NameTides

Florence

Florence was the #391 girls' name in the US in 2025 (796 babies), and #5 in England & Wales and #29 in Canada.

Florence as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Florence as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandUS
Florence as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#391 (796)#5 (1,924)#54 (74)#84 (25)#196 (22)#29 (530)#25 (185)#30 (168)
2024#429 (718)#6 (1,936)#90 (48)#101 (20)#149 (31)#29 (574)#32 (166)#26 (192)
2023#522 (583)#8 (1,899)#64 (65)#110 (19)#190 (24)#23 (617)#27 (182)#42 (124)
2022#623 (475)#8 (1,971)#79 (52)#114 (19)#186 (25)#34 (566)#35 (169)#39 (137)
2021#715 (401)#8 (2,180)#81 (54)#123 (19)#165 (29)#31 (618)#31 (188)#30 (167)
2020#763 (357)#14 (1,963)#94 (46)#119 (17)#168 (28)#43 (528)#39 (157)#40 (136)
2019#936 (282)#15 (2,025)#82 (54)#107 (20)#171 (30)#48 (493)#50 (129)#37 (144)
2018#968 (273)#15 (2,062)#95 (47)#179 (11)#200 (25)#44 (530)#48 (135)#39 (128)
2017#978 (267)#19 (2,028)#103 (45)#164 (13)#219 (23)#41 (577)#58 (108)#75 (73)
2016#1,055 (247)#20 (2,072)#89 (54)#166 (13)#163 (34)#47 (527)#82 (89)—
2015#1,175 (214)#23 (2,053)#147 (32)#144 (16)#185 (30)#46 (528)——
2014#1,301 (183)#26 (1,781)#152 (31)#314 (5)#274 (18)#45 (531)——
2013#1,744 (118)#29 (1,646)#155 (30)#284 (6)#286 (17)#49 (494)——
2012#2,047 (94)#34 (1,531)#203 (22)#229 (8)#371 (13)#45 (481)——
2011#2,454 (74)#43 (1,406)#149 (31)#311 (5)#437 (10)#47 (465)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1893 at #7.
  • 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 2,000 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 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 290common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 960common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Florence is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Florence by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #273WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #212MNIllinois: #402ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #452NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #144ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #328PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #396CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #236CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #289MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #325VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #714FL
Florence (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#5387
Ontario2024#17862

Florence (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
FlorenceCanadaGirls#29530
FlorenceEngland & WalesGirls#51,924
FlorenceIrelandGirls#19622
FlorenceIrelandBoys—too few
FlorenceNorthern IrelandGirls#8425
FlorenceNSWGirls#25185
FlorenceScotlandGirls#5474
FlorenceUSGirls#391796
FlorenceUSBoys—too few
FlorenceVICGirls#30168