Florence

“Flourishing, blossoming” — Latin via French origin

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

Florence was #6 in 1890, slipped to #3135 by 2009, and has climbed back to #391 today. Roughly 339,000 girls have been named Florence since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Florence's short forms are Flo, Flossie, Floy, and Florrie.

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).

Similar names: Della · Flora · Prudence · Frankie · Beatrice · Maxine

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