Meaning not yet researched.
Flora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 483 in 2025. Its best rank was #68 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #68 in 1880; #607 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Flora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#607 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #68.
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Flora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 483 girls in 2025. Peak: #68 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 1,566 (1920).
In 2025, 483 US girls were named Flora, making it the 607th most common girls’ name of the year, up 38 places from #645 in 2024. That is 28 more than the 455 girls named Flora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #68, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,566, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,340 in 2015 and #328 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Flora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 370 babies with the name. In all, 71,143 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 14,025 babies named Flora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,453 US girls were named Flora; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 483. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,328 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Flora ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #225 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Flor (7,700 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Floria, Florie and Florita are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Florence.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian, Latin and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Floria (1,583), Florie (834), Florita (492), Florina (442), Bloom (271), Fleur (270), Flore (58).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 7 | #225 | — |
| Colorado | 19 | #326 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | #339 | #1,490 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #397 | — |
| Minnesota | 13 | #407 | #703 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | #407 | #586 |
| Utah | 10 | #420 | — |
| Idaho | 5 | #431 | — |
| Ohio | 26 | #433 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | #446 | #486 |
| Illinois | 22 | #475 | — |
| Connecticut | 6 | #494 | — |
| New Jersey | 15 | #510 | — |
| Kansas | 6 | #523 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #540 | #892 |
| Tennessee | 14 | #543 | — |
| Washington | 12 | #554 | #669 |
| Michigan | 14 | #568 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | #568 | — |
| Florida | 30 | #587 | #1,923 |
| Virginia | 12 | #620 | #1,282 |
| Indiana | 9 | #678 | — |
| Kentucky | 6 | #684 | — |
| North Carolina | 14 | #701 | #1,454 |
| New York | 23 | #710 | #1,670 |
| California | 41 | #759 | #1,215 |
| Georgia | 12 | #814 | #1,102 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #817 | — |
| Texas | 36 | #826 | #1,850 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 483 | #607 | — | — |
| 2024 | 455 | #645 | — | — |
| 2023 | 428 | #682 | — | — |
| 2022 | 402 | #726 | — | — |
| 2021 | 460 | #648 | — | — |
| 2020 | 279 | #925 | — | — |
| 2019 | 281 | #940 | — | — |
| 2018 | 244 | #1,052 | — | — |
| 2017 | 226 | #1,118 | — | — |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 2015 | 177 | #1,340 | — | — |
| 2014 | 170 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,527 | — | — |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,664 | — | — |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,710 | — | — |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,801 | — | — |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,994 | — | — |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,894 | — | — |
| 2007 | 110 | #1,886 | — | — |
