Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Flora” in the USA?

Number of people named “Flora” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Flora” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Flora” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Flora” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Flora” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Flora” by birth year

This chart shows how “Flora” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 370 0.001836374 365 5 97%
1881 317 0.001645147 317 100%
1882 380 0.00171532 380 100%
1883 387 0.001783854 387 100%
1884 393 0.001614222 393 100%
1885 445 0.001847592 445 100%
1886 443 0.001735105 443 100%
1887 408 0.001649205 408 100%
1888 541 0.001806501 541 100%
1889 516 0.001785801 516 100%
1890 510 0.001692098 510 100%
1891 497 0.001733683 497 100%
1892 585 0.001749538 585 100%
1893 537 0.001651175 537 100%
1894 619 0.00182763 619 100%
1895 552 0.00157256 552 100%
1896 527 0.001474192 527 100%
1897 488 0.001406514 488 100%
1898 607 0.001591276 607 100%
1899 520 0.001532865 520 100%
1900 623 0.001383651 623 100%
1901 493 0.00142563 493 100%
1902 587 0.001517843 587 100%
1903 536 0.001406086 536 100%
1904 577 0.001430041 569 8 97%
1905 633 0.001493199 628 5 98%
1906 623 0.001454075 618 5 98%
1907 617 0.00132577 617 100%
1908 677 0.001385453 677 100%
1909 672 0.001314492 667 5 99%
1910 793 0.00134245 793 100%
1911 749 0.001162542 749 100%
1912 899 0.000909862 899 100%
1913 943 0.000829295 943 100%
1914 1152 0.000813362 1152 100%
1915 1375 0.000750371 1368 7 99%
1916 1459 0.000754232 1459 100%
1917 1456 0.000725551 1450 6 99%
1918 1509 0.000695036 1504 5 99%
1919 1444 0.000684281 1444 100%
1920 1573 0.000695205 1566 7 99%
1921 1560 0.000668236 1553 7 99%
1922 1528 0.000667495 1522 6 99%
1923 1489 0.000646694 1475 14 98%
1924 1449 0.000608412 1449 100%
1925 1411 0.000604722 1404 7 99%
1926 1374 0.000598457 1366 8 99%
1927 1302 0.000561362 1302 100%
1928 1207 0.000533849 1201 6 99%
1929 1132 0.000516385 1124 8 99%
1930 1152 0.000518152 1142 10 98%
1931 965 0.000458566 965 100%
1932 898 0.000425332 891 7 98%
1933 911 0.000455626 902 9 98%
1934 913 0.000439615 908 5 99%
1935 841 0.000402412 841 100%
1936 748 0.000360035 748 100%
1937 795 0.000373122 790 5 99%
1938 784 0.000354338 775 9 98%
1939 765 0.000347184 765 100%
1940 695 0.000301822 688 7 98%
1941 702 0.000288127 702 100%
1942 694 0.000254043 694 100%
1943 643 0.000227807 643 100%
1944 636 0.000236424 630 6 98%
1945 529 0.000199404 529 100%
1946 553 0.000173066 553 100%
1947 577 0.000160174 577 100%
1948 585 0.000169442 585 100%
1949 578 0.000165864 578 100%
1950 546 0.00015585 546 100%
1951 507 0.000137632 507 100%
1952 464 0.000122169 464 100%
1953 469 0.000121703 469 100%
1954 413 0.00010375 413 100%
1955 458 0.00011407 458 100%
1956 408 0.000098956 408 100%
1957 417 0.000099235 417 100%
1958 359 0.000086843 359 100%
1959 370 0.000088985 370 100%
1960 344 0.000082815 339 5 97%
1961 298 0.000071941 298 100%
1962 271 0.000067156 271 100%
1963 293 0.000074024 293 100%
1964 254 0.000065336 254 100%
1965 206 0.000056821 206 100%
1966 181 0.000052077 181 100%
1967 162 0.000047719 162 100%
1968 138 0.000040848 138 100%
1969 135 0.000038845 135 100%
1970 137 0.000037987 137 100%
1971 140 0.000040788 140 100%
1972 126 0.000040089 126 100%
1973 110 0.000036461 110 100%
1974 111 0.000036513 111 100%
1975 101 0.00003345 101 100%
1976 116 0.00003823 116 100%
1977 103 0.000032426 103 100%
1978 107 0.000033713 107 100%
1979 88 0.00002645 88 100%
1980 117 0.000033967 117 100%
1981 93 0.000026883 93 100%
1982 87 0.000024801 87 100%
1983 81 0.000023388 81 100%
1984 83 0.000023791 83 100%
1985 82 0.000022975 82 100%
1986 76 0.000021366 76 100%
1987 64 0.00001775 64 100%
1988 71 0.000019215 71 100%
1989 75 0.000019509 75 100%
1990 83 0.000020999 83 100%
1991 73 0.000018741 73 100%
1992 72 0.000018744 72 100%
1993 63 0.00001671 63 100%
1994 59 0.00001587 59 100%
1995 60 0.000016384 60 100%
1996 58 0.000015903 58 100%
1997 93 0.00002565 93 100%
1998 78 0.000021206 78 100%
1999 79 0.000021387 79 100%
2000 99 0.000026191 99 100%
2001 114 0.000030454 114 100%
2002 87 0.000023273 87 100%
2003 79 0.000020777 79 100%
2004 96 0.000025125 96 100%
2005 117 0.00003043 117 100%
2006 90 0.000022749 90 100%
2007 110 0.000027516 110 100%
2008 112 0.000028494 112 100%
2009 104 0.000027224 104 100%
2010 114 0.000030846 114 100%
2011 122 0.000033353 122 100%
2012 128 0.000034998 128 100%
2013 144 0.000039499 144 100%
2014 170 0.000045867 170 100%
2015 177 0.000047826 177 100%
2016 195 0.000053152 195 100%
2017 226 0.000063196 226 100%
2018 244 0.000069399 244 100%
2019 280 0.00008067 280 100%
2020 279 0.000083519 279 100%
2021 460 0.000135775 460 100%
2022 402 0.000118825 402 100%
2023 427 0.000128956 427 100%
2024 452 0.000135797 452 100%

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