Meaning not yet researched.
Florence: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 796 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 1899; #391 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Florence in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#391 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #6.
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Florence: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 796 girls in 2025. Peak: #6 in 1899 · most girls in one year: 11,318 (1918).
In 2025, 796 US girls were named Florence, making it the 391st most common girls’ name of the year, up 40 places from #431 in 2024. That is 78 more than the 718 girls named Florence in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #6, reached in 1899. The most girls given the name in a single year was 11,318, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,178 in 2015 and #190 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Florence in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,071 babies with the name. In all, 340,547 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 88,628 babies named Florence.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,399 US girls were named Florence; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 796. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,019 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Florence ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #147 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Florance, Florencia and Florince are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Flo, Flora and Flossy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Florance (1,677), Florencia (1,612), Florince (10), Fiorenza (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 24 | #147 | #728 |
| Utah | 23 | #202 | #522 |
| Minnesota | 26 | #214 | #632 |
| Montana | 5 | #227 | — |
| Maine | 5 | #231 | — |
| Colorado | 27 | #237 | — |
| Wisconsin | 23 | #240 | — |
| Indiana | 26 | #273 | — |
| Washington | 26 | #279 | #1,177 |
| Idaho | 8 | #286 | — |
| Missouri | 21 | #291 | — |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #318 | — |
| Tennessee | 25 | #321 | — |
| Virginia | 25 | #327 | #871 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 | #330 | #1,294 |
| Ohio | 32 | #351 | #1,344 |
| Iowa | 9 | #362 | #635 |
| Maryland | 15 | #364 | — |
| Kansas | 9 | #372 | — |
| Michigan | 23 | #378 | #851 |
| North Carolina | 28 | #388 | #929 |
| California | 83 | #400 | #956 |
| Illinois | 26 | #410 | #1,206 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #425 | — |
| New Jersey | 18 | #434 | #1,235 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #444 | — |
| Alabama | 11 | #451 | #864 |
| New York | 38 | #455 | #1,237 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #485 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #520 | — |
| Texas | 59 | #541 | #1,651 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #555 | — |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #568 | — |
| Arizona | 11 | #598 | — |
| Georgia | 16 | #658 | #1,591 |
| Florida | 23 | #723 | #2,191 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 796 | #391 | — | — |
| 2024 | 718 | #431 | 6 | #11,370 |
| 2023 | 583 | #522 | — | — |
| 2022 | 475 | #623 | 7 | #10,149 |
| 2021 | 401 | #715 | — | — |
| 2020 | 357 | #763 | — | — |
| 2019 | 282 | #937 | — | — |
| 2018 | 273 | #968 | — | — |
| 2017 | 267 | #979 | — | — |
| 2016 | 247 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 2015 | 214 | #1,178 | — | — |
| 2014 | 183 | #1,302 | — | — |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,745 | — | — |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,051 | — | — |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,461 | — | — |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,461 | — | — |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,135 | — | — |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,864 | — | — |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,942 | — | — |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,766 | — | — |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,944 | — | — |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,605 | — | — |
| 2003 | 50 | #3,014 | — | — |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,476 | — | — |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,388 | — | — |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,520 | — | — |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,230 | — | — |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,873 | — | — |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,159 | — | — |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,848 | — | — |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,867 | — | — |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,761 | — | — |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,685 | — | — |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,918 | — | — |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,469 | — | — |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,448 | — | — |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,407 | — | — |
