Girls' name · since 1914
Flarence
36 babies named Flarence in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
36 girls have been named Flarence since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Flarence has 36 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1933.
- #38,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flarence ranks #38,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #38,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Flarence's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Flarence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Flarence's full recorded timeline at 1927, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Flarence popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1933
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Flarence by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (18 births, 50% of the file).
1910s was Flarence's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Flarence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 18 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Flarence's data
- Flarence's decade-level peak was the 1910s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Flarence: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1914–1933 (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 Flarence 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.