Floretta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Floretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,071 babies named Floretta between 1890 and 1981, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Floretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Floretta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 432 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Floretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Floretta in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Floretta 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 2,071 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.