Flora
#607 for girls in 2025, 483 births · Last seen for boys in 1960 at #4,038
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 365 births
- Debut · girls
- 365 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 70,971since 1880
Flora 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 | #607 | 483 | — | |
| 2024 | #645 | 455 | — | |
| 2023 | #682 | 428 | — | |
| 2022 | #726 | 402 | — | |
| 2021 | #648 | 460 | — | |
| 2020 | #924 | 279 | — | |
| 2019 | #939 | 281 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,051 | 244 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,114 | 226 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,252 | 195 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 177 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,368 | 170 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,524 | 144 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,663 | 128 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,708 | 122 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,794 | 114 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,989 | 104 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,890 | 112 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,886 | 110 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,690 | 117 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,187 | 79 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,004 | 87 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,611 | 114 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,759 | 99 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,682 | 93 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,755 | 83 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,787 | 75 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,792 | 65 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,493 | 82 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,434 | 81 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,152 | 117 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,176 | 107 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,191 | 103 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,055 | 116 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 101 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,063 | 111 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,047 | 111 | — | |
| 1972 | #963 | 126 | — | |
| 1971 | #927 | 140 | — | |
| 1970 | #936 | 137 | — | |
| 1969 | #912 | 135 | — | |
| 1968 | #875 | 138 | — | |
| 1967 | #776 | 162 | — | |
| 1966 | #730 | 181 | — | |
| 1965 | #686 | 206 | — | |
| 1964 | #643 | 254 | — | |
| 1963 | #575 | 292 | — | |
| 1962 | #606 | 272 | — | |
| 1961 | #585 | 298 | — | |
| 1960 | #526 | 339 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #507 | 370 | — | |
| 1958 | #506 | 359 | — | |
| 1957 | #465 | 417 | — | |
| 1956 | #452 | 408 | — | |
| 1955 | #413 | 457 | — | |
| 1954 | #429 | 414 | — | |
| 1953 | #393 | 469 | — | |
| 1952 | #383 | 464 | — | |
| 1951 | #354 | 507 | — | |
| 1950 | #328 | 546 | — | |
| 1949 | #322 | 577 | — | |
| 1948 | #322 | 585 | — | |
| 1947 | #328 | 577 | — | |
| 1946 | #314 | 553 | — | |
| 1945 | #300 | 529 | — | |
| 1944 | #278 | 630 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #275 | 643 | — | |
| 1942 | #261 | 694 | — | |
| 1941 | #245 | 702 | — | |
| 1940 | #242 | 688 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #218 | 765 | — | |
| 1938 | #219 | 775 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #211 | 790 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #218 | 748 | — | |
| 1935 | #203 | 841 | — | |
| 1934 | #197 | 908 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #188 | 902 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #203 | 891 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #188 | 965 | — | |
| 1930 | #174 | 1,142 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #179 | 1,124 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #173 | 1,201 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #167 | 1,302 | — | |
| 1926 | #168 | 1,366 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #168 | 1,404 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #167 | 1,449 | — | |
| 1923 | #161 | 1,475 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #158 | 1,522 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #156 | 1,553 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #149 | 1,566 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #153 | 1,444 | — | |
| 1918 | #150 | 1,504 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #145 | 1,450 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #141 | 1,459 | — | |
| 1915 | #140 | 1,368 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #131 | 1,152 | — | |
| 1913 | #132 | 943 | — | |
| 1912 | #128 | 899 | — | |
| 1911 | #117 | 749 | — | |
| 1910 | #108 | 793 | — | |
| 1909 | #110 | 667 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #105 | 677 | — | |
| 1907 | #108 | 617 | — | |
| 1906 | #106 | 618 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #102 | 628 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #107 | 569 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #108 | 536 | — | |
| 1902 | #100 | 587 | — | |
| 1901 | #107 | 493 | — | |
| 1900 | #106 | 623 | — | |
| 1899 | #102 | 520 | — | |
| 1898 | #98 | 607 | — | |
| 1897 | #106 | 488 | — | |
| 1896 | #96 | 527 | — | |
| 1895 | #96 | 552 | — | |
| 1894 | #84 | 619 | — | |
| 1893 | #89 | 537 | — | |
| 1892 | #82 | 585 | — | |
| 1891 | #89 | 497 | — | |
| 1890 | #85 | 510 | — | |
| 1889 | #79 | 516 | — | |
| 1888 | #78 | 541 | — | |
| 1887 | #82 | 408 | — | |
| 1886 | #76 | 443 | — | |
| 1885 | #74 | 445 | — | |
| 1884 | #77 | 393 | — | |
| 1883 | #73 | 387 | — | |
| 1882 | #73 | 380 | — | |
| 1881 | #72 | 317 | — | |
| 1880 | #68 | 365 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Flora was already there! It came in at #68, and was given to 365 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1996, when fewer than 88 girls a year got the name.
See more about Flora
- 38 spots since 2024 (#645 → #607)
- 317 spots since 2020 (#924 → #607)
- 730 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #607)
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 2021 (#924 → #648)
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 1968 (#776 → #875)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #68 (365 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 86 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1880–1896
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 249 girls born in 1880 were named Flora (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,328 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 19.7% of all girls named Flora (13,962) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,195 | #68 (1880) | #75 |
| 1890s | 5,442 | #82 (1892) | #93 |
| 1900s | 6,015 | #100 (1902) | #106 |
| 1910s | 11,761 | #108 (1910) | #135 |
| 1920s | 13,962 | #149 (1920) | #165 |
| 1930s | 8,727 | #174 (1930) | #202 |
| 1940s | 6,178 | #242 (1940) | #289 |
| 1950s | 4,411 | #328 (1950) | #423 |
| 1960s | 2,277 | #526 (1960) | #691 |
| 1970s | 1,140 | #927 (1971) | #1,090 |
| 1980s | 830 | #1,152 (1980) | #1,514 |
| 1990s | 717 | #1,682 (1997) | #2,007 |
| 2000s | 1,008 | #1,611 (2001) | #1,911 |
| 2010s | 1,801 | #939 (2019) | #1,375 |
| 2020s | 2,507 | #607 (2025) | #705 |
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.
Flora in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 993 of them was named Flora, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 134,452 of them was named Flora, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,766Woodard9
- #2,766Zebedee9
- #2,766Zenon9
- #2,980Flora8
- #2,980Abbie8
- #2,980Abbott8
- #2,980Abran8
- #3,247Abelino7
- #3,247Adelmo7
- #3,247Admiral7
Tied with 266 names at #2,980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.