How rare is the name Flavia?

4,978 people in the United States have the first name Flavia, about 1 in 60,673. It ranks #3,925 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FLAVIA

#3,925

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,978
About
1 in 60,673
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,978 people named Flavia, 46% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 43% as White and 6.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Flavia peaked in 1921, when 39 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
39
In 2025*
13 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,843 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Flavia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,899. The largest share of babies named Flavia, 24.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,89938
1890s#2,17950
1900s#2,30870
1910s#2,906176
1920s#2,958258
1930s#3,680152
1940s#4,723113
1950s#5,418115
1960s#5,843120
1970s#6,900134
1980s#9,494109
1990s#10,778132
2000s#12,392150
2010s#13,070147
2020s#13,60079
Before 19015.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2724.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.9%
Baby boom 1946–6412.2%
Generation X 1965–8010.9%
Millennials 1981–9610.8%
Generation Z 1997–1211.7%
2013 and later10.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Flavia

1 other first name also has 4,978 people.

#3,925 Olena · 4,978

Either side of Flavia

#3,923 Dayanara · 4,983#3,924 Georgiana · 4,979#3,925 Olena · 4,978#3,927 Maha · 4,977

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Flavia, most common first.

#3,256 Flavio · 6,554#43,502 Flabia · 162#45,337 Flavie · 150

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