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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Flossie is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#291 · 1 in 2,167
- Arkansas#293 · 1 in 1,944
- Oklahoma#305 · 1 in 2,254
- West Virginia#321 · 1 in 3,052
- Florida#331 · 1 in 2,785
Best ever in a state: #81 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #291 | 11 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Arkansas | #293 | 10 | 1 in 1,944 |
| Oklahoma | #305 | 9 | 1 in 2,254 |
| West Virginia | #321 | 6 | 1 in 3,052 |
| Florida | #331 | 8 | 1 in 2,785 |
| Virginia | #342 | 8 | 1 in 3,674 |
| Missouri | #348 | 8 | 1 in 3,840 |
| Georgia | #353 | 11 | 1 in 3,242 |
| Kentucky | #353 | 8 | 1 in 3,470 |
| Tennessee | #355 | 9 | 1 in 3,454 |
| North Carolina | #374 | 10 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Mississippi | #387 | 7 | 1 in 3,429 |
| Alabama | #409 | 7 | 1 in 4,597 |
| Texas | #979 | 5 | 1 in 15,136 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 9,413 of them was named Flossie, which outranked 88.3% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).