Girls' name · since 1926
Flor
Flor has 7,608 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,608
- born since 1926
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Flor is the #2261 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 7,608 recorded since 1926.
Flor has 7,608 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2261 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2025.
- #1,962 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,261 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,608 born since 1926
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flor ranks #1,962 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,261 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,608 born since 1926, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,608
- born since 1926
- 2000s
- peak decade
Flor's 7,608 recorded births place it above 97.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Flor compares
7,608 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Flor's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Flor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,608 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 277 | 21 | 19,840 |
Flor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Flor's full recorded timeline at 1985, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 277 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Flor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 277
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Flor popularity over time - boys
92 total births recorded since 1962 (Flor as boys' name)
Flor by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,104 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Flor's strongest decade.
2,104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Flor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 87
1950s
87 births
- 1960s 263
1960s
263 births
- 1970s 653
1970s
653 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,059 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,856 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,104 births
- 2010s
2010s
979 births
- 2020s 567
2020s
567 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,104 births (28% of all-time use).
How Flor compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Flor's total volume
Flor by state
Where Flor concentrates geographically, total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,216 | 29.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,935 | 25.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 380 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 248 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 226 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 173 | 2.3% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 131 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 92 | 1.2% |
2,216 of 7,608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Flor appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Flor's data
- Flor's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,104 total births); usage has since declined to 567 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Flors (2,216 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Flor
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Flor
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Flor
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Flor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~99 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, 1926–2025 (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 Flor 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.