| 1988 | 101 | #1,396 | — | — |
| 1987 | 106 | #1,305 | — | — |
| 1986 | 114 | #1,216 | — | — |
| 1985 | 127 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1984 | 131 | #1,067 | — | — |
| 1983 | 141 | #1,006 | — | — |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1981 | 153 | #959 | — | — |
| 1980 | 152 | #978 | — | — |
| 1979 | 159 | #925 | — | — |
| 1978 | 146 | #956 | — | — |
| 1977 | 189 | #794 | — | — |
| 1976 | 191 | #757 | — | — |
| 1975 | 204 | #723 | — | — |
| 1974 | 216 | #684 | — | — |
| 1973 | 265 | #593 | — | — |
| 1972 | 249 | #624 | — | — |
| 1971 | 277 | #613 | — | — |
| 1970 | 331 | #558 | — | — |
| 1969 | 366 | #511 | — | — |
| 1968 | 323 | #532 | 5 | #4,330 |
| 1967 | 381 | #487 | 5 | #4,162 |
| 1966 | 474 | #428 | 5 | #4,139 |
| 1965 | 450 | #451 | — | — |
| 1964 | 536 | #423 | 5 | #4,249 |
| 1963 | 578 | #398 | — | — |
| 1962 | 598 | #385 | 7 | #3,418 |
| 1961 | 637 | #380 | — | — |
| 1960 | 738 | #356 | 7 | #3,452 |
| 1959 | 792 | #336 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1958 | 848 | #315 | — | — |
| 1957 | 877 | #311 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1956 | 942 | #286 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,005 | #269 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,034 | #257 | 5 | #4,014 |
| 1953 | 1,123 | #240 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1,241 | #222 | 5 | #3,922 |
| 1951 | 1,290 | #211 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,445 | #190 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1,565 | #175 | 5 | #3,872 |
| 1948 | 1,698 | #165 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,850 | #159 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,907 | #146 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1945 | 1,731 | #140 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,977 | #133 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1943 | 2,273 | #124 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 1942 | 2,535 | #110 | 13 | #2,076 |
| 1941 | 2,390 | #107 | 11 | #2,250 |
| 1940 | 2,467 | #100 | 17 | #1,704 |
| 1939 | 2,592 | #96 | 20 | #1,506 |
| 1938 | 2,805 | #90 | 15 | #1,851 |
| 1937 | 2,955 | #81 | 23 | #1,423 |
| 1936 | 3,083 | #80 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1935 | 3,273 | #74 | 28 | #1,277 |
| 1934 | 3,736 | #61 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1933 | 4,078 | #49 | 22 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 4,542 | #47 | 25 | #1,399 |
| 1931 | 5,011 | #43 | 13 | #2,140 |
| 1930 | 5,867 | #38 | 38 | #1,140 |
| 1929 | 6,212 | #35 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1928 | 6,970 | #32 | 39 | #1,134 |
| 1927 | 7,645 | #28 | 35 | #1,235 |
| 1926 | 8,178 | #26 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1925 | 8,585 | #24 | 45 | #1,028 |
| 1924 | 9,472 | #20 | 25 | #1,546 |
| 1923 | 9,746 | #18 | 34 | #1,240 |
| 1922 | 10,036 | #18 | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1921 | 10,720 | #17 | 24 | #1,563 |
| 1920 | 10,731 | #16 | 32 | #1,285 |
| 1919 | 10,482 | #14 | 31 | #1,276 |
| 1918 | 11,318 | #14 | 32 | #1,243 |
| 1917 | 10,538 | #14 | 33 | #1,186 |
| 1916 | 10,412 | #14 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 1915 | 10,105 | #14 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1914 | 7,886 | #13 | 40 | #859 |
| 1913 | 6,279 | #13 | 25 | #1,005 |
| 1912 | 5,739 | #12 | 22 | #975 |
| 1911 | 4,424 | #12 | 20 | #717 |
| 1910 | 4,282 | #12 | 23 | #606 |
| 1909 | 3,789 | #11 | 17 | #662 |
| 1908 | 3,883 | #11 | 19 | #598 |
| 1907 | 3,750 | #11 | 14 | #716 |
| 1906 | 3,691 | #10 | 14 | #656 |
| 1905 | 3,478 | #11 | 18 | #556 |
| 1904 | 3,572 | #8 | 14 | #624 |
| 1903 | 3,468 | #8 | 15 | #584 |
| 1902 | 3,509 | #7 | 23 | #429 |
| 1901 | 3,131 | #8 | 21 | #413 |
| 1900 | 3,920 | #7 | 22 | #495 |
| 1899 | 3,314 | #6 | 20 | #418 |
| 1898 | 3,790 | #6 | 19 | #476 |
| 1897 | 3,369 | #7 | 20 | #426 |
| 1896 | 3,323 | #8 | 15 | #541 |
| 1895 | 3,471 | #7 | 19 | #461 |
| 1894 | 3,233 | #8 | 13 | #576 |
| 1893 | 3,231 | #7 | 11 | #627 |
| 1892 | 3,154 | #6 | 16 | #503 |
| 1891 | 2,716 | #6 | 12 | #533 |
| 1890 | 2,744 | #6 | 14 | #518 |
| 1889 | 2,465 | #7 | 10 | #642 |
| 1888 | 2,444 | #8 | 11 | #625 |
| 1887 | 1,964 | #9 | 16 | #429 |
| 1886 | 1,860 | #10 | 15 | #482 |
| 1885 | 1,667 | #12 | 12 | #558 |
| 1884 | 1,570 | #12 | 18 | #439 |
| 1883 | 1,298 | #14 | 11 | #570 |
| 1882 | 1,322 | #13 | 8 | #722 |
| 1881 | 1,046 | #16 | 7 | #735 |
| 1880 | 1,063 | #14 | 8 | #705 |
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).