Girls' name · since 1912
Floetta
65 babies named Floetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1912
- 1930s
- peak decade
65 girls have been named Floetta since 1912, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Floetta has been recorded 65 times among girls since 1912, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1946.
- #31,931 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1912
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Floetta ranks #31,931 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1912, peaking in the 1930s.
- #31,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1912
- 1930s
- peak decade
Floetta's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Floetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Floetta's full recorded timeline at 1935, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Floetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1946
- Peak year (1931)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Floetta by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (43 births, 66% of the file).
1930s was Floetta's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Floetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 43 births (66% of all-time use).
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What to do with Floetta's data
- Floetta's decade-level peak was the 1930s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1940s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Floetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1912–1946 (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 Floetta 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.