Florence
Top 1000
About Florence
Florence is back, returning to the US Top 1000 girl names in 2017 after a nearly 40 year absence. Other English-speaking countries have been quicker to welcome Florence back into fashion.
The name has a lot going for it, both for its floral feel and as a place name connection to the lovely Italian city (after which Florence Nightingale was named—it was her birthplace). The association to the city seems to be helping Florence stir back to life, along with cousin Flora.
The band Florence + the Machine, headlined by red-haired Florence Welch, has also helped to rejuvenate its image.
Florence was most popular in the US at the turn of the last century and in the early decades of the twentieth—it was in the Top 10 from 1886 to 1906.
Florence has a diverse mixture of namesakes and references—a character in Dickens's Dombey & Sons, a US First Lady (Harding), one of the Supremes, the Brady Bunch's Henderson, track and field star Florence Griffith Joyner, and several TV characters.
Florence has some particularly lively nicknames—Flo, Flossie, and Florrie.
As of October 2026, Florence ranked #391 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6 in 1891, Nameberry popularity #103.
Editor's take: The name Florence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "flourishing, prosperous".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,302 | 183 | 102.4 |
| 2015 | #1,178 | 214 | 119.9 |
| 2016 | #1,056 | 247 | 139.4 |
| 2017 | #979 | 267 | 154.7 |
| 2018 | #967 | 273 | 160.5 |
| 2019 | #937 | 282 | 168 |
| 2020 | #763 | 357 | 220.8 |
| 2021 | #715 | 401 | 244.4 |
| 2022 | #623 | 474 | 289 |
| 2023 | #522 | 582 | 362.7 |
| 2024 | #435 | 711 | 438.8 |
| 2025 | #391 | 796 | 495.3 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Winifred
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Florence on lists
Famous Florences
- Florence Nightingale
English pioneering nurse
- Florence Glenda Ballard
American singer of The Supremes
- Florence Leontine Mary Welch
English singer of Florence and the Machine
- Florence Caroline Dixie
English journalist and feminist
- Florence Delorez Griffith
Joyner, American Olympic sprinter
- Florence Mabel Kling Harding
wife of U.S. president Warren G. Harding
- Florence Agnes Henderson
American actress and singer
- (Narcissa) Florence Foster Jenkins
American operatic soprano
- Florence Kelley
American social reformer and feminist
- Florence Virginia King
American novelist
- Florence Knight
English celebrity chef
- Florence Reed
American actress
- Florence Ada Fuller
Australian painter
- Florence "Flee" Brudenell
Bruce, English model
- Florence Rena Sabin
American medical scientist
- Florence Sophie (Schorske) Wald
American pioneering hospice nurse
- Florence Reece
American union activist and songwriter
- Florence Clive
daughter of actress Michelle Newell and John Clive
- Florence Faivre
French,Thai actress
- Florence Elsie Outhwaite (b. 2008)
daughter of actors Tamzin Outhwaite and Tom Ellis
- Florence Rose Endellion Cameron (b. 2010)
daughter of British Prime Minister David Cameron
- Florence Myra Zamparelli
daughter of TV presenter Jennifer Maguire & Lauterio Zamparelli
- Florence May King (b. 2016)
daughter of actress Candice Accola and The Fray's guitarist Joe King
- Florence Pugh
English actress
- Florence Chadwick
American swimmer
- Florence Given
English author and feminist illustrator
Florence in pop culture
- Florence Johnston
character on TV's "The Jeffersons"
- Florence Jean Castleberry
character in the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- Florence
character in animated series "The Magic Roundabout"
- Florence
character in "The Unwanteds" series by Lisa McMann
- Florence de Grey
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Florence Hayes
(male) character in Bravo's "Imposters"
- Hurricane Florence
2018 storm
- Florence Cassell
character on BBC's "Death in Paradise"
Variations & nicknames
- BlathnaidIrish
- FlorentiaGerman
- FlorianaSpanish
- FiorentinaItalian
- FloriniaSpanish
- FlorencitaSpanish
- FlorenciaSpanish
- FiorenzaItalian