Flossie

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1891 · 292 births
Debut · girls
25 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,808
since 1880

Flossie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Flossie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #129, 1891girls
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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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1986#9,5456—
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1982#9,2376—
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1980#6,31910—
1979#7,3138—
1978#7,6497—
1977#6,3409—
1976#6,6118—
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1974#4,72012—
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1966#2,58622—
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1964#2,15131—
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1957#1,31665—
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Flossie was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Flossie is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #183 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,082 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #204 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,239 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedSDIowa: #155 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 817 girlsIAIndiana: #161 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 924 girlsINOhio: #185 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,248 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #126 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 546 girlsMOKentucky: #88 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 313 girlsKYWest Virginia: #163 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 715 girlsWVVirginia: #104 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 385 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #169 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 685 girlsARTennessee: #81 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 269 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #85 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 257 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #122 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 520 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #107 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 364 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #152 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 654 girlsMSAlabama: #123 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 485 girlsALGeorgia: #163 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 866 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedHITexas: #266 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsTXFlorida: #106 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 366 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#81 · 1 in 269
  2. North Carolina#85 · 1 in 257
  3. Kentucky#88 · 1 in 313
  4. Virginia#104 · 1 in 385
  5. Florida#106 · 1 in 366

Best ever in a state: #81 in Tennessee, 1910.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#81391 in 269
North Carolina#85491 in 257
Kentucky#88341 in 313
Virginia#104281 in 385
Florida#106111 in 366
Oklahoma#107201 in 364
South Carolina#122181 in 520
Alabama#123271 in 485
Missouri#126201 in 546
Mississippi#152161 in 654
Iowa#15571 in 817
Indiana#16181 in 924
Georgia#163181 in 866
West Virginia#16381 in 715
Arkansas#169111 in 685
Illinois#183171 in 1,082
Ohio#185121 in 1,248
Michigan#20471 in 1,239
Texas#266151 in 1,288
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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 Flossie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 81 spots in 1883 (#306 → #225)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1950 (#868 → #971)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #129 (292 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 635
  • Highest: 1 in 635 girls born in 1891 were named Flossie (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.9% of all girls named Flossie (5,001) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s924#149 (1889)#229
1890s2,890#129 (1891)#149
1900s3,410#147 (1905)#163
1910s5,001#178 (1910)#236
1920s4,618#280 (1920)#308
1930s2,524#341 (1930)#419
1940s1,319#550 (1940)#687
1950s667#971 (1950)#1,253
1960s303#1,523 (1960)#2,385
1970s102#3,943 (1971)#5,664
1980s38#6,319 (1980)#9,313
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s12#12,142 (2020)#13,668

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.

Flossie in 1910

girls
#178
387 births · 1 in 1,025 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #178Flossie387
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 1,025 of them was named Flossie, which outranked 93.6% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flossie
  1. #175Phyllis392
  2. #176Isabel389
  3. #176Isabelle389
  4. #178Flossie387
  5. #179Jeanette382
  6. #180Olga381
  7. #181Estella377
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →