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.
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 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 99 of them was named Florence, which outranked 99.6% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 20,503 of them was named Florence, which outranked 69.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #969Washington26
- #969Waymon26
- #969Winton26
- #995Florence25
- #995Almon25
- #995Alpha25
- #995Annie25
- #1,023Alice24
- #1,023Arlin24
- #1,023Bailey24
Tied with 27 names at #995; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.