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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #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 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedAKMaine: #163 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 751 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #128 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 601 girlsNHWashington: #163 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 958 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #361 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,966 girlsMNIllinois: #179 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 1,072 girlsILWisconsin: #286 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,888 girlsWIMichigan: #196 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,457 girlsMINew York: #182 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,201 girlsNYMassachusetts: #154 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 948 girlsMARhode Island: #100 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 411 girlsRIOregon: #163 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 881 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedSDIowa: #199 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,427 girlsIAIndiana: #191 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,381 girlsINOhio: #148 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 876 girlsOHPennsylvania: #162 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 1,129 girlsPANew Jersey: #177 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsNJConnecticut: #175 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsCTCalifornia: #159 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 802 girlsCAUtah: #104 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 394 girlsUTColorado: #96 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 374 girlsCONebraska: #189 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,000 girlsNEMissouri: #153 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 787 girlsMOKentucky: #89 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 376 girlsKYWest Virginia: #124 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 598 girlsWVVirginia: #166 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,025 girlsVAMaryland: #227 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedDEArizona: #117 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 392 girlsAZNew Mexico: #35 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 159 girlsNMKansas: #192 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,098 girlsKSArkansas: #72 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 276 girlsARTennessee: #96 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 395 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #128 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 564 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #130 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 607 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Flora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #122 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 526 girlsOKLouisiana: #188 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 868 girlsLAMississippi: #67 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 250 girlsMSAlabama: #82 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 295 girlsALGeorgia: #123 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 515 girlsGAHawaii: #89 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 301 girlsHITexas: #195 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 906 girlsTXFlorida: #114 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 436 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#35 · 1 in 159
  2. Mississippi#67 · 1 in 250
  3. Arkansas#72 · 1 in 276
  4. Alabama#82 · 1 in 295
  5. Hawaii#89 · 1 in 301

Best ever in a state: #17 in Alaska, 1935.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#35271 in 159
Mississippi#67861 in 250
Arkansas#72761 in 276
Alabama#821041 in 295
Hawaii#89101 in 301
Kentucky#89841 in 376
Colorado#96251 in 374
Tennessee#96721 in 395
Rhode Island#100141 in 411
Utah#104131 in 394
Florida#114261 in 436
Arizona#11791 in 392
Oklahoma#122501 in 526
Georgia#123711 in 515
West Virginia#124341 in 598
New Hampshire#12861 in 601
North Carolina#128691 in 564
South Carolina#130401 in 607
Ohio#148651 in 876
Missouri#153411 in 787
Massachusetts#154391 in 948
California#159381 in 802
Pennsylvania#162891 in 1,129
Maine#16391 in 751
Oregon#16371 in 881
Washington#163111 in 958
Virginia#166291 in 1,025
Connecticut#175121 in 1,152
New Jersey#177261 in 1,223
Illinois#179571 in 1,072
New York#182841 in 1,201
Louisiana#188271 in 868
Nebraska#189131 in 1,000
Indiana#191201 in 1,381
Kansas#192161 in 1,098
Texas#195651 in 906
Michigan#196271 in 1,457
Iowa#199161 in 1,427
Maryland#22781 in 1,893
Wisconsin#28691 in 2,888
Minnesota#36161 in 3,966
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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 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 1921

girls
#156
1,553 births · 1 in 794 girls
boys
#3,517
7 births · 1 in 157,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #156Flora1,553

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #3,517Flora7
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 794 of them was named Flora, which outranked 97.3% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flora
  1. #153Olga1,572
  2. #154Olive1,567
  3. #155Mable1,566
  4. #156Flora1,553
  5. #157Lola1,540
  6. #158Erma1,525
  7. #159Marcella1,502
Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 157,350 of them was named Flora, which outranked 29.4% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flora
  1. #3,214York8
  2. #3,214Ysabel8
  3. #3,214Zenas8
  4. #3,517Flora7
  5. #3,517Ab7
  6. #3,517Abron7
  7. #3,517Ac7
  8. #3,869Abb6
  9. #3,869Acey6
  10. #3,869Adair6

Tied with 351 names at #3,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921 →