Feminine dossier · first seen 1880
Flora
Resurgent
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
1920
Peak births
1,566
Current vitality
Fragile
Peak generation
Greatest Generation
Quick answers about Flora
How many people are named Flora?
An estimated 14,879 living Americans are named Flora.
How rare is Flora?
Flora is uncommon among babies today, with 483 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 69.2% from its 1920 peak.
How old is the typical Flora?
The median age of a living American named Flora is approximately 54 years, with most bearers falling between 12 and 72 years old.
Is Flora still popular?
Yes — Flora is currently rising in popularity, with 483 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.7× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Flora most common?
Flora has its strongest geographic signal in New Mexico, where it appears 7.1× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19202025
Peak year
1920
Decline from peak
69.2%
2025
483
All-time
70,971
Where it lives now
Flora is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 5.9× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Flora is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.