Girls' name · since 1980
Flannery
Flannery has 580 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 580
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
580 babies have been named Flannery since 1980, making it today's #13613 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flannery has been recorded 580 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #13613 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #10,776 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,613 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 580 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flannery ranks #10,776 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,613 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 580 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,613 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 580
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Flannery's 580 recorded births place it above 85.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Flannery compares
580 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Flannery's all-time total is 54% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Flannery | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 580 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Flannery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Flannery's full recorded timeline at 2003, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Flannery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Flannery by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (164 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Flannery's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Flannery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
164 births
- 2000s
2000s
154 births
- 2010s
2010s
129 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 164 births (28% of all-time use).
How Flannery compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Flannery's total volume
Flannery by state
Where Flannery concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #2 | Washington | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 580 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Flannery's data
- Flannery's decade-level peak was the 1990s (164 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Flannerys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Flannery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Flannery draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.