Flora
Latin name of the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, taken from flos, flower. The Scots adopted it as a rendering of the Gaelic Fionnghuala.
Flora in 2025
Flora was given to 483 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 1,199th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 6,864 babies born.
The history of Flora
Flora reached its highest point in 1920, when 1,573 babies were given the name, ranking 259th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 112th, in 1880.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 71,143 babies have been named Flora. Half of them were born before 1925, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Greatest Generation.
Flora by decade
| Decade | Babies named Flora | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,200 | 112 |
| 1890s | 5,442 | 116 |
| 1900s | 6,038 | 139 |
| 1910s | 11,779 | 155 |
| 1920s | 14,025 | 259 |
| 1930s | 8,772 | 319 |
| 1940s | 6,191 | 435 |
| 1950s | 4,411 | 613 |
| 1960s | 2,282 | 937 |
| 1970s | 1,140 | 1,597 |
| 1980s | 830 | 1,917 |
| 1990s | 717 | 2,877 |
| 2000s | 1,008 | 2,777 |
| 2010s | 1,801 | 1,741 |
| 2020s | 2,507 | 1,199 |
Where Flora is heading
Flora has risen 173% over the past decade, from 177 babies in 2015 to 483 in 2025.
Names like Flora
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Flora.