How Many People Are Named Flora?
people named Flora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,712 people in the US has this name
Based on 71,143 babies named Flora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
1,573 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Flora (99.9%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Flora alive today is about 53 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 21 and 78 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Flora first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,573 babies. In 2025, 483 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Flora never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #68, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 in 19 years between 1880 and 1902. In 2025 it ranked #607.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #607 |
| Best rank | #68 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 19 (1880 to 1902) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #165 in the 1920s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Flora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Flora were born in California than in any other state: about 1,794 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Flora was given 4.6 times as often in New Mexico, 3.2 times in Mississippi and 2.5 times in Alabama.
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