Flora
Flora was given to 483 girls in 2025, #607 among girls’ names; 71,143 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,800 Americans named Flora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 21 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Flora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Flora mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Flora is “a female given name from Latin.”
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
/ˈflɔːɹə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Flora?
#607 among girls’ names, 2025
Flora rose from #1,340 in 2015 to #607 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.10 to 0.30 per 1,000.
1,573 babies in 1920, the peak
Flora peaked in 1920, when 1,573 babies were given it (1,566 girls, #149 among girls’ names). The 483 births of 2025 are 31% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 483 | #607 | 0.30 |
| 2024 | 455 | #645 | 0.28 |
| 2023 | 428 | #682 | 0.27 |
| 2022 | 402 | #726 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 460 | #648 | 0.28 |
| 2020 | 279 | #925 | 0.17 |
| 2019 | 281 | #940 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 244 | #1,052 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 226 | #1,118 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 195 | #1,253 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 177 | #1,340 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 170 | #1,368 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,527 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,664 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,710 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,801 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,994 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,894 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 110 | #1,886 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 90 | #2,153 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,693 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,949 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,188 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,004 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,613 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,759 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,981 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,942 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,685 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,287 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,220 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,229 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,129 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,948 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,914 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,755 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,789 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,769 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,796 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,576 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,496 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,405 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,438 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,404 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 93 | #1,343 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 117 | #1,153 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,400 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 107 | #1,176 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,194 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 116 | #1,058 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 101 | #1,149 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 111 | #1,063 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 111 | #1,048 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 126 | #965 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 140 | #928 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 137 | #937 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 135 | #913 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 138 | #876 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 162 | #778 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 181 | #731 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 206 | #686 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 254 | #643 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 292 | #576 | 0.15 |
| 1962 | 272 | #606 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 298 | #586 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 339 | #527 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 370 | #507 | 0.18 |
| 1958 | 359 | #506 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 417 | #465 | 0.20 |
| 1956 | 408 | #451 | 0.20 |
| 1955 | 457 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1954 | 414 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1953 | 469 | #392 | 0.25 |
| 1952 | 464 | #382 | 0.25 |
| 1951 | 507 | #353 | 0.28 |
| 1950 | 546 | #328 | 0.32 |
| 1949 | 577 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1948 | 585 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 577 | #329 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 553 | #314 | 0.35 |
| 1945 | 529 | #300 | 0.40 |
| 1944 | 630 | #278 | 0.47 |
| 1943 | 643 | #275 | 0.46 |
| 1942 | 694 | #261 | 0.51 |
| 1941 | 702 | #245 | 0.58 |
| 1940 | 688 | #242 | 0.60 |
| 1939 | 765 | #218 | 0.70 |
| 1938 | 775 | #219 | 0.70 |
| 1937 | 790 | #211 | 0.74 |
| 1936 | 748 | #218 | 0.72 |
| 1935 | 841 | #203 | 0.80 |
| 1934 | 908 | #197 | 0.87 |
| 1933 | 902 | #188 | 0.89 |
| 1932 | 891 | #203 | 0.83 |
| 1931 | 965 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1930 | 1,142 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1929 | 1,124 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1928 | 1,201 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1927 | 1,302 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1926 | 1,366 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 1925 | 1,404 | #168 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 1,449 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1923 | 1,475 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1922 | 1,522 | #159 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,553 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1920 | 1,566 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1919 | 1,444 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1918 | 1,504 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,450 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,459 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1915 | 1,368 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1914 | 1,152 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 943 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1912 | 899 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1911 | 749 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1910 | 793 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1909 | 667 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1908 | 677 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1907 | 617 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1906 | 618 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1905 | 628 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1904 | 569 | #107 | 2.1 |
| 1903 | 536 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1902 | 587 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1901 | 493 | #107 | 2.1 |
| 1900 | 623 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1899 | 520 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1898 | 607 | #98 | 2.3 |
| 1897 | 488 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1896 | 527 | #97 | 2.2 |
| 1895 | 552 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1894 | 619 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1893 | 537 | #89 | 2.5 |
| 1892 | 585 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1891 | 497 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1890 | 510 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1889 | 516 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1888 | 541 | #78 | 3.0 |
| 1887 | 408 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1886 | 443 | #76 | 3.1 |
| 1885 | 445 | #74 | 3.3 |
| 1884 | 393 | #77 | 3.0 |
| 1883 | 387 | #73 | 3.4 |
| 1882 | 380 | #73 | 3.5 |
| 1881 | 317 | #72 | 3.4 |
| 1880 | 365 | #68 | 4.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Flora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Flora has been given almost only to girls: 172 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Flora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Flora, and how old are they?
18,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 71,143 Americans ever recorded as Flora. The median Flora alive today is 65 years old; half are between 21 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 26,834 people named Flora (26,784 women and girls, 50 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 20,601 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above 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 | 3,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,170 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,920 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,610 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,920 |
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).
Where are babies named Flora born?
The states with the most babies named Flora are Texas, Alabama and New York, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,585 | #826 | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 3,272 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| New York | 3,240 | #710 | 0.7× |
| Mississippi | 2,963 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| California | 2,807 | #759 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 2,723 | #701 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,364 | #339 | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 2,282 | #684 | 1.7× |
| Georgia | 2,030 | #814 | 1.1× |
| Tennessee | 1,959 | #543 | 1.4× |
Where Flora is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Flora is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Flora with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 74,074 babies since 1880, Flora is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 483 of their 490 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Flora
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 Flora and names like it
- Compare Flora and FloriaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFlora peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Flora since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Flora: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Flora.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Flora alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.