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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #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 1909

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 1909

girls
#11
3,789 births · 1 in 92 girls
boys
#653
17 births · 1 in 9,647 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #11Florence3,789

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #653Florence17
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 92 of them was named Florence, which outranked 99.6% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florence
  1. #8Mildred5,054
  2. #9Marie4,301
  3. #10Alice4,170
  4. #11Florence3,789
  5. #12Frances3,780
  6. #13Ethel3,661
  7. #14Lillian3,596
Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 9,647 of them was named Florence, which outranked 61.1% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florence
  1. #636Rollie18
  2. #636Santos18
  3. #636Vester18
  4. #653Florence17
  5. #653Alberto17
  6. #653Albin17
  7. #653Alma17
  8. #679Abel16
  9. #679Alfonzo16
  10. #679Alvie16

Tied with 25 names at #653; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →