# Florent (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/florent/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 50 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 50 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,131 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,486 |
| 1920 | 7 | 3,610 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,016 |
| 1923 | 9 | 3,042 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,589 |
| 1927 | 6 | 3,924 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,184 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## People named Florent

- Florent Malouda, French footballer (born 1980)
- Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
- Florent Sinama Pongolle, French footballer (born 1984)
- Florent Schmitt, French composer (1870-1958)
- Florent Serra, French tennis player
- Florent Pagny, French recording artist; singer
- Florent Balmont, French association football player
- Florent Piétrus, French basketball player (born 1981)
- Florent Rouamba, Burkinabe footballer
- Florent Ibengé, Congolese football manager
- Florent Mollet, French association football player
- Florent Amodio, French figure skater

## 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.