Flavia
Flavia was given to 13 girls in 2025, #8,025 among girls’ names; 1,843 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,030 Americans named Flavia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 19 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Flavia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Flavia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Flavia is “a female given name from Latin, quite rare in English.” Its etymology gives the sense “yellow” (flavus).
Latin Flavia, feminine form of the gens name Flavius, probably from flavus (“yellow”).
/ˈfleɪ.vi.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Flavia?
#8,025 among girls’ names, 2025
Flavia rose from #10,374 in 2015 to #8,025 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 5.6 to 8.1 per million.
39 babies in 1921, the peak
Flavia peaked in 1921, when 39 girls were given it, #1,243 among girls’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are 33% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,025 | 8.1 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,786 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,593 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,535 | 11.0 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,652 | 7.3 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,727 | 10.5 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,130 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,896 | 10.0 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,626 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,852 | 12.4 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #10,374 | 5.6 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,200 | 7.8 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,276 | 8.0 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,801 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,348 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,001 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,785 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,254 | 7.9 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,498 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,955 | 9.5 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,629 | 9.7 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,308 | 10.3 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,325 | 8.2 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,223 | 10.0 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,442 | 7.8 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,207 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,009 | 5.6 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,707 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,100 | 4.6 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,285 | 6.8 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,082 | 10.8 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,779 | 6.2 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,670 | 6.1 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,410 | 7.6 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,718 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,414 | 11.6 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,038 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,302 | 5.6 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,384 | 8.1 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,299 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,169 | 6.4 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,934 | 3.0 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,234 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,304 | 7.7 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,353 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,631 | 7.2 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,285 | 10.6 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,155 | 5.2 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,659 | 13.0 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,210 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,670 | 8.9 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,812 | 8.2 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,645 | 8.2 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,368 | 8.5 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,902 | 6.6 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,313 | 7.4 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,811 | 5.9 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,068 | 7.3 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,646 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,805 | 7.1 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,610 | 7.4 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,574 | 7.4 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,511 | 7.3 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,480 | 7.1 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,344 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,411 | 6.9 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,309 | 6.9 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,025 | 5.0 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,616 | 2.9 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,551 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,573 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,539 | 9.8 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,790 | 5.3 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,238 | 4.3 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,565 | 5.6 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,443 | 4.1 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,892 | 7.6 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,208 | 6.5 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,529 | 5.6 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,297 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,779 | 5.4 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,668 | 9.0 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,597 | 9.3 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,242 | 11.8 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,697 | 5.8 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,227 | 12.2 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,973 | 15.5 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,147 | 13.6 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,607 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,422 | 11.5 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,003 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,116 | 14.4 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,925 | 16.9 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,898 | 16.9 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,761 | 18.8 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,965 | 16.0 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,660 | 20.6 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,439 | 26.0 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,904 | 17.6 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,639 | 21.9 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,622 | 22.2 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,171 | 14.4 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,568 | 23.2 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,588 | 23.3 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,243 | 31.6 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,106 | 15.0 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,461 | 25.7 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,580 | 22.5 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,870 | 17.6 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,061 | 15.3 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,828 | 18.3 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,621 | 22.3 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,487 | 25.6 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,759 | 19.7 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,198 | 35.9 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,677 | 22.7 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,320 | 31.7 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,157 | 38.9 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,612 | 23.7 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,261 | 34.3 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,396 | 29.1 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,369 | 30.5 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,547 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,626 | 23.4 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,313 | 30.0 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,794 | 19.3 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,199 | 34.2 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,668 | 21.0 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,565 | 22.4 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,218 | 32.9 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,337 | 28.3 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,136 | 36.8 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,351 | 28.0 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,187 | 33.6 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,074 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,098 | 37.6 |
| 1884 | 10 | #699 | 77.5 |
| 1881 | 6 | #773 | 65.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Flavia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Flavia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 138 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Flavia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Flavia, and how old are they?
1,030 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 1,843 Americans ever recorded as Flavia. The median Flavia alive today is 38 years old; half are between 19 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 4,978 people named Flavia (4,959 women and girls, 19 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,040 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 69 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 176 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 186 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 194 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 214 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 189 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Flavia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Flavia and names like it
- Compare Flavia and EvelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFlavia peaked in 1921.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Flavia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Flavia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Flavia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Flavia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with FMost given first.