NameTides

Flora

Flora was the #607 girls' name in the US in 2025 (483 babies), and #241 in England & Wales and #117 in Canada.

Flora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Flora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesUSIreland
Flora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#607 (483)#241 (193)#94 (46)#259 (6)#544 (6)#117 (232)
2024#645 (455)#256 (190)#102 (42)—#556 (6)#117 (221)
2023#682 (428)#230 (201)#102 (43)#328 (4)#495 (7)#121 (211)
2022#726 (402)#267 (171)#179 (24)—#905 (3)#112 (217)
2021#648 (460)#220 (227)#84 (53)#446 (3)#464 (8)#125 (215)
2020#924 (279)#316 (144)#109 (40)——#251 (118)
2019#939 (281)#291 (168)#113 (41)—#716 (4)#334 (96)
2018#1,051 (244)#323 (147)#120 (39)——#419 (77)
2017#1,114 (226)#293 (168)#129 (37)—#734 (4)#478 (68)
2016#1,252 (195)#291 (171)#142 (34)—#868 (3)#531 (60)
2015#1,337 (177)#305 (158)#151 (31)—#896 (3)#595 (50)
2014#1,368 (170)#432 (101)#191 (24)——#520 (60)
2013#1,524 (144)#426 (100)#238 (17)——#647 (44)
2012#1,663 (128)#404 (116)#241 (19)—#677 (5)#646 (45)
2011#1,708 (122)#412 (108)#287 (14)—#937 (3)#730 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #68.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 390common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 640common

Next year

On its recent trend, Flora is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Flora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #471ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #395MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #335PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #317CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #820TXFlorida: #583FL
Flora (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#40128
Ontario2024#30641

Flora (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FloraCanadaGirls#117232
FloraEngland & WalesGirls#241193
FloraIrelandGirls#5446
FloraNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
FloraScotlandGirls#9446
FloraUSGirls#607483
FloraUSBoys—too few