The name Florence is of Latin origin, and means bloom or prosperity.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Florence has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Florence
Use of the Name Florence for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
331,321
12,069
305
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Florence has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Florence last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1981, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Florence
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
14
1,063
705
8
1881
16
1,046
735
7
1882
13
1,322
722
8
1883
14
1,298
571
11
1884
12
1,570
440
18
1885
12
1,667
558
12
1886
10
1,860
482
15
1887
9
1,964
429
16
1888
8
2,444
625
11
1889
7
2,465
643
10
1890
6
2,745
518
14
1891
6
2,715
533
12
1892
6
3,154
503
16
1893
7
3,231
628
11
1894
8
3,233
576
13
1895
7
3,471
461
19
1896
8
3,323
541
15
1897
7
3,370
426
20
1898
6
3,789
476
19
1899
6
3,314
418
20
1900
7
3,920
499
22
1901
8
3,129
413
21
1902
7
3,509
429
23
1903
7
3,468
585
15
1904
8
3,571
624
14
1905
11
3,475
556
18
1906
11
3,688
656
14
1907
11
3,747
716
14
1908
11
3,878
596
19
1909
11
3,778
659
17
1910
12
4,269
606
23
1911
12
4,413
718
20
1912
12
5,721
974
22
1913
13
6,257
1914
13
7,875
859
40
1915
14
10,091
1916
14
10,410
1917
14
10,541
1918
14
11,315
1919
14
10,486
1920
16
10,719
1921
17
10,713
1922
18
10,034
1923
18
9,734
1924
20
9,478
1925
24
8,580
1926
26
8,176
1927
28
7,636
1928
32
6,961
1929
35
6,207
1930
38
5,861
1931
43
5,006
1932
47
4,536
1933
49
4,070
1934
60
3,735
1935
74
3,279
1936
80
3,088
1937
81
2,952
1938
91
2,799
1939
95
2,600
1940
100
2,466
1941
107
2,387
1942
110
2,535
1943
124
2,272
1944
133
1,972
1945
140
1,731
1946
146
1,904
1947
160
1,841
1948
165
1,694
1949
175
1,568
1950
190
1,445
1951
212
1,286
1952
222
1,239
1953
240
1,126
1954
256
1,037
1955
270
1,002
1956
286
941
1957
311
877
1958
314
851
1959
337
790
1960
357
737
1961
380
637
1962
385
597
1963
398
580
1964
424
534
1965
450
449
1966
425
477
1967
486
384
1968
535
319
1969
511
364
1970
556
331
1971
615
275
1972
623
249
1973
596
264
1974
682
217
1975
723
204
1976
757
191
1977
797
188
1978
952
147
1979
925
159
1980
973
152
1981
956
153
Totals:
331,321
557
During the last 125 years, parents have used Florence as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Florence appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 102 times during the last 125 years.