Florence

#391 for girls in 2025, 796 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1898 · 3,790 births
Debut · girls
1,063 births
In top 100 · girls
61 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
339,093
since 1880

Florence over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #6, 1898girls
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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#391796
2024#429718#10,9386
2023#522583
2022#623475#9,8237
2021#715401
2020#763357
2019#936282
2018#968273
2017#978267
2016#1,055247
2015#1,175214
2014#1,301183
2013#1,744118
2012#2,04794
2011#2,45474
2010#2,45176
2009#3,12654
2008#2,85562
2007#2,93061
2006#2,75764
2005#2,93555
2004#2,58964
2003#2,99950
2002#2,46764
2001#2,37966
2000#2,50860
1999#2,22267
1998#1,86782
1997#2,15864
1996#1,84079
1995#1,86375
1994#1,75783
1993#1,67989
1992#1,90873
1991#1,463108
1990#1,445108
1989#1,405106
1988#1,392101
1987#1,302106
1986#1,215114
1985#1,133127
1984#1,067131
1983#1,005141
1982#1,032141
1981#955153
1980#977152
1979#923159
1978#954146
1977#792189
1976#755191
1975#722204
1974#682216
1973#592265
1972#624249
1971#613277
1970#557331
1969#511366
1968#531323#4,1365
1967#487381#3,9665
1966#428474#3,9485
1965#450450
1964#423536#4,0395
1963#398578
1962#385598#3,3057
1961#380637
1960#356738#3,3377
1959#336792#3,6196
1958#315848
1957#311877#3,9935
1956#286942
1955#2691,005
1954#2571,034#3,8275
1953#2401,123
1952#2221,241#3,7345
1951#2111,290
1950#1901,445
1949#1751,565#3,6905
1948#1651,698
1947#1591,850
1946#1461,907#2,40310
1945#1401,731
1944#1331,977#1,98813
1943#1242,273#1,69918
1942#1102,535#2,04213
1941#1072,390#2,20711
1940#1002,467#1,68017
1939#962,592#1,48920
1938#892,805#1,81815
1937#812,955#1,40323
1936#803,083#1,46321
1935#743,273#1,27328
1934#613,736#1,86015
1933#494,078#1,45622
1932#474,542#1,38725
1931#435,011#2,10113
1930#385,867#1,13238
1929#356,212#1,13837
1928#326,970#1,12539
1927#287,645#1,22735
1926#268,178#1,24234
1925#248,585#1,02245
1924#209,472#1,53225
1923#189,746#1,23534
1922#1810,036#1,39628
1921#1710,720#1,54924
1920#1610,731#1,27332
1919#1410,482#1,26431
1918#1411,318#1,23132
1917#1410,538#1,17533
1916#1410,412#1,17631
1915#1410,105#1,05437
1914#137,886#85540
1913#136,279#99525
1912#125,739#97022
1911#124,424#70720
1910#124,282#59823
1909#113,789#65317
1908#113,883#58519
1907#113,750#69914
1906#103,691#64014
1905#113,478#54918
1904#83,572#61214
1903#83,468#57615
1902#73,509#42623
1901#83,131#40721
1900#73,920#49022
1899#63,314#41520
1898#63,790#47319
1897#73,369#42220
1896#83,323#53415
1895#73,471#45619
1894#83,233#56713
1893#73,231#61511
1892#63,154#49716
1891#62,716#52412
1890#62,744#51114
1889#72,465#62810
1888#82,444#60911
1887#91,964#42016
1886#101,860#47015
1885#121,667#54712
1884#121,570#43318
1883#141,298#55611
1882#131,322#6918
1881#161,046#7067
1880#141,063#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Florence was already there! It came in at #14, and was given to 1,063 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2009, when fewer than 68 girls a year got the name.

Where Florence is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Florence
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#429#391)
  • 372 spots since 2020 (#763#391)
  • 784 spots since 2015 (#1,175#391)
  • Biggest jump: 173 spots in 2020 (#936#763)
  • Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1978 (#792#954)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1898 at #6 (3,790 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 47 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: 20 yrs · run 1886–1904
  • Top 100: 61 yrs · run 1880–1940
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 66
  • Highest: 1 in 66 girls born in 1893 were named Florence (1.5%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,019 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #6 in 1898, was only 1 in 68 (1.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.0% of all girls named Florence (88,295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16,699#7 (1889)#12
1890s32,345#6 (1898)#7
1900s36,191#7 (1900)#9
1910s81,465#12 (1912)#13
1920s88,295#16 (1920)#23
1930s37,942#38 (1930)#66
1940s20,393#100 (1940)#136
1950s10,597#190 (1950)#264
1960s5,081#356 (1960)#435
1970s2,227#557 (1970)#721
1980s1,272#955 (1981)#1,148
1990s828#1,445 (1990)#1,820
2000s600#2,379 (2001)#2,755
2010s1,828#936 (2019)#1,511
2020s3,330#391 (2025)#574

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.

Florence in 1886

girls
#10
1,860 births · 1 in 78 girls
boys
#470
15 births · 1 in 7,386 boys

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #470Florence15
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 78 of them was named Florence, which outranked 99.2% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florence
  1. #7Ida2,049
  2. #8Bertha2,001
  3. #9Clara1,916
  4. #10Florence1,860
  5. #11Alice1,811
  6. #12Bessie1,791
  7. #13Annie1,765
Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 441Felicia#1,047#606
  2. 414Arminda#1,047#633
  3. 414Fronie#1,047#633
  4. 390Zettie#1,047#657
  5. 365Vergie#921#556
Fallers
  1. 532Cordia#576#1,108
  2. 532Dicie#576#1,108
  3. 532Johnie#576#1,108
  4. 500Philomene#608#1,108
  5. 479Malissie#629#1,108

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

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 7,386 of them was named Florence, which outranked 57.7% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florence
  1. #451Smith16
  2. #451Thad16
  3. #451Valentine16
  4. #470Florence15
  5. #470Alonza15
  6. #470Angus15
  7. #470Anna15
  8. #491Ashley14
  9. #491Caleb14
  10. #491Cornelious14

Tied with 20 names at #470; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

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

See the top 100 for 1886