Girls' name · since 1880
Florance
1,677 babies named Florance in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,957 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,677
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
1,677 babies have been named Florance since 1880, making it today's #14957 girls' name.
Florance has 1,677 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14957 as of the latest data, more common than 14% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #5,308 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,957 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,677 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Florance ranks #5,308 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,957 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,677 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #5,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,957 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,677
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Florance's 1,677 recorded births place it above 92.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Florance compares
1,677 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Florance's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Florance | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,677 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Florance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Florance's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 50, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Florance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Florance by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (352 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Florance's strongest decade.
352 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Florance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 61
1880s
61 births
- 1890s 105
1890s
105 births
- 1900s 132
1900s
132 births
- 1910s
1910s
344 births
- 1920s
1920s
352 births
- 1930s
1930s
247 births
- 1940s
1940s
178 births
- 1950s 114
1950s
114 births
- 1960s 91
1960s
91 births
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 352 births (21% of all-time use).
How Florance 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 Florance's total volume
Florance by state
Where Florance concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 1.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
29 of 1,677 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Florance's data
- Florance's decade-level peak was the 1920s (352 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Florances (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
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 Florance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Florance 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.