Is Florence a boy or girl name?
Florence is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 711 girls and 6 boys were named Florence, so 99.2% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 339,743 US babies named Florence were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #11,328
- Girl rank, 2024
- #435
- Babies named Florence since 1880
- 339,743
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 11,350 babies
Boys and girls named Florence, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 116 | 16,699 | 99.3% |
| 1890s | 159 | 32,345 | 99.5% |
| 1900s | 177 | 36,191 | 99.5% |
| 1910s | 294 | 81,465 | 99.6% |
| 1920s | 333 | 88,295 | 99.6% |
| 1930s | 220 | 37,940 | 99.4% |
| 1940s | 87 | 20,394 | 99.6% |
| 1950s | 21 | 10,598 | 99.8% |
| 1960s | 34 | 5,081 | 99.3% |
| 1970s | 0 | 2,227 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,272 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 829 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 600 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,828 | 100% |
| 2020s | 13 | 2,525 | 99.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #11,328 | 711 | #435 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 582 | #522 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,146 | 474 | #623 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 401 | #715 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 357 | #763 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 282 | #937 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 273 | #967 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 267 | #979 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 247 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 214 | #1,178 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 183 | #1,302 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 118 | #1,745 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 94 | #2,051 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,461 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 76 | #2,461 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 54 | #3,135 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,940 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 64 | #2,766 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 55 | #2,944 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 64 | #2,604 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 50 | #3,014 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 64 | #2,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,388 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,230 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,852 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 64 | #2,159 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,848 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,867 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,761 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,685 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 73 | #1,918 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,467 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,448 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 106 | #1,407 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,396 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 106 | #1,305 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 114 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 127 | #1,134 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 131 | #1,067 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 141 | #1,006 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 141 | #1,032 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 153 | #959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 152 | #978 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 159 | #925 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 146 | #956 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 189 | #794 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 191 | #757 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 204 | #723 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 216 | #684 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 265 | #593 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 249 | #625 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 277 | #613 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 331 | #558 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 366 | #511 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,330 | 323 | #532 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,165 | 381 | #487 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,137 | 474 | #428 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 450 | #451 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,248 | 536 | #423 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 578 | #398 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,419 | 598 | #385 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 637 | #380 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,451 | 738 | #356 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,735 | 792 | #337 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 848 | #315 |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,181 | 877 | #311 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 942 | #286 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 1,005 | #269 |
| 1954 | 5 | #4,014 | 1,034 | #257 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 1,123 | #240 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,922 | 1,242 | #222 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 1,290 | #211 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 1,445 | #190 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,872 | 1,565 | #175 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 1,698 | #165 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 1,850 | #159 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,457 | 1,907 | #146 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 1,731 | #140 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,022 | 1,977 | #133 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,729 | 2,273 | #124 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,075 | 2,535 | #110 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,250 | 2,390 | #107 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,704 | 2,468 | #100 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,506 | 2,591 | #96 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,851 | 2,805 | #90 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,423 | 2,955 | #81 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,481 | 3,083 | #80 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,277 | 3,273 | #74 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,883 | 3,736 | #61 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,470 | 4,078 | #49 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,399 | 4,541 | #47 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,140 | 5,011 | #43 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,140 | 5,867 | #38 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,144 | 6,212 | #35 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,134 | 6,970 | #32 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,235 | 7,645 | #28 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,251 | 8,178 | #26 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,028 | 8,585 | #24 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,546 | 9,472 | #20 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,240 | 9,746 | #18 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,412 | 10,036 | #18 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,563 | 10,720 | #17 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,285 | 10,731 | #16 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,276 | 10,482 | #14 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,243 | 11,318 | #14 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,186 | 10,538 | #14 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,186 | 10,412 | #14 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,056 | 10,105 | #14 |
| 1914 | 40 | #859 | 7,886 | #13 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,005 | 6,279 | #13 |
| 1912 | 22 | #975 | 5,739 | #12 |
| 1911 | 20 | #717 | 4,424 | #12 |
| 1910 | 23 | #606 | 4,282 | #12 |
| 1909 | 17 | #662 | 3,789 | #11 |
| 1908 | 19 | #598 | 3,883 | #11 |
| 1907 | 14 | #716 | 3,750 | #11 |
| 1906 | 14 | #656 | 3,691 | #10 |
| 1905 | 18 | #556 | 3,478 | #11 |
| 1904 | 14 | #624 | 3,572 | #8 |
| 1903 | 15 | #584 | 3,468 | #8 |
| 1902 | 23 | #429 | 3,509 | #7 |
| 1901 | 21 | #413 | 3,131 | #8 |
| 1900 | 22 | #495 | 3,920 | #7 |
| 1899 | 20 | #418 | 3,314 | #6 |
| 1898 | 19 | #476 | 3,790 | #6 |
| 1897 | 20 | #426 | 3,369 | #7 |
| 1896 | 15 | #541 | 3,323 | #8 |
| 1895 | 19 | #461 | 3,471 | #7 |
| 1894 | 13 | #576 | 3,233 | #8 |
| 1893 | 11 | #627 | 3,231 | #7 |
| 1892 | 16 | #503 | 3,154 | #6 |
| 1891 | 12 | #533 | 2,716 | #6 |
| 1890 | 14 | #518 | 2,744 | #6 |
| 1889 | 10 | #642 | 2,465 | #7 |
| 1888 | 11 | #625 | 2,444 | #8 |
| 1887 | 16 | #429 | 1,964 | #9 |
| 1886 | 15 | #482 | 1,860 | #10 |
| 1885 | 12 | #558 | 1,667 | #12 |
| 1884 | 18 | #439 | 1,570 | #12 |
| 1883 | 11 | #570 | 1,298 | #14 |
| 1882 | 8 | #722 | 1,322 | #13 |
| 1881 | 7 | #735 | 1,046 | #16 |
| 1880 | 8 | #705 | 1,063 | #14 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Florence reached #413 in 1901. As a girl name, it reached #6 in 1890. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Florence
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.