Fleur
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FLUR
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #553 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Fleur is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “flower”. In 2025 it ranked 553rd for girls in the UK (77 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Fleur mean?
French
“flower”
French word for flower; Fleur Forsyte is a central character in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Fleur a girl's or a boy's name?
Fleur is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fleur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77 about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were named Fleur, making it the 553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 406th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 193 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fleur in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 520th in England and Wales.
Fleur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #553 |
| 2024 | 77 | #554 |
| 2023 | 97 | #458 |
| 2022 | 99 | #468 |
| 2021 | 113 | #434 |
| 2020 | 118 | #406 |
| 2019 | 103 | #461 |
| 2018 | 140 | #364 |
| 2017 | 143 | #356 |
| 2016 | 170 | #317 |
| 2015 | 193 | #280 |
| 2014 | 123 | #400 |
| 2013 | 103 | #453 |
| 2012 | 95 | #506 |
| 2011 | 101 | #470 |
| 2010 | 82 | #541 |
| 2009 | 74 | #573 |
| 2008 | 80 | #531 |
| 2007 | 96 | #460 |
| 2006 | 112 | #403 |
| 2005 | 92 | #449 |
| 2004 | 114 | #368 |
| 2003 | 120 | #342 |
| 2002 | 62 | #531 |
| 2001 | 42 | #670 |
| 2000 | 52 | #583 |
| 1999 | 60 | #531 |
| 1998 | 75 | #452 |
| 1997 | 82 | #436 |
| 1996 | 88 | #408 |
How popular is Fleur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Fleur, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the girls named Fleur in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fleur in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
Names like Fleur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Esme, Quinn, Orla, Maeve, Freya, Wren, Dua, Nova, Maeva, Harper, Aoife
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fleur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fleur, updated 20 October 2026.