Florence
Florence was given to 796 girls in 2025, #391 among girls’ names; 340,547 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 42,800 Americans named Florence and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (13% of everyone recorded); the median is 75 years old and half are between 59 and 85.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Florence by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Florence mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Florence is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the senses “flowering, flourishing” (flōrens) and “flower” (flōs).
Also “a male given name from Latin.”
Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze. The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
/ˈfloɹəns/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Florence?
#391 among girls’ names, 2025
Florence rose from #1,178 in 2015 to #391 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.12 to 0.50 per 1,000.
11,350 babies in 1918, the peak
Florence peaked in 1918, when 11,350 babies were given it (11,318 girls, #14 among girls’ names). The 796 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 796 | #391 | 0.50 |
| 2024 | 718 | #431 | 0.44 |
| 2023 | 583 | #522 | 0.36 |
| 2022 | 475 | #623 | 0.29 |
| 2021 | 401 | #715 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 357 | #763 | 0.22 |
| 2019 | 282 | #937 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 273 | #968 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 267 | #979 | 0.15 |
| 2016 | 247 | #1,056 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 214 | #1,178 | 0.12 |
| 2014 | 183 | #1,302 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,745 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,051 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,460 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,461 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,134 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,864 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,942 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,766 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,940 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,602 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 50 | #3,011 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,473 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,384 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,516 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,227 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,870 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,156 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,846 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,862 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,756 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,681 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,913 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,465 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,444 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,404 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 101 | #1,395 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 106 | #1,304 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 114 | #1,216 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 127 | #1,134 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 131 | #1,067 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 141 | #1,006 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,033 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 153 | #959 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 152 | #978 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 159 | #925 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 146 | #956 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 189 | #794 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 191 | #757 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 204 | #723 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 216 | #684 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 265 | #593 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 249 | #624 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 277 | #613 | 0.17 |
| 1970 | 331 | #558 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 366 | #511 | 0.22 |
| 1968 | 323 | #532 | 0.20 |
| 1967 | 381 | #487 | 0.23 |
| 1966 | 474 | #428 | 0.28 |
| 1965 | 450 | #451 | 0.25 |
| 1964 | 536 | #423 | 0.28 |
| 1963 | 578 | #398 | 0.30 |
| 1962 | 598 | #385 | 0.30 |
| 1961 | 637 | #380 | 0.32 |
| 1960 | 738 | #356 | 0.36 |
| 1959 | 792 | #336 | 0.39 |
| 1958 | 848 | #315 | 0.42 |
| 1957 | 877 | #311 | 0.43 |
| 1956 | 942 | #286 | 0.47 |
| 1955 | 1,005 | #269 | 0.51 |
| 1954 | 1,034 | #257 | 0.53 |
| 1953 | 1,123 | #240 | 0.60 |
| 1952 | 1,241 | #222 | 0.67 |
| 1951 | 1,290 | #211 | 0.72 |
| 1950 | 1,445 | #190 | 0.84 |
| 1949 | 1,565 | #175 | 0.91 |
| 1948 | 1,698 | #165 | 1.0 |
| 1947 | 1,850 | #159 | 1.0 |
| 1946 | 1,907 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1945 | 1,731 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1944 | 1,977 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1943 | 2,273 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1942 | 2,535 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1941 | 2,390 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 2,467 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1939 | 2,592 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1938 | 2,805 | #90 | 2.5 |
| 1937 | 2,955 | #81 | 2.8 |
| 1936 | 3,083 | #80 | 3.0 |
| 1935 | 3,273 | #74 | 3.1 |
| 1934 | 3,736 | #61 | 3.6 |
| 1933 | 4,078 | #49 | 4.0 |
| 1932 | 4,542 | #47 | 4.3 |
| 1931 | 5,011 | #43 | 4.7 |
| 1930 | 5,867 | #38 | 5.2 |
| 1929 | 6,212 | #35 | 5.6 |
| 1928 | 6,970 | #32 | 6.0 |
| 1927 | 7,645 | #28 | 6.4 |
| 1926 | 8,178 | #26 | 6.9 |
| 1925 | 8,585 | #24 | 7.1 |
| 1924 | 9,472 | #20 | 7.6 |
| 1923 | 9,746 | #18 | 8.1 |
| 1922 | 10,036 | #18 | 8.4 |
| 1921 | 10,720 | #17 | 8.7 |
| 1920 | 10,731 | #16 | 9.0 |
| 1919 | 10,482 | #14 | 9.3 |
| 1918 | 11,318 | #14 | 9.8 |
| 1917 | 10,538 | #14 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 10,412 | #14 | 10.0 |
| 1915 | 10,105 | #14 | 10.3 |
| 1914 | 7,886 | #13 | 10.4 |
| 1913 | 6,279 | #13 | 10.1 |
| 1912 | 5,739 | #12 | 10.3 |
| 1911 | 4,424 | #12 | 10.6 |
| 1910 | 4,282 | #12 | 10.8 |
| 1909 | 3,789 | #11 | 10.9 |
| 1908 | 3,883 | #11 | 11.6 |
| 1907 | 3,750 | #11 | 11.8 |
| 1906 | 3,691 | #10 | 12.5 |
| 1905 | 3,478 | #11 | 11.9 |
| 1904 | 3,572 | #8 | 13.0 |
| 1903 | 3,468 | #8 | 13.2 |
| 1902 | 3,509 | #7 | 13.3 |
| 1901 | 3,131 | #8 | 13.1 |
| 1900 | 3,920 | #7 | 13.1 |
| 1899 | 3,314 | #6 | 14.2 |
| 1898 | 3,790 | #6 | 14.6 |
| 1897 | 3,369 | #7 | 14.4 |
| 1896 | 3,323 | #8 | 14.0 |
| 1895 | 3,471 | #7 | 14.9 |
| 1894 | 3,233 | #8 | 14.5 |
| 1893 | 3,231 | #7 | 15.2 |
| 1892 | 3,154 | #6 | 14.9 |
| 1891 | 2,716 | #6 | 14.6 |
| 1890 | 2,744 | #6 | 14.4 |
| 1889 | 2,465 | #7 | 13.8 |
| 1888 | 2,444 | #8 | 13.7 |
| 1887 | 1,964 | #9 | 13.5 |
| 1886 | 1,860 | #10 | 12.9 |
| 1885 | 1,667 | #12 | 12.5 |
| 1884 | 1,570 | #12 | 12.2 |
| 1883 | 1,298 | #14 | 11.6 |
| 1882 | 1,322 | #13 | 12.3 |
| 1881 | 1,046 | #16 | 11.4 |
| 1880 | 1,063 | #14 | 11.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Florence a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Florence has been given almost only to girls: 1,454 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Florence: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Florence, and how old are they?
42,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 13% of the 340,547 Americans ever recorded as Florence. The median Florence alive today is 75 years old; half are between 59 and 85.
The 2020 Census counted 62,185 people named Florence (61,968 women and girls, 217 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 58,300 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 14,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 15,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,040 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,680 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,050 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,900 |
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 Florence born?
The states with the most babies named Florence are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 41,021 | #455 | 1.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 29,260 | #330 | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 16,728 | #410 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 13,191 | #434 | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 12,700 | #351 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 10,519 | #318 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 9,483 | #378 | 1.0× |
| California | 8,241 | #400 | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 7,185 | #240 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 6,264 | #541 | 0.5× |
Where Florence is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Florence is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Florence 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 343,977 babies since 1880, Florence is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 796 of their 845 babies (94%), 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 Florence
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 Florence and names like it
- Compare Florence and FloranceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sFlorence peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Florence since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Florence: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Florence.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Florence alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.