Florence
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Florence for girls#391 US
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.
Florence for boys
Florence is historically a unisex name, deriving both from Latin Florentius and Florentia. Although much more commonly feminine in modern times, it appeared in the US Top 1000 for boys until 1914.
It's also a geographical name, belonging to the famous Italian city. J. K. Rowling used the Italian version, Firenze, for a centaur in the Harry Potter series.
Pronounced FLOR-ents.
As of October 2026, Florence ranked #391 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6 in 1891, Nameberry popularity #108.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,302 | 183 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,178 | 214 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,056 | 247 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #979 | 267 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #967 | 273 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #937 | 282 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #763 | 357 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #715 | 401 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #623 | 474 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #522 | 582 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #435 | 711 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #391 | 796 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Famous Florences
- Florence NightingaleGirl
English pioneering nurse
- Florence Glenda BallardGirl
American singer of The Supremes
- Florence Leontine Mary WelchGirl
English singer of Florence and the Machine
- Florence Caroline DixieGirl
English journalist and feminist
- Florence Delorez GriffithGirl
Joyner, American Olympic sprinter
- Florence Mabel Kling HardingGirl
wife of U.S. president Warren G. Harding
- Florence Agnes HendersonGirl
American actress and singer
- (Narcissa) Florence Foster JenkinsGirl
American operatic soprano
- Florence KelleyGirl
American social reformer and feminist
- Florence Virginia KingGirl
American novelist
- Florence KnightGirl
English celebrity chef
- Florence ReedGirl
American actress
- Florence Ada FullerGirl
Australian painter
- Florence "Flee" BrudenellGirl
Bruce, English model
- Florence Rena SabinGirl
American medical scientist
- Florence Sophie (Schorske) WaldGirl
American pioneering hospice nurse
- Florence ReeceGirl
American union activist and songwriter
- Florence CliveGirl
daughter of actress Michelle Newell and John Clive
- Florence FaivreGirl
French,Thai actress
- Florence Elsie Outhwaite (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actors Tamzin Outhwaite and Tom Ellis
- Florence Rose Endellion Cameron (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of British Prime Minister David Cameron
- Florence Myra ZamparelliGirl
daughter of TV presenter Jennifer Maguire & Lauterio Zamparelli
- Florence May King (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of actress Candice Accola and The Fray's guitarist Joe King
- Florence PughGirl
English actress
- Florence ChadwickGirl
American swimmer
- Florence GivenGirl
English author and feminist illustrator
Florence in pop culture
- Florence JohnstonGirl
character on TV's "The Jeffersons"
- Florence Jean CastleberryGirl
character in the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
- FlorenceGirl
character in animated series "The Magic Roundabout"
- FlorenceGirl
character in "The Unwanteds" series by Lisa McMann
- Florence de GreyGirl
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Florence HayesGirl
(male) character in Bravo's "Imposters"
- Hurricane FlorenceGirl
2018 storm
- Florence CassellGirl
character on BBC's "Death in Paradise"
- Florence Vassy Girl
character from the musical "Chess"