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
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 292 births
- Debut · girls
- 25 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,808since 1880
Flossie over time
Rank among girls' names. Flossie has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
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| 2011 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,316 | 65 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,213 | 68 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,080 | 76 | — | |
| 1951 | #988 | 89 | — | |
| 1950 | #971 | 87 | — | |
| 1949 | #868 | 102 | — | |
| 1948 | #773 | 123 | — | |
| 1947 | #787 | 121 | — | |
| 1946 | #791 | 108 | — | |
| 1945 | #717 | 108 | — | |
| 1944 | #616 | 141 | — | |
| 1943 | #620 | 149 | — | |
| 1942 | #585 | 159 | — | |
| 1941 | #565 | 152 | — | |
| 1940 | #550 | 156 | — | |
| 1939 | #511 | 171 | — | |
| 1938 | #489 | 184 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #459 | 204 | — | |
| 1936 | #450 | 201 | — | |
| 1935 | #413 | 249 | — | |
| 1934 | #386 | 276 | — | |
| 1933 | #375 | 292 | — | |
| 1932 | #386 | 289 | — | |
| 1931 | #376 | 292 | — | |
| 1930 | #341 | 366 | — | |
| 1929 | #333 | 375 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #335 | 397 | — | |
| 1927 | #330 | 418 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #315 | 445 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #311 | 455 | — | |
| 1924 | #309 | 467 | — | |
| 1923 | #288 | 505 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #294 | 478 | — | |
| 1921 | #287 | 534 | — | |
| 1920 | #280 | 544 | — | |
| 1919 | #257 | 613 | — | |
| 1918 | #267 | 564 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #259 | 574 | — | |
| 1916 | #261 | 548 | — | |
| 1915 | #244 | 582 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #230 | 538 | — | |
| 1913 | #223 | 463 | — | |
| 1912 | #228 | 393 | — | |
| 1911 | #208 | 339 | — | |
| 1910 | #178 | 387 | — | |
| 1909 | #175 | 343 | — | |
| 1908 | #176 | 340 | — | |
| 1907 | #161 | 391 | — | |
| 1906 | #172 | 296 | — | |
| 1905 | #147 | 406 | — | |
| 1904 | #161 | 338 | — | |
| 1903 | #166 | 297 | — | |
| 1902 | #157 | 330 | — | |
| 1901 | #158 | 301 | — | |
| 1900 | #158 | 368 | — | |
| 1899 | #169 | 265 | — | |
| 1898 | #158 | 320 | — | |
| 1897 | #162 | 278 | — | |
| 1896 | #149 | 315 | — | |
| 1895 | #151 | 295 | — | |
| 1894 | #146 | 297 | — | |
| 1893 | #140 | 296 | — | |
| 1892 | #134 | 301 | — | |
| 1891 | #129 | 292 | — | |
| 1890 | #152 | 231 | — | |
| 1889 | #149 | 221 | — | |
| 1888 | #160 | 182 | — | |
| 1887 | #180 | 123 | — | |
| 1886 | #192 | 105 | — | |
| 1885 | #231 | 73 | — | |
| 1884 | #230 | 70 | — | |
| 1883 | #225 | 64 | — | |
| 1882 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1881 | #297 | 28 | — | |
| 1880 | #317 | 25 | — | |
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.
See more about Flossie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 81 spots in 1883 (#306 → #225)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1950 (#868 → #971)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #129 (292 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 53 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1951
- Highest: 1 in 635 girls born in 1891 were named Flossie (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 22.9% of all girls named Flossie (5,001) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 924 | #149 (1889) | #229 |
| 1890s | 2,890 | #129 (1891) | #149 |
| 1900s | 3,410 | #147 (1905) | #163 |
| 1910s | 5,001 | #178 (1910) | #236 |
| 1920s | 4,618 | #280 (1920) | #308 |
| 1930s | 2,524 | #341 (1930) | #419 |
| 1940s | 1,319 | #550 (1940) | #687 |
| 1950s | 667 | #971 (1950) | #1,253 |
| 1960s | 303 | #1,523 (1960) | #2,385 |
| 1970s | 102 | #3,943 (1971) | #5,664 |
| 1980s | 38 | #6,319 (1980) | #9,313 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 12 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 5,997 of them was named Flossie, which outranked 90.2% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 221,829 of them was named Flossie, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.