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How popular is “Florence” in the USA?

Number of people named “Florence” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Florence” 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 “Florence” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Florence” by birth year

This chart shows how “Florence” 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 1071 0.005315559 1063 8 99%
1881 1053 0.005464793 1046 7 99%
1882 1330 0.00600362 1322 8 99%
1883 1309 0.00603376 1298 11 98%
1884 1588 0.006522605 1570 18 98%
1885 1679 0.006971028 1667 12 99%
1886 1875 0.007343841 1860 15 98%
1887 1980 0.008003493 1964 16 98%
1888 2455 0.008197706 2444 11 99%
1889 2475 0.008565614 2465 10 99%
1890 2758 0.0091506 2744 14 99%
1891 2728 0.009516069 2716 12 99%
1892 3170 0.009480402 3154 16 99%
1893 3242 0.009968544 3231 11 99%
1894 3246 0.009583985 3233 13 99%
1895 3490 0.009942453 3471 19 99%
1896 3338 0.009337481 3323 15 99%
1897 3389 0.009767781 3369 20 99%
1898 3809 0.009985451 3790 19 99%
1899 3334 0.009828025 3314 20 99%
1900 3942 0.008754981 3920 22 99%
1901 3152 0.00911478 3131 21 99%
1902 3532 0.009132916 3509 23 99%
1903 3483 0.009136936 3468 15 99%
1904 3586 0.008887567 3572 14 99%
1905 3496 0.0082468 3478 18 99%
1906 3705 0.00864743 3691 14 99%
1907 3764 0.00808784 3750 14 99%
1908 3902 0.007985282 3883 19 99%
1909 3806 0.007444877 3789 17 99%
1910 4305 0.007287828 4282 23 99%
1911 4444 0.006897644 4424 20 99%
1912 5761 0.005830606 5739 22 99%
1913 6304 0.005543879 6279 25 99%
1914 7926 0.005596098 7886 40 99%
1915 10142 0.005534739 10105 37 99%
1916 10443 0.005398526 10412 31 99%
1917 10571 0.005267722 10538 33 99%
1918 11350 0.005227738 11318 32 99%
1919 10513 0.004981886 10482 31 99%
1920 10763 0.004756826 10731 32 99%
1921 10744 0.00460226 10720 24 100%
1922 10064 0.00439638 10036 28 99%
1923 9780 0.004247592 9746 34 99%
1924 9497 0.003987639 9472 25 99%
1925 8630 0.003698621 8585 45 99%
1926 8212 0.003576803 8178 34 99%
1927 7680 0.003311261 7645 35 99%
1928 7009 0.003100041 6970 39 99%
1929 6249 0.002850612 6212 37 99%
1930 5905 0.002655976 5867 38 99%
1931 5024 0.002387392 5011 13 99%
1932 4566 0.002162658 4541 25 99%
1933 4100 0.002050567 4078 22 99%
1934 3751 0.00180613 3736 15 99%
1935 3301 0.001579501 3273 28 98%
1936 3104 0.001494047 3083 21 99%
1937 2978 0.001397682 2955 23 98%
1938 2820 0.001274534 2805 15 99%
1939 2611 0.001184964 2591 20 98%
1940 2485 0.001079175 2468 17 99%
1941 2401 0.00098546 2390 11 99%
1942 2548 0.000932712 2535 13 99%
1943 2291 0.000811675 2273 18 98%
1944 1990 0.000739755 1977 13 99%
1945 1731 0.000652491 1731 100%
1946 1917 0.000599942 1907 10 99%
1947 1850 0.000513558 1850 100%
1948 1698 0.000491815 1698 100%
1949 1570 0.000450531 1565 5 99%
1950 1445 0.000412461 1445 100%
1951 1290 0.000350188 1290 100%
1952 1247 0.00032833 1242 5 99%
1953 1123 0.000291412 1123 100%
1954 1039 0.000261009 1034 5 99%
1955 1005 0.000250306 1005 100%
1956 942 0.000228472 942 100%
1957 882 0.000209893 877 5 99%
1958 848 0.000205133 848 100%
1959 798 0.00019192 792 6 98%
1960 745 0.000179353 738 7 98%
1961 637 0.000153779 637 100%
1962 605 0.000149924 598 7 98%
1963 578 0.000146026 578 100%
1964 541 0.00013916 536 5 98%
1965 450 0.000124123 450 100%
1966 479 0.000137816 474 5 98%
1967 386 0.0001137 381 5 97%
1968 328 0.000097087 323 5 97%
1969 366 0.000105314 366 100%
1970 331 0.000091778 331 100%
1971 277 0.000080703 277 100%
1972 249 0.000079224 249 100%
1973 265 0.000087839 265 100%
1974 216 0.000071053 216 100%
1975 204 0.000067563 204 100%
1976 191 0.000062947 191 100%
1977 189 0.0000595 189 100%
1978 146 0.000046001 146 100%
1979 159 0.000047791 159 100%
1980 152 0.000044128 152 100%
1981 153 0.000044228 153 100%
1982 141 0.000040194 141 100%
1983 141 0.000040712 141 100%
1984 131 0.000037549 131 100%
1985 127 0.000035583 127 100%
1986 114 0.000032049 114 100%
1987 106 0.000029399 106 100%
1988 101 0.000027334 101 100%
1989 106 0.000027572 106 100%
1990 108 0.000027325 108 100%
1991 108 0.000027726 108 100%
1992 73 0.000019004 73 100%
1993 89 0.000023606 89 100%
1994 83 0.000022326 83 100%
1995 75 0.00002048 75 100%
1996 79 0.00002166 79 100%
1997 64 0.000017652 64 100%
1998 83 0.000022565 83 100%
1999 67 0.000018138 67 100%
2000 60 0.000015873 60 100%
2001 66 0.000017631 66 100%
2002 64 0.00001712 64 100%
2003 50 0.00001315 50 100%
2004 64 0.00001675 64 100%
2005 55 0.000014305 55 100%
2006 64 0.000016177 64 100%
2007 61 0.000015259 61 100%
2008 62 0.000015773 62 100%
2009 54 0.000014135 54 100%
2010 76 0.000020564 76 100%
2011 74 0.000020231 74 100%
2012 94 0.000025702 94 100%
2013 118 0.000032367 118 100%
2014 183 0.000049374 183 100%
2015 214 0.000057824 214 100%
2016 247 0.000067326 247 100%
2017 267 0.00007466 267 100%
2018 273 0.000077647 273 100%
2019 282 0.000081246 282 100%
2020 357 0.000106868 357 100%
2021 401 0.000118361 401 100%
2022 481 0.000142176 474 7 97%
2023 582 0.000175767 582 100%
2024 717 0.000215412 711 6 98%

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  10. Florene
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