Flora — #647 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Flora

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,483 babies named Flora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Flora currently holds the #647 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 1,566 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Flora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13,962 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Flora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,549 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Flora in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Flora 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 70,483 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.