Recorded 1898–2017 Girls' name Peak 1939 1,583 births

Floria — girls' name

1,583 babies named Floria in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1940s
Peak decade

20% of everyone ever named Floria was born in this single decade.

1939
Single peak year

38 babies were named Floria in 1939 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Floria

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,583 babies named Floria between 1898 and 2017, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Floria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Floria performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 317 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Floria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Floria in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Floria 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 1,583 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.

Floria at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

1,583

Since 1898

120 years of records

Peak year

1939

38 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1898

Recorded for 120 years

Last year on file: 2017

Floria popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1898

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1939)
38
Annual births at peak — across 120 years of records
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Floria by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
317 births that decade — 20% of Floria's all-time total
1890s141900s531910s1811920s3091930s2481940s3171950s2761960s1371970s271980s102000s62010s5

Floria by state

Where Floria concentrates geographically — total births since 1898

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Floria
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
56 3.5%
#2 Mississippi
53 3.3%
#3 South Carolina
51 3.2%
#4 Alabama
22 1.4%
#5 North Carolina
12 0.8%
#6 Louisiana
10 0.6%
#7 New York
10 0.6%
#8 Texas
10 0.6%
Georgia share of Floria's total US births 3.5%
Even split

56 of 1,583 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Floria?
1,583 babies have been named Floria since 1898. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1939 with 38 births.
When was Floria most popular?
Floria was most popular in the 1940s decade with 317 total births. The single peak year was 1939.
Where is Floria most popular?
The top states for the name Floria are Georgia (56 births), Mississippi (53 births), South Carolina (51 births).
How long has the name Floria been used?
Floria has been recorded in Social Security data since 1898, spanning 120 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Floria?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Florence, Flora, Flossie, Florine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1898–2017 (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.