Florence Name Popularity

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How popular is Florence?

Ranking 971st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Florence is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #6 for the first time in 1890 and as recently as 1899.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1918 with 11,316 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Florence in any given year was 50 in 2003.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Florence occurred roughly during the years 1881-1892, 1907-1918, and 2007-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1920-1939, 1941-1945, 1946-1955, 1958-1961, 1962-1968, 1969-1972, 1975-1978, and 1989-1992.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Florence be?

Florence's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Florence has risen significantly.

The name Florence is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Florence is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Florence (Girl)		Florence (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		269	971	< 5	--
2017		266	979	< 5	--
2016		247	1,052	< 5	--
2015		214	1,178	< 5	--
2014		183	1,299	< 5	--
2013		118	1,744	< 5	--
2012		93	2,065	< 5	--
2011		74	2,459	< 5	--
2010		75	2,482	< 5	--
2009		54	3,132	< 5	--
2008		62	2,861	< 5	--
2007		61	2,938	< 5	--
2006		64	2,765	< 5	--
2005		55	2,943	< 5	--
2004		64	2,604	< 5	--
2003		50	3,012	< 5	--
2002		64	2,476	< 5	--
2001		66	2,389	< 5	--
2000		60	2,518	< 5	--
1999		67	2,228	< 5	--
1998		82	1,872	< 5	--
1997		64	2,159	< 5	--
1996		78	1,868	< 5	--
1995		75	1,866	< 5	--
1994		83	1,761	< 5	--
1993		89	1,685	< 5	--
1992		73	1,918	< 5	--
1991		108	1,466	< 5	--
1990		108	1,449	< 5	--
1989		106	1,407	< 5	--
1988		101	1,395	< 5	--
1987		106	1,304	< 5	--
1986		114	1,216	< 5	--
1985		126	1,140	< 5	--
1984		131	1,067	< 5	--
1983		140	1,009	< 5	--
1982		140	1,039	< 5	--
1981		153	958	< 5	--
1980		152	977	< 5	--
1979		159	925	< 5	--
1978		146	957	< 5	--
1977		189	794	< 5	--
1976		192	754	< 5	--
1975		203	724	< 5	--
1974		218	680	< 5	--
1973		263	598	< 5	--
1972		249	625	< 5	--
1971		277	613	< 5	--
1970		331	558	< 5	--
1969		365	511	< 5	--
1968		322	533	5	4,328
1967		382	487	5	4,158
1966		475	425	5	4,133
1965		450	451	< 5	--
1964		536	423	5	4,240
1963		578	399	< 5	--
1962		597	385	7	3,415
1961		637	380	< 5	--
1960		738	356	7	3,454
1959		792	337	6	3,730
1958		848	315	< 5	--
1957		877	311	5	4,179
1956		943	286	< 5	--
1955		1,004	270	< 5	--
1954		1,033	257	5	4,009
1953		1,124	240	< 5	--
1952		1,242	222	5	3,925
1951		1,290	211	< 5	--
1950		1,446	190	< 5	--
1949		1,566	175	5	3,871
1948		1,697	165	< 5	--
1947		1,850	159	< 5	--
1946		1,908	146	10	2,456
1945		1,730	140	< 5	--
1944		1,977	133	13	2,021
1943		2,274	124	18	1,728
1942		2,535	110	13	2,074
1941		2,390	107	11	2,250
1940		2,465	100	17	1,705
1939		2,593	95	20	1,506
1938		2,805	89	15	1,851
1937		2,953	81	23	1,424
1936		3,084	80	21	1,481
1935		3,275	74	28	1,277
1934		3,735	61	15	1,885
1933		4,077	49	22	1,469
1932		4,540	47	25	1,400
1931		5,010	43	13	2,140
1930		5,865	38	38	1,140
1929		6,212	35	37	1,143
1928		6,970	32	39	1,133
1927		7,644	28	35	1,236
1926		8,180	26	34	1,251
1925		8,585	24	45	1,029
1924		9,471	20	25	1,545
1923		9,746	18	34	1,240
1922		10,035	18	28	1,412
1921		10,719	17	24	1,563
1920		10,732	16	32	1,285
1919		10,482	14	31	1,276
1918		11,316	14	32	1,243
1917		10,539	14	33	1,186
1916		10,412	14	31	1,186
1915		10,105	14	37	1,056
1914		7,886	13	40	859
1913		6,279	13	25	1,005
1912		5,739	12	22	975
1911		4,424	12	20	717
1910		4,282	12	23	606
1909		3,789	11	17	662
1908		3,883	11	19	598
1907		3,750	11	14	716
1906		3,691	10	14	656
1905		3,478	11	18	556
1904		3,572	8	14	624
1903		3,468	8	15	584
1902		3,509	7	23	429
1901		3,131	8	21	413
1900		3,920	7	22	495
1899		3,314	6	20	418
1898		3,790	6	19	476
1897		3,369	7	20	426
1896		3,323	8	15	541
1895		3,471	7	19	461
1894		3,233	8	13	576
1893		3,231	7	11	627
1892		3,154	6	16	503
1891		2,715	6	12	533
1890		2,744	6	14	518
1889		2,465	7	10	642
1888		2,444	8	11	625
1887		1,964	9	16	429
1886		1,860	10	15	482
1885		1,667	12	12	558
1884		1,570	12	18	439
1883		1,298	14	11	570
1882		1,322	13	8	722
1881		1,046	16	7	736
1880		1,063	14	8	705

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.