Girls' name · peaked in 1893

Florence name popularity since 1925

122,253 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Florence. Half of them were born in 1934 or earlier, so the typical Florence is about 92 years old in 2026. Florence peaked in 1893 as the #7 name for girls, and it ranked #391 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 122,253; Named Florence, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1893; #7 for girls that year
Typical age: About 92; Median birth year 1934
In 2025: #391; for girls in 2025 (796 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.5% girls; 121,688 girls · 565 boys
Most popular in: Hawaii; 3.00× its national share

Peak year is the year Florence 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.

Florence births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Florence peaked earlier, in 1893.

Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, Florence's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 10,500.
Fastest rise: Between 2019 and 2024, it became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 5,950 baby girls to 1 in 2,260.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Florence's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Florence.

Decade by decade

Babies named Florence 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	37,590	190	–
1930s	37,942	220	#74
1940s	20,393	87	#140
1950s	10,597	21	#269
1960s	5,081	34	#451
1970s	2,227	0	#723
1980s	1,272	0	#1,134
1990s	828	0	#1,867
2000s	600	0	#2,944
2010s	1,828	0	#1,178
2020–25	3,330	13	#391

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

53.1% of babies named Florence from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:

Where Florence is most popular

The index compares Florence'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 Florence.

State	Index	Babies
Hawaii	3.00×	1,119
Pennsylvania	2.26×	13,752
New York	2.18×	19,727
New Jersey	2.02×	6,644
North Dakota	1.99×	748

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Florence's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Florence.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Florence (1893).

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