1,114226—
2016#1,252195—
2015#1,337177—
2014#1,368170—
2013#1,524144—
2012#1,663128—
2011#1,708122—
2010#1,794114—
2009#1,989104—
2008#1,890112—
2007#1,886110—
2006#2,14990—
2005#1,690117—
2004#1,94296—
2003#2,18779—
2002#2,00487—
2001#1,611114—
2000#1,75999—
1999#1,97579—
1998#1,94078—
1997#1,68293—
1996#2,28258—
1995#2,21660—
1994#2,23259—
1993#2,12763—
1992#1,94771—
1991#1,91373—
1990#1,75583—
1989#1,78775—
1988#1,76971—
1987#1,79265—
1986#1,57276—
1985#1,49382—
1984#1,39783—
1983#1,43481—
1982#1,39987—
1981#1,34093—
1980#1,152117—
1979#1,39488—
1978#1,176107—
1977#1,191103—
1976#1,055116—
1975#1,145101—
1974#1,063111—
1973#1,047111—
1972#963126—
1971#927140—
1970#936137—
1969#912135—
1968#875138—
1967#776162—
1966#730181—
1965#686206—
1964#643254—
1963#575292—
1962#606272—
1961#585298—
1960#526339#4,0385
1959#507370—
1958#506359—
1957#465417—
1956#452408—
1955#413457—
1954#429414—
1953#393469—
1952#383464—
1951#354507—
1950#328546—
1949#322577—
1948#322585—
1947#328577—
1946#314553—
1945#300529—
1944#278630#3,1096
1943#275643—
1942#261694—
1941#245702—
1940#242688#2,8717
1939#218765—
1938#219775#2,4799
1937#211790#3,5185
1936#218748—
1935#203841—
1934#197908#3,6795
1933#188902#2,5429
1932#203891#3,0927
1931#188965—
1930#1741,142#2,60910
1929#1791,124#2,9808
1928#1731,201#3,6976
1927#1671,302—
1926#1681,366#3,1398
1925#1681,404#3,4087
1924#1671,449—
1923#1611,475#2,22414
1922#1581,522#3,8726
1921#1561,553#3,5177
1920#1491,566#3,4897
1919#1531,444—
1918#1501,504#4,1795
1917#1451,450#3,5456
1916#1411,459—
1915#1401,368#3,0827
1914#1311,152—
1913#132943—
1912#128899—
1911#117749—
1910#108793—
1909#110667#1,4405
1908#105677—
1907#108617—
1906#106618#1,2535
1905#102628#1,2335
1904#107569#8748
1903#108536—
1902#100587—
1901#107493—
1900#106623—
1899#102520—
1898#98607—
1897#106488—
1896#96527—
1895#96552—
1894#84619—
1893#89537—
1892#82585—
1891#89497—
1890#85510—
1889#79516—
1888#78541—
1887#82408—
1886#76443—
1885#74445—
1884#77393—
1883#73387—
1882#73380—
1881#72317—
1880#68365#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Flora was already there! It came in at #68, and was given to 365 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1996, when fewer than 88 girls a year got the name.

Where Flora is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Flora
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#645 → #607)
  • 317 spots since 2020 (#924 → #607)
  • 730 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #607)
  • Biggest jump: 276 spots in 2021 (#924 → #648)
  • Biggest drop: 99 spots in 1968 (#776 → #875)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #68 (365 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 86 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1880–1896
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 249
  • Highest: 1 in 249 girls born in 1880 were named Flora (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,328 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.7% of all girls named Flora (13,962) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,195#68 (1880)#75
1890s5,442#82 (1892)#93
1900s6,015#100 (1902)#106
1910s11,761#108 (1910)#135
1920s13,962#149 (1920)#165
1930s8,727#174 (1930)#202
1940s6,178#242 (1940)#289
1950s4,411#328 (1950)#423
1960s2,277#526 (1960)#691
1970s1,140#927 (1971)#1,090
1980s830#1,152 (1980)#1,514
1990s717#1,682 (1997)#2,007
2000s1,008#1,611 (2001)#1,911
2010s1,801#939 (2019)#1,375
2020s2,507#607 (2025)#705

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.

Flora in 1880

girls
#68
365 births · 1 in 249 girls
boys
#909
5 births · 1 in 22,098 boys

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #68Flora365

Top boys' names in 1880

  1. #1John9,655
  2. #2William9,532
  3. #3James5,927
  4. #4Charles5,348
  5. #5George5,126
  6. #6Frank3,242
  7. #7Joseph2,632
  8. #8Thomas2,534
  9. #9Henry2,444
  10. #10Robert2,415
  11. #909Flora5
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 249 of them was named Flora, which outranked 92.8% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flora
  1. #65Nettie403
  2. #66Della391
  3. #67Lizzie388
  4. #68Flora365
  5. #69Susie361
  6. #70Maud345
  7. #71Mae344

boys

110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 22,098 of them was named Flora, which outranked 14.1% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flora
  1. #809Willian6
  2. #809Yee6
  3. #809Zeke6
  4. #909Flora5
  5. #909Ab5
  6. #909Abbott5
  7. #909Agustus5

Tied with 149 names at #909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →