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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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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1987#9,8256—
1986#9,5456—
1985#10,6775—
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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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1970#4,24613—
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1967#3,08517—
1966#2,58622—
1965#1,85438—
1964#2,15131—
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1961#1,83839—
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1959#1,61745—
1958#1,55747—
1957#1,31665—
1956#1,24969—
1955#1,30959—
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1952#1,08076—
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1927#330418#4,2105
1926#315445#4,2015
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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 1933

  • 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: #500 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,020 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,794 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: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedINOhio: #332 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,296 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: #373 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,746 girlsMOKentucky: #229 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,443 girlsKYWest Virginia: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,742 girlsWVVirginia: #193 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,131 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: #244 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,309 girlsARTennessee: #208 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,166 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #198 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,187 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #138 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 592 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #268 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,562 girlsOKLouisiana: #434 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,816 girlsLAMississippi: #257 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,451 girlsMSAlabama: #229 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,305 girlsALGeorgia: #239 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,514 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedHITexas: #417 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,725 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Flossie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#138 · 1 in 592
  2. Virginia#193 · 1 in 1,131
  3. North Carolina#198 · 1 in 1,187
  4. Tennessee#208 · 1 in 1,166
  5. Alabama#229 · 1 in 1,305

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#138341 in 592
Virginia#193201 in 1,131
North Carolina#198291 in 1,187
Tennessee#208221 in 1,166
Alabama#229211 in 1,305
Kentucky#229181 in 1,443
Georgia#239191 in 1,514
Arkansas#244141 in 1,309
Mississippi#257141 in 1,451
Oklahoma#268141 in 1,562
West Virginia#32461 in 2,742
Ohio#332101 in 4,296
Missouri#37371 in 3,746
Michigan#40561 in 5,794
Texas#417201 in 2,725
Louisiana#43451 in 3,816
Illinois#50061 in 8,020
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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 1933

girls
#375
292 births · 1 in 3,452 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #375Flossie292
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 3,452 of them was named Flossie, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flossie
  1. #372Lora295
  2. #373Leila294
  3. #374Valerie293
  4. #375Flossie292
  5. #376Eugenia291
  6. #377Nannie290
  7. #378Lynn289
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →