Girls' name · since 1885
Floss
Floss has 28 recorded births since 1885 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1892 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1885
- 1890s
- peak decade
Floss sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1885.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Floss has been recorded 28 times among girls since 1885, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1890s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 1898.
- #41,723 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1885
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Floss ranks #41,723 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1885, peaking in the 1890s.
- #41,723 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1885
- 1890s
- peak decade
Floss's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Floss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Floss's SSA record in two at 1890 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1885, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1892 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Floss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–1898
- Peak year (1892)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Floss by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (18 births, 64% of the file).
1890s was Floss's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Floss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
10 births
- 1890s
1890s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 18 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Floss: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1885–1898 (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 Floss 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.