Girls' name · since 1905
Flara
Flara has 115 recorded births since 1905 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1905
- 1920s
- peak decade
Flara sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 115 recorded since 1905.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flara has been recorded 115 times among girls since 1905, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1905 to 1935.
- #25,606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1905
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flara ranks #25,606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1905, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1905
- 1920s
- peak decade
Flara's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Flara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Flara's full recorded timeline at 1920, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1905, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Flara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1905–1935
- Peak year (1920)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Flara by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (55 births, 48% of the file).
1920s was Flara's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Flara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
23 births
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
55 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 55 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Flara's decade-level peak was the 1920s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Flara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 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, 1905–1935 (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 Flara 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.