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
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 3,790 births
- Debut · girls
- 1,063 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 61 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 339,093since 1880
Florence over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #391 | 796 | — | |
| 2024 | #429 | 718 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #522 | 583 | — | |
| 2022 | #623 | 475 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #715 | 401 | — | |
| 2020 | #763 | 357 | — | |
| 2019 | #936 | 282 | — | |
| 2018 | #968 | 273 | — | |
| 2017 | #978 | 267 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,055 | 247 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,175 | 214 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,301 | 183 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,744 | 118 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,047 | 94 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,451 | 76 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,126 | 54 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,757 | 64 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,935 | 55 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,379 | 66 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,867 | 82 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,158 | 64 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,757 | 83 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,908 | 73 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,463 | 108 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,445 | 108 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,405 | 106 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,392 | 101 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,302 | 106 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,215 | 114 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,133 | 127 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,067 | 131 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,005 | 141 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,032 | 141 | — | |
| 1981 | #955 | 153 | — | |
| 1980 | #977 | 152 | — | |
| 1979 | #923 | 159 | — | |
| 1978 | #954 | 146 | — | |
| 1977 | #792 | 189 | — | |
| 1976 | #755 | 191 | — | |
| 1975 | #722 | 204 | — | |
| 1974 | #682 | 216 | — | |
| 1973 | #592 | 265 | — | |
| 1972 | #624 | 249 | — | |
| 1971 | #613 | 277 | — | |
| 1970 | #557 | 331 | — | |
| 1969 | #511 | 366 | — | |
| 1968 | #531 | 323 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #487 | 381 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #428 | 474 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #450 | 450 | — | |
| 1964 | #423 | 536 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #398 | 578 | — | |
| 1962 | #385 | 598 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #380 | 637 | — | |
| 1960 | #356 | 738 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #336 | 792 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #315 | 848 | — | |
| 1957 | #311 | 877 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #286 | 942 | — | |
| 1955 | #269 | 1,005 | — | |
| 1954 | #257 | 1,034 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #240 | 1,123 | — | |
| 1952 | #222 | 1,241 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #211 | 1,290 | — | |
| 1950 | #190 | 1,445 | — | |
| 1949 | #175 | 1,565 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #165 | 1,698 | — | |
| 1947 | #159 | 1,850 | — | |
| 1946 | #146 | 1,907 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #140 | 1,731 | — | |
| 1944 | #133 | 1,977 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #124 | 2,273 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #110 | 2,535 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #107 | 2,390 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #100 | 2,467 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #96 | 2,592 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #89 | 2,805 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #81 | 2,955 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #80 | 3,083 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #74 | 3,273 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #61 | 3,736 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #49 | 4,078 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #47 | 4,542 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #43 | 5,011 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #38 | 5,867 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #35 | 6,212 | #1,138 | 37 |
| 1928 | #32 | 6,970 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #28 | 7,645 | #1,227 | 35 |
| 1926 | #26 | 8,178 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #24 | 8,585 | #1,022 | 45 |
| 1924 | #20 | 9,472 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #18 | 9,746 | #1,235 | 34 |
| 1922 | #18 | 10,036 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #17 | 10,720 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #16 | 10,731 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #14 | 10,482 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #14 | 11,318 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #14 | 10,538 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #14 | 10,412 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #14 | 10,105 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #13 | 7,886 | #855 | 40 |
