Girls' name · peaked in 1880
Flora name popularity since 1925
36,085 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Flora. Half of them were born in 1944 or earlier, so the typical Flora is about 82 years old in 2026. Flora peaked in 1880 as the #68 name for girls, and it ranked #607 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,085
- Named Flora, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #68 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #607
- for girls in 2025 (483 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 35,993 girls · 92 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 5.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Flora made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Flora births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Flora peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Steepest fall: Between 1963 and 1968, Flora's share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 11,900.
- Fastest rise: Between 2016 and 2021, it became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 9,090 baby girls to 1 in 3,570.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Flora's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Flora.
Decade by decade
Babies named Flora in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6,397 | 29 | – |
| 1930s | 8,727 | 45 | #203 |
| 1940s | 6,178 | 13 | #300 |
| 1950s | 4,411 | 0 | #413 |
| 1960s | 2,277 | 5 | #686 |
| 1970s | 1,140 | 0 | #1,149 |
| 1980s | 830 | 0 | #1,497 |
| 1990s | 717 | 0 | #2,225 |
| 2000s | 1,008 | 0 | #1,694 |
| 2010s | 1,801 | 0 | #1,340 |
| 2020–25 | 2,507 | 0 | #607 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.6% of babies named Flora from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Flora is most popular
The index compares Flora's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Flora.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 5.11× | 1,976 |
| New Mexico | 3.99× | 704 |
| Alabama | 3.18× | 1,794 |
| Arkansas | 3.08× | 1,010 |
| Kentucky | 2.30× | 1,226 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Flora's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Flora.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Flora (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data