Florence
Girl · FLOR-unss · Latin
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Florence is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “flourishing”. In 2025 it ranked 6th for girls in the UK (2,023 babies) and 391st for girls in the US (796 babies).
What does Florence mean?
Latin: from Latin Florentius and Florentia
“flourishing”
Used for both sexes in the Middle Ages; Florence Nightingale was named after the Italian city of her birth.
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- FLOR-unss
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Is Florence a girl's or a boy's name?
Florence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 2,023 girls in the UK and 796 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Florence in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #6among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,023about 1 in 140 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 9.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,023 girls in the UK were named Florence, making it the 6th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 17th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 2,253 girls.
Half of all the girls named Florence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5th in England and Wales, 54th in Scotland and 84th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#2), 1914 (#6), 1924 (#23), 1934 (#49), 2014 (#26) and 2024 (#6).
Florence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,023 | #6 |
| 2024 | 2,004 | #9 |
| 2023 | 1,983 | #9 |
| 2022 | 2,042 | #13 |
| 2021 | 2,253 | #14 |
| 2020 | 2,026 | #17 |
| 2019 | 2,099 | #20 |
| 2018 | 2,120 | #19 |
| 2017 | 2,086 | #22 |
| 2016 | 2,139 | #22 |
| 2015 | 2,101 | #26 |
| 2014 | 1,817 | #30 |
| 2013 | 1,682 | #32 |
| 2012 | 1,561 | #40 |
| 2011 | 1,442 | #51 |
| 2010 | 1,197 | #55 |
| 2009 | 809 | #85 |
| 2008 | 620 | #102 |
| 2007 | 496 | #126 |
| 2006 | 465 | #132 |
| 2005 | 406 | #147 |
| 2004 | 355 | #167 |
| 2003 | 295 | #182 |
| 2002 | 280 | #170 |
| 2001 | 266 | #176 |
| 2000 | 279 | #176 |
| 1999 | 276 | #184 |
| 1998 | 247 | #193 |
| 1997 | 261 | #189 |
| 1996 | 231 | #201 |
How popular is Florence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #391among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 796about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 130% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 796 girls in the US were named Florence, making it the 391st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 763rd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 11,318 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 14 years. 2025 had more girls named Florence than any year since 1958.
Half of all the girls named Florence in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1929, the years shaded on the chart below.
Florence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 796 | #391 |
| 2024 | 718 | #429 |
| 2023 | 583 | #522 |
| 2022 | 475 | #623 |
| 2021 | 401 | #715 |
| 2020 | 357 | #763 |
| 2019 | 282 | #936 |
| 2018 | 273 | #968 |
| 2017 | 267 | #978 |
| 2016 | 247 | #1,055 |
| 2015 | 214 | #1,175 |
| 2014 | 183 | #1,301 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,757 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,864 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,155 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,752 |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,903 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,441 |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,402 |
| 1988 | 101 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 106 | #1,301 |
| 1986 | 114 | #1,215 |
| 1985 | 127 | #1,133 |
| 1984 | 131 | #1,067 |
| 1983 | 141 | #1,005 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,032 |
| 1981 | 153 | #955 |
| 1980 | 152 | #977 |
| 1979 | 159 | #923 |
| 1978 | 146 | #954 |
| 1977 | 189 | #792 |
| 1976 | 191 | #755 |
| 1975 | 204 | #722 |
| 1974 | 216 | #682 |
| 1973 | 265 | #592 |
| 1972 | 249 | #624 |
| 1971 | 277 | #613 |
| 1970 | 331 | #557 |
| 1969 | 366 | #511 |
| 1968 | 323 | #531 |
| 1967 | 381 | #487 |
| 1966 | 474 | #428 |
| 1965 | 450 | #450 |
| 1964 | 536 | #423 |
| 1963 | 578 | #398 |
| 1962 | 598 | #385 |
| 1961 | 637 | #380 |
| 1960 | 738 | #356 |
| 1959 | 792 | #336 |
| 1958 | 848 | #315 |
| 1957 | 877 | #311 |
| 1956 | 942 | #286 |
| 1955 | 1,005 | #269 |
| 1954 | 1,034 | #257 |
| 1953 | 1,123 | #240 |
| 1952 | 1,241 | #222 |
| 1951 | 1,290 | #211 |
| 1950 | 1,445 | #190 |
| 1949 | 1,565 | #175 |
| 1948 | 1,698 | #165 |
| 1947 | 1,850 | #159 |
| 1946 | 1,907 | #146 |
| 1945 | 1,731 | #140 |
| 1944 | 1,977 | #133 |
| 1943 | 2,273 | #124 |
| 1942 | 2,535 | #110 |
| 1941 | 2,390 | #107 |
| 1940 | 2,467 | #100 |
| 1939 | 2,592 | #96 |
| 1938 | 2,805 | #89 |
| 1937 | 2,955 | #81 |
| 1936 | 3,083 | #80 |
| 1935 | 3,273 | #74 |
| 1934 | 3,736 | #61 |
| 1933 | 4,078 | #49 |
| 1932 | 4,542 | #47 |
| 1931 | 5,011 | #43 |
| 1930 | 5,867 | #38 |
| 1929 | 6,212 | #35 |
| 1928 | 6,970 | #32 |
| 1927 | 7,645 | #28 |
| 1926 | 8,178 | #26 |
| 1925 | 8,585 | #24 |
| 1924 | 9,472 | #20 |
| 1923 | 9,746 | #18 |
| 1922 | 10,036 | #18 |
| 1921 | 10,720 | #17 |
| 1920 | 10,731 | #16 |
| 1919 | 10,482 | #14 |
| 1918 | 11,318 | #14 |
| 1917 | 10,538 | #14 |
| 1916 | 10,412 | #14 |
| 1915 | 10,105 | #14 |
| 1914 | 7,886 | #13 |
| 1913 | 6,279 | #13 |
| 1912 | 5,739 | #12 |
| 1911 | 4,424 | #12 |
| 1910 | 4,282 | #12 |
| 1909 | 3,789 | #11 |
| 1908 | 3,883 | #11 |
| 1907 | 3,750 | #11 |
| 1906 | 3,691 | #10 |
| 1905 | 3,478 | #11 |
| 1904 | 3,572 | #8 |
| 1903 | 3,468 | #8 |
| 1902 | 3,509 | #7 |
| 1901 | 3,131 | #8 |
| 1900 | 3,920 | #7 |
| 1899 | 3,314 | #6 |
| 1898 | 3,790 | #6 |
| 1897 | 3,369 | #7 |
| 1896 | 3,323 | #8 |
| 1895 | 3,471 | #7 |
| 1894 | 3,233 | #8 |
| 1893 | 3,231 | #7 |
| 1892 | 3,154 | #6 |
| 1891 | 2,716 | #6 |
| 1890 | 2,744 | #6 |
| 1889 | 2,465 | #7 |
| 1888 | 2,444 | #8 |
| 1887 | 1,964 | #9 |
| 1886 | 1,860 | #10 |
| 1885 | 1,667 | #12 |
| 1884 | 1,570 | #12 |
| 1883 | 1,298 | #14 |
| 1882 | 1,322 | #13 |
| 1881 | 1,046 | #16 |
| 1880 | 1,063 | #14 |
Nicknames for Florence
Names like Florence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Florence
Florance
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