Flavia — #9528 US girls' name
1,830 babies named Flavia in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
14% of everyone ever named Flavia was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Flavia in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Flavia
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,830 babies named Flavia between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Flavia currently holds the #9528 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Flavia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Flavia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Flavia in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Flavia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,830 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Flavia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Flavia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (1921)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #9528 among girls.
1,830 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 39 births in a single year.
Flavia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 258 births that decade — 14% of Flavia's all-time total
Flavia decade highlights
- Peak decade 258 births
- Runner-up 176 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Flavia's strongest decade
258 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Flavia by state
Where Flavia concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 63 | 3.4% |
| #2 | California | | 62 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 32 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.6% |
63 of 1,830 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 3.4% of nationwide
- California 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.