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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #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 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedNHWashington: #962 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,233 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #623 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,086 girlsMNIllinois: #1,605 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,794 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMINew York: #1,015 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,163 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedINOhio: #1,143 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,563 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,372 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,642 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #979 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 6,167 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,164 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,463 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #970 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,640 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedMSAlabama: #789 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,869 girlsALGeorgia: #1,454 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,641 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Florence, so not publishedHITexas: #1,614 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 11,912 girlsTXFlorida: #1,570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,961 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#623 · 1 in 3,086
  2. Alabama#789 · 1 in 3,869
  3. Washington#962 · 1 in 5,233
  4. North Carolina#970 · 1 in 5,640
  5. California#979 · 1 in 6,167

Best ever in a state: #4 in Nevada, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#62381 in 3,086
Alabama#78951 in 3,869
Washington#96261 in 5,233
North Carolina#97081 in 5,640
California#979341 in 6,167
New York#1,015151 in 6,163
Ohio#1,14371 in 7,563
Virginia#1,16451 in 7,463
Pennsylvania#1,37251 in 10,642
Georgia#1,45451 in 9,641
Florida#1,57071 in 11,961
Illinois#1,60551 in 11,794
Texas#1,614141 in 11,912
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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 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 2014

girls
#1,301
183 births · 1 in 9,762 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #1,301Florence183
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 9,762 of them was named Florence, which outranked 93.2% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Florence
  1. #1,291Leigha184
  2. #1,291Rylynn184
  3. #1,291Zaylee184
  4. #1,301Florence183
  5. #1,301Amora183
  6. #1,301Nellie183
  7. #1,301Opal183
  8. #1,306Jaqueline182
  9. #1,306Kacey182
  10. #1,308Alanah181

Tied with 4 names at #1,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →