Baby Name Popularity Profile

Florence

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Florence.

✦ Flowering, flourishing 🌍 Latin Nature Traditional
National Rank (2025) #391
All-Time Peak Rank #6 Achieved 1890
Total U.S. Births 339,093 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 0.2% Boy / 99.8% Girl Overwhelmingly Female
Boy Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Boy usage
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 1920s 11,318 births in 1918
πŸ’‘ The Florence Vibe: Considered a Perennial Favorite. A historic staple that has maintained dominant national popularity for over half a century.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Flowering, flourishing
Language Origin Latin
Origin Type single
Derived from the Latin name Florentia, a feminine form of Florentius, meaning 'flourishing' or 'prosperous'.
Common Nicknames
Flo Flossie Ren
Pronunciation: FLOR-Ι™ns
Themes & Categories
Nature Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Florence across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +123.0%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +272.0%
2015: 214 births 214 2016: 247 births 2017: 267 births 2018: 273 births 2019: 282 births 2020: 357 births 357 2021: 401 births 2022: 475 births 2023: 583 births 2024: 718 births 2025: 796 births 796
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 11,318 births in 1918
Years in Top 100 61 yrs
Years in Top 500 90 yrs
Longest Streak 146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 16,699
1890s: 32,345
1900s: 36,191
1910s: 81,465
1920s: 88,295
1930s: 37,942
1940s: 20,393
1950s: 10,597
1960s: 5,081
1970s: 2,227
1980s: 1,272
1990s: 828
2000s: 600
2010s: 1,828
2020s: 3,330

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Flo-rence
Letter Count 8 letters
Spelling Complexity Complex
Length Percentile Longer than 79% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 79.0% of SSA names. Starts with F, a letter used by only 1.3% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State North Dakota
Top States North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Rhode Island, New York
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
North Dakota Unranked 1,957 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #330 29,255 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 1,674 1931 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 1,954 1918 Insufficient historical volume
New York #455 40,965 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 865 1917 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #434 13,191 1919 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 1,584 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Maine #231 1,980 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #318 10,519 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut Unranked 4,430 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #227 1,229 1918 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire Unranked 1,141 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #240 7,185 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware Unranked 724 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #410 16,723 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #214 6,113 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #362 3,939 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #351 12,700 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #425 1,973 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 350 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #378 9,483 1919 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 1,101 1924 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #372 2,568 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #364 3,517 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #444 4,083 1921 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 2,047 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #327 4,957 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho #286 838 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #291 4,646 1916 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #485 2,947 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas Unranked 2,075 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #273 4,427 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #568 2,541 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #555 2,187 1923 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #520 2,991 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #237 2,003 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #147 1,492 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #451 2,917 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #279 2,548 1918 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico Unranked 840 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #202 1,156 1920 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #388 3,994 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #658 3,685 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #321 2,719 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 167 1927 Insufficient historical volume
California #400 8,241 1922 +66.0% Growth
Texas #541 6,259 1923 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #723 2,668 1926 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #598 573 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 98 1913 Insufficient historical volume

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