# Flora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/flora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈflɔːɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Flossie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 71,143 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 172 / 70,971 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,692, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 122 | 1,710 |
| 2012 | 128 | 1,664 |
| 2013 | 144 | 1,527 |
| 2014 | 170 | 1,368 |
| 2015 | 177 | 1,340 |
| 2016 | 195 | 1,253 |
| 2017 | 226 | 1,118 |
| 2018 | 244 | 1,052 |
| 2019 | 281 | 940 |
| 2020 | 279 | 925 |
| 2021 | 460 | 648 |
| 2022 | 402 | 726 |
| 2023 | 428 | 682 |
| 2024 | 455 | 645 |
| 2025 | 483 | 607 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 6 | 4,015 |
| 1923 | 14 | 2,263 |
| 1925 | 7 | 3,530 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,227 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,866 |
| 1929 | 8 | 3,079 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2,663 |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 1933 | 9 | 2,608 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,865 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,717 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,539 |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,962 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,235 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,235 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 412 |
| 2012 | 116 | 404 |
| 2013 | 100 | 426 |
| 2014 | 101 | 432 |
| 2015 | 158 | 305 |
| 2016 | 171 | 291 |
| 2017 | 168 | 293 |
| 2018 | 147 | 323 |
| 2019 | 168 | 291 |
| 2020 | 144 | 316 |
| 2021 | 227 | 220 |
| 2022 | 171 | 267 |
| 2023 | 201 | 230 |
| 2024 | 190 | 256 |
| 2025 | 193 | 241 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 弗洛拉
- Czech: Flóra
- French: Flore, Flora
- German: Flora
- Italian: Flora
- Polish: Flora
- Portuguese: Flora
- Russian: Фло́ра
- Scottish Gaelic: Flòraidh
- Spanish: Flora
- Tagalog: Flora

## People named Flora

- Flora Tristan, French writer and suffragist (1803-1844)
- Flora Brovina, Albanian women's rights activist
- Flora Robson, English actress (1902-1984)
- Flora Duffy, Bermudian triathlete
- Flora Purim, Brazilian jazz singer
- Flora MacDonald, British patriot (1722-1790)
- Flora Finch, British-born film actress (1867-1940)
- Flora Drummond, British suffragette (1878-1949)
- Flora Shaw, English journalist and writer, editor (1852-1929)
- Flora Karimova, Azerbaijani singer and public figure
- Flora Annie Steel, British historian and writer (1847–1929)
- Flora Martirosian, Armenian folk singer (1957-2012)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.