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Florence

Girls' name · Early 20th-century revival perennial

Living in the US
~48,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#391 among girls
Births in 2025
796 340,547 since 1880
Typical age
76 years, median

Florence popularity over time

Florence rank by birth year, 1880–2025Florence ranked #14 in 1880 and #391 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1890.#10#100#1,000#391best #6 in 189018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Florence in 1918 than in any other year — 11,350 of them. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Florence has spent 61 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #391, with 796 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are up 3.7×. Year on year the rank improved by 38.

Babies named Florence per yearPeaks at 11,350 births in 1918.11,350 in 1918018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Florence?

An estimated 48,200 living Americans are called Florence. That is out of 340,547 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Florence?

Half of living Florences are older than 76, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1940s. By the site’s era rules that makes Florence a early 20th-century revival perennial name.

Your Florence

Ages of living people named FlorenceHalf of living Florences are older than 76 and half younger.median 76020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Florence is most common

Florence is 2.7× as common in Oregon as it is nationally. Utah, Minnesota and Washington follow.

Where Florence is used more than average5 states use the name Florence more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.2× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.4× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 2.7× the national rateORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 2.6× the national rateUTColorado: 2.1× the national rateCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Florence is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Oregon 104 2.7×
Utah 123 2.6×
Minnesota 148 2.4×
Washington 178 2.2×
Colorado 132 2.1×

Florence in England and Wales

ONS recorded 1,924 births named Florence in 2025, ranking it #5.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Florence comes from

Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Florence

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Florence Nightingale English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing 1820–1910 150
Florence Pugh British actress 1996 64
Florence Griffith Joyner American track and field athlete 1959–1998 56
Florence Devouard French open knowledge advocate, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, co-founder of Wikimedia France 1968 45
Florence Welch British singer 1986 44
Florence Harding First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 1860–1924 42
Florence Foster Jenkins American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability 1868–1944 40
Florence Lawrence Canadian-American actress 1886–1938 36
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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