Florence

“Flourishing, blossoming” — Latin via French origin

Girl's name · #391 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Florence has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #6 (1890) · 339,093 babies named Florence all-time · 1 in 2,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #5 in England & Wales (2025) · #25 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #25 in New Zealand (2025) · #28 in Canada (2024) · #30 in Australia (VIC) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Florences

Florence Nightingale — English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
Florence Pugh — British actress (born 1996)
Florence Griffith Joyner — American track and field athlete (1959-1998)
Florence Devouard — French open knowledge advocate, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, co-founder of Wikimedia France (born 1968)
Florence Welch — English singer and songwriter (born 1986)

In stories & tradition

Florence Craye — Jeeves
Florence Cassell — Death in Paradise
Florence Jean Castleberry — Alice · Flo

What Florences become

Among 1,660 notable people named Florence:

Artists & writers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Florence Welch, English singer and songwriter (born 1986).

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