Girls' name · since 1974
Flower
127 babies named Flower in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Flower currently ranks #10293 among girls' names in America, with 127 babies recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flower has been recorded 127 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #10293 nationally and more common than 40% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #24,477 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,293 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 127 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Flower ranks #24,477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,293 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 127 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Flower's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Flower compares
127 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Flower's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Flower | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 127 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Flower's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Flower splits its recorded history at 2010: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Flower popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Flower by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Flower's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Flower births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Flower's data
- Flower's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Flower: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Flower 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.