Girls' name · since 1886
Florie
Florie has 834 recorded births since 1886 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,513 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 834
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Florie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 834 recorded since 1886.
Florie has 834 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1886 to 1967.
- #8,513 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 834 born since 1886
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Florie ranks #8,513 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 834 born since 1886, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,513 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 834
- born since 1886
- 1920s
- peak decade
Florie's 834 recorded births place it above 88.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Florie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Florie's SSA record in two at 1929 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1891, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Florie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–1967
- Peak year (1917)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Florie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (199 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Florie's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Florie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1890s 36
1890s
36 births
- 1900s
1900s
97 births
- 1910s
1910s
156 births
- 1920s
1920s
199 births
- 1930s
1930s
124 births
- 1940s
1940s
98 births
- 1950s 70
1950s
70 births
- 1960s 47
1960s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 199 births (24% of all-time use).
How Florie 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 Florie's total volume
Florie by state
Where Florie concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 227 | 27.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 15 | 1.8% |
227 of 834 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Florie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (199 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Flories (227 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Florie: 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 (~81 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, 1886–1967 (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 Florie 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.