Florestine — girls' name
170 babies named Florestine in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Florestine was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Florestine in 1946 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Florestine
The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Florestine between 1916 and 1963, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Florestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Florestine performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Florestine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Florestine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Florestine 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 170 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.
Florestine at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Florestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1916
- Peak year (1946)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
170 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1946 with 9 births in a single year.
Florestine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 65 births that decade — 38% of Florestine's all-time total
Florestine decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Florestine's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Florestine by state
Where Florestine concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 170 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.