first name
FLORA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,834 people named Flora, 40% reported their origin as White, 29.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Flora peaked in 1920, when 1,573 babies got the name.
At least 71,143 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Flora by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #120. The largest share of babies named Flora, 40.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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.
Where Flora is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Flora has been most common in Mississippi (4.6×), New Mexico (3.6×), and Alabama (3.5×), and least common in South Dakota (0.19×).
50,543 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Flora
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Flora, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Flora ranks #4,670 of 156,621, with 7,368 people. See Flora as a last name
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