| 1913 | #13 | 6,279 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #12 | 5,739 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #12 | 4,424 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #12 | 4,282 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #11 | 3,789 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #11 | 3,883 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #11 | 3,750 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #10 | 3,691 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #11 | 3,478 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | #8 | 3,572 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | #8 | 3,468 | #576 | 15 |
| 1902 | #7 | 3,509 | #426 | 23 |
| 1901 | #8 | 3,131 | #407 | 21 |
| 1900 | #7 | 3,920 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #6 | 3,314 | #415 | 20 |
| 1898 | #6 | 3,790 | #473 | 19 |
| 1897 | #7 | 3,369 | #422 | 20 |
| 1896 | #8 | 3,323 | #534 | 15 |
| 1895 | #7 | 3,471 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | #8 | 3,233 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #7 | 3,231 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | #6 | 3,154 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #6 | 2,716 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #6 | 2,744 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | #7 | 2,465 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #8 | 2,444 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #9 | 1,964 | #420 | 16 |
| 1886 | #10 | 1,860 | #470 | 15 |
| 1885 | #12 | 1,667 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #12 | 1,570 | #433 | 18 |
| 1883 | #14 | 1,298 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #13 | 1,322 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #16 | 1,046 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #14 | 1,063 | #682 | 8 |
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 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#6 · 1 in 50
- Wisconsin#8 · 1 in 58
- New York#9 · 1 in 57
- Nevada#10 · 1 in 34
- New Jersey#10 · 1 in 52
Best ever in a state: #4 in Nevada, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #6 | 57 | 1 in 50 |
| Wisconsin | #8 | 391 | 1 in 58 |
| New York | #9 | 1,671 | 1 in 57 |
| Illinois | #10 | 826 | 1 in 69 |
| Minnesota | #10 | 330 | 1 in 65 |
| Nevada | #10 | 7 | 1 in 34 |
| New Jersey | #10 | 589 | 1 in 52 |
| Connecticut | #11 | 214 | 1 in 63 |
| North Dakota | #11 | 99 | 1 in 72 |
| Michigan | #12 | 449 | 1 in 75 |
| Rhode Island | #13 | 84 | 1 in 62 |
| South Dakota | #13 | 81 | 1 in 77 |
| Ohio | #14 | 562 | 1 in 89 |
| Pennsylvania | #14 | 1,219 | 1 in 76 |
| Massachusetts | #15 | 492 | 1 in 71 |
| California | #16 | 257 | 1 in 91 |
| Montana | #16 | 64 | 1 in 85 |
| Washington | #16 | 120 | 1 in 81 |
| Colorado | #17 | 85 | 1 in 91 |
| Delaware | #17 | 28 | 1 in 74 |
| Maine | #17 | 75 | 1 in 80 |
| New Hampshire | #17 | 46 | 1 in 69 |
| Utah | #17 | 55 | 1 in 86 |
| Iowa | #18 | 215 | 1 in 96 |
| Oregon | #18 | 63 | 1 in 84 |
| Vermont | #18 | 32 | 1 in 77 |
| Wyoming | #20 | 17 | 1 in 83 |
| Maryland | #21 | 136 | 1 in 103 |
| Nebraska | #21 | 113 | 1 in 103 |
| Idaho | #23 | 39 | 1 in 106 |
| Indiana | #24 | 196 | 1 in 124 |
| District of Columbia | #26 | 30 | 1 in 99 |
| Kansas | #28 | 135 | 1 in 115 |
| Missouri | #37 | 175 | 1 in 165 |
| Louisiana | #41 | 126 | 1 in 173 |
| Florida | #42 | 60 | 1 in 169 |
| Virginia | #47 | 149 | 1 in 184 |
| Arkansas | #55 | 96 | 1 in 211 |
| Oklahoma | #58 | 103 | 1 in 216 |
| Kentucky | #59 | 113 | 1 in 239 |
| West Virginia | #62 | 70 | 1 in 240 |
| South Carolina | #63 | 106 | 1 in 223 |
| Arizona | #65 | 15 | 1 in 215 |
| Texas | #65 | 177 | 1 in 293 |
| North Carolina | #75 | 134 | 1 in 269 |
| Tennessee | #76 | 80 | 1 in 323 |
| Georgia | #77 | 128 | 1 in 290 |
| Alabama | #79 | 102 | 1 in 302 |
| Mississippi | #97 | 59 | 1 in 371 |
| New Mexico | #107 | 9 | 1 in 360 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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 Florence
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #6 (3,790 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: 20 yrs · run 1886–1904
- Top 100: 61 yrs · run 1880–1940
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1981
- 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
- 26.0% of all girls named Florence (88,295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16,699 | #7 (1889) | #12 |
| 1890s | 32,345 | #6 (1898) | #7 |
| 1900s | 36,191 | #7 (1900) | #9 |
| 1910s | 81,465 | #12 (1912) | #13 |
| 1920s | 88,295 | #16 (1920) | #23 |
| 1930s | 37,942 | #38 (1930) | #66 |
| 1940s | 20,393 | #100 (1940) | #136 |
| 1950s | 10,597 | #190 (1950) | #264 |
| 1960s | 5,081 | #356 (1960) | #435 |
| 1970s | 2,227 | #557 (1970) | #721 |
| 1980s | 1,272 | #955 (1981) | #1,148 |
| 1990s | 828 | #1,445 (1990) | #1,820 |
| 2000s | 600 | #2,379 (2001) | #2,755 |
| 2010s | 1,828 | #936 (2019) | #1,511 |
| 2020s | 3,330 | #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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 108 of them was named Florence, which outranked 99.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 31,617 of them was named Florence, which outranked 73.7% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,247Selmer32
- #1,247Simeon32
- #1,247Titus32
- #1,264Florence31
- #1,264Agustin31
- #1,264Beauford31
- #1,264Butler31
- #1,297Alger30
- #1,297Beecher30
- #1,297Buddie30
Tied with 32 names at #1,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.