| 2006 | 90 | #2,153 | — | — |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,694 | — | — |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,950 | — | — |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,191 | — | — |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,007 | — | — |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,614 | — | — |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,763 | — | — |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,984 | — | — |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,945 | — | — |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,687 | — | — |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,290 | — | — |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,225 | — | — |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,234 | — | — |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,134 | — | — |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,953 | — | — |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,920 | — | — |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,759 | — | — |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,793 | — | — |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,771 | — | — |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,797 | — | — |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,497 | — | — |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,405 | — | — |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,438 | — | — |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,404 | — | — |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 1980 | 117 | #1,153 | — | — |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 1978 | 107 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,194 | — | — |
| 1976 | 116 | #1,058 | — | — |
| 1975 | 101 | #1,149 | — | — |
| 1974 | 111 | #1,063 | — | — |
| 1973 | 111 | #1,048 | — | — |
| 1972 | 126 | #965 | — | — |
| 1971 | 140 | #928 | — | — |
| 1970 | 137 | #937 | — | — |
| 1969 | 135 | #913 | — | — |
| 1968 | 138 | #876 | — | — |
| 1967 | 162 | #778 | — | — |
| 1966 | 181 | #731 | — | — |
| 1965 | 206 | #686 | — | — |
| 1964 | 254 | #643 | — | — |
| 1963 | 292 | #576 | — | — |
| 1962 | 272 | #606 | — | — |
| 1961 | 298 | #586 | — | — |
| 1960 | 339 | #527 | 5 | #4,235 |
| 1959 | 370 | #507 | — | — |
| 1958 | 359 | #506 | — | — |
| 1957 | 417 | #465 | — | — |
| 1956 | 408 | #452 | — | — |
| 1955 | 457 | #413 | — | — |
| 1954 | 414 | #429 | — | — |
| 1953 | 469 | #393 | — | — |
| 1952 | 464 | #383 | — | — |
| 1951 | 507 | #354 | — | — |
| 1950 | 546 | #328 | — | — |
| 1949 | 577 | #322 | — | — |
| 1948 | 585 | #322 | — | — |
| 1947 | 577 | #329 | — | — |
| 1946 | 553 | #314 | — | — |
| 1945 | 529 | #300 | — | — |
| 1944 | 630 | #278 | 6 | #3,235 |
| 1943 | 643 | #275 | — | — |
| 1942 | 694 | #261 | — | — |
| 1941 | 702 | #245 | — | — |
| 1940 | 688 | #242 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 765 | #218 | — | — |
| 1938 | 775 | #219 | 9 | #2,539 |
| 1937 | 790 | #211 | 5 | #3,717 |
| 1936 | 748 | #218 | — | — |
| 1935 | 841 | #203 | — | — |
| 1934 | 908 | #197 | 5 | #3,865 |
| 1933 | 902 | #188 | 9 | #2,608 |
| 1932 | 891 | #203 | 7 | #3,192 |
| 1931 | 965 | #188 | — | — |
| 1930 | 1,142 | #174 | 10 | #2,663 |
| 1929 | 1,124 | #179 | 8 | #3,079 |
| 1928 | 1,201 | #173 | 6 | #3,866 |
| 1927 | 1,302 | #167 | — | — |
| 1926 | 1,366 | #168 | 8 | #3,227 |
| 1925 | 1,404 | #168 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1924 | 1,449 | #167 | — | — |
| 1923 | 1,475 | #161 | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1922 | 1,522 | #159 | 6 | #4,015 |
| 1921 | 1,553 | #156 | 7 | #3,644 |
| 1920 | 1,566 | #149 | 7 | #3,609 |
| 1919 | 1,444 | #153 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,504 | #150 | 5 | #4,393 |
| 1917 | 1,450 | #145 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 1916 | 1,459 | #141 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,368 | #140 | 7 | #3,190 |
| 1914 | 1,152 | #131 | — | — |
| 1913 | 943 | #132 | — | — |
| 1912 | 899 | #128 | — | — |
| 1911 | 749 | #117 | — | — |
| 1910 | 793 | #108 | — | — |
| 1909 | 667 | #110 | 5 | #1,535 |
| 1908 | 677 | #105 | — | — |
| 1907 | 617 | #108 | — | — |
| 1906 | 618 | #106 | 5 | #1,305 |
| 1905 | 628 | #102 | 5 | #1,303 |
| 1904 | 569 | #107 | 8 | #916 |
| 1903 | 536 | #108 | — | — |
| 1902 | 587 | #100 | — | — |
| 1901 | 493 | #107 | — | — |
| 1900 | 623 | #106 | — | — |
| 1899 | 520 | #102 | — | — |
| 1898 | 607 | #98 | — | — |
| 1897 | 488 | #106 | — | — |
| 1896 | 527 | #97 | — | — |
| 1895 | 552 | #96 | — | — |
| 1894 | 619 | #84 | — | — |
| 1893 | 537 | #89 | — | — |
| 1892 | 585 | #82 | — | — |
| 1891 | 497 | #89 | — | — |
| 1890 | 510 | #85 | — | — |
| 1889 | 516 | #79 | — | — |
| 1888 | 541 | #78 | — | — |
| 1887 | 408 | #82 | — | — |
| 1886 | 443 | #76 | — | — |
| 1885 | 445 | #74 | — | — |
| 1884 | 393 | #77 | — | — |
| 1883 | 387 | #73 | — | — |
| 1882 | 380 | #73 | — | — |
| 1881 | 317 | #72 | — | — |
| 1880 | 365 | #68 | 5 | #961 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).