Flora is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has grown less common since.
Flora is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #607 for girl births in the United States (and #1,199 across all names), given to 483 babies. Flora was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (1,566 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 483 | 483 | #607 | — |
| 2024 | 455 | 455 | #645 | — |
| 2023 | 428 | 428 | #682 | — |
| 2022 | 402 | 402 | #726 | — |
| 2021 | 460 | 460 | #648 | — |
| 2020 | 279 | 279 | #925 | — |
| 2019 | 281 | 281 | #940 | — |
| 2018 | 244 | 244 | #1,052 | — |
| 2017 | 226 | 226 | #1,118 | — |
| 2016 | 195 | 195 | #1,253 | — |
| 2015 | 177 | 177 | #1,340 | — |
| 2014 | 170 | 170 | #1,368 | — |
| 2013 | 144 | 144 | #1,527 | — |
| 2012 | 128 | 128 | #1,664 | — |
| 2011 | 122 | 122 | #1,710 | — |
| 2010 | 114 | 114 | #1,801 | — |
| 2009 | 104 | 104 | #1,994 | — |
| 2008 | 112 | 112 | #1,894 | — |
| 2007 | 110 | 110 | #1,886 | — |
| 2006 | 90 | 90 | #2,153 | — |
| 2005 | 117 | 117 | #1,694 | — |
| 2004 | 96 | 96 | #1,950 | — |
| 2003 | 79 | 79 | #2,191 | — |
| 2002 | 87 | 87 | #2,007 | — |
| 2001 | 114 | 114 | #1,614 | — |
| 2000 | 99 | 99 | #1,763 | — |
| 1999 | 79 | 79 | #1,984 | — |
| 1998 | 78 | 78 | #1,945 | — |
| 1997 | 93 | — | #1,687 | — |
| 1996 | 58 | — | #2,290 | — |
| 1995 | 60 | — | #2,225 | — |
| 1994 | 59 | — | #2,234 | — |
| 1993 | 63 | — | #2,134 | — |
| 1992 | 71 | — | #1,953 | — |
| 1991 | 73 | — | #1,920 | — |
| 1990 | 83 | — | #1,759 | — |
| 1989 | 75 | — | #1,793 | — |
| 1988 | 71 | — | #1,771 | — |
| 1987 | 65 | — | #1,797 | — |
| 1986 | 76 | — | #1,577 | — |
| 1985 | 82 | — | #1,497 | — |
| 1984 | 83 | — | #1,405 | — |
| 1983 | 81 | — | #1,438 | — |
| 1982 | 87 | — | #1,404 | — |
| 1981 | 93 | — | #1,343 | — |
| 1980 | 117 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1979 | 88 | — | #1,400 | — |
| 1978 | 107 | — | #1,176 | — |
| 1977 | 103 | — | #1,194 | — |
| 1976 | 116 | — | #1,058 | — |
| 1975 | 101 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1974 | 111 | — | #1,063 | — |
| 1973 | 111 | — | #1,048 | — |
| 1972 | 126 | — | #965 | — |
| 1971 | 140 | — | #928 | — |
| 1970 | 137 | — | #937 | — |
| 1969 | 135 | — | #913 | — |
| 1968 | 138 | — | #876 | — |
| 1967 | 162 | — | #778 | — |
| 1966 | 181 | — | #731 | — |
| 1965 | 206 | — | #686 | — |
| 1964 | 254 | — | #643 | — |
| 1963 | 292 | — | #576 | — |
| 1962 | 272 | — | #606 | — |
| 1961 | 298 | — | #586 | — |
| 1960 | 344 | — | #527 | #4,235 |
| 1959 | 370 | — | #507 | — |
| 1958 | 359 | — | #506 | — |
| 1957 | 417 | — | #465 | — |
| 1956 | 408 | — | #452 | — |
| 1955 | 457 | — | #413 | — |
| 1954 | 414 | — | #429 | — |
| 1953 | 469 | — | #393 | — |
| 1952 | 464 | — | #383 | — |
| 1951 | 507 | — | #354 | — |
| 1950 | 546 | — | #328 | — |
| 1949 | 577 | — | #322 | — |
| 1948 | 585 | — | #322 | — |
| 1947 | 577 | — | #329 | — |
| 1946 | 553 | — | #314 | — |
| 1945 | 529 | — | #300 | — |
| 1944 | 636 | — | #278 | #3,235 |
| 1943 | 643 | — | #275 | — |
| 1942 | 694 | — | #261 | — |
| 1941 | 702 | — | #245 | — |
| 1940 | 695 | — | #242 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 765 | — | #218 | — |
| 1938 | 784 | — | #219 | #2,539 |
| 1937 | 795 | — | #211 | #3,717 |
| 1936 | 748 | — | #218 | — |
| 1935 | 841 | — | #203 | — |
| 1934 | 913 | — | #197 | #3,865 |
| 1933 | 911 | — | #188 | #2,608 |
| 1932 | 898 | — | #203 | #3,192 |
| 1931 | 965 | — | #188 | — |
| 1930 | 1,152 | — | #174 | #2,663 |
| 1929 | 1,132 | — | #179 | #3,079 |
| 1928 | 1,207 | — | #173 | #3,866 |
| 1927 | 1,302 | — | #167 | — |
| 1926 | 1,374 | — | #168 | #3,227 |
| 1925 | 1,411 | — | #168 | #3,530 |
| 1924 | 1,449 | — | #167 | — |
| 1923 | 1,489 | — | #161 | #2,263 |
| 1922 | 1,528 | — | #159 | #4,015 |
| 1921 | 1,560 | — | #156 | #3,644 |
| 1920 | 1,573 | — | #149 | #3,609 |
| 1919 | 1,444 | — | #153 | — |
| 1918 | 1,509 | — | #150 | #4,393 |
| 1917 | 1,456 | — | #145 | #3,702 |
| 1916 | 1,459 | — | #141 | — |
| 1915 | 1,375 | — | #140 | #3,190 |
| 1914 | 1,152 | — | #131 | — |
| 1913 | 943 | — | #132 | — |
| 1912 | 899 | — | #128 | — |
| 1911 | 749 | — | #117 | — |
| 1910 | 793 | — | #108 | — |
| 1909 | 672 | — | #110 | #1,535 |
| 1908 | 677 | — | #105 | — |
| 1907 | 617 | — | #108 | — |
| 1906 | 623 | — | #106 | #1,305 |
| 1905 | 633 | — | #102 | #1,303 |
| 1904 | 577 | — | #107 | #916 |
| 1903 | 536 | — | #108 | — |
| 1902 | 587 | — | #100 | — |
| 1901 | 493 | — | #107 | — |
| 1900 | 623 | — | #106 | — |
| 1899 | 520 | — | #102 | — |
| 1898 | 607 | — | #98 | — |
| 1897 | 488 | — | #106 | — |
| 1896 | 527 | — | #97 | — |
| 1895 | 552 | — | #96 | — |
| 1894 | 619 | — | #84 | — |
| 1893 | 537 | — | #89 | — |
| 1892 | 585 | — | #82 | — |
| 1891 | 497 | — | #89 | — |
| 1890 | 510 | — | #85 | — |
| 1889 | 516 | — | #79 | — |
| 1888 | 541 | — | #78 | — |
| 1887 | 408 | — | #82 | — |
| 1886 | 443 | — | #76 | — |
| 1885 | 445 | — | #74 | — |
| 1884 | 393 | — | #77 | — |
| 1883 | 387 | — | #73 | — |
| 1882 | 380 | — | #73 | — |
| 1881 | 317 | — | #72 | — |
| 1880 | 370 | — | #68 | #961 |