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Girl name#449 of girl names

Flora

Pronounced F L AO1 R AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1920
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Flora?

Flora is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 70,655 children — the 449th most common girls' name on record.

It peaked in 1920, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1920, when 1,566 children were given it.

05001,0001,5002,00018901920195019802010
1920Girls: 1,566Boys: 7

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
F L AO1 R AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Flora

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Flora

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Flora?
Flora ranks 449th among girls' names in US records, with 70,655 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,142.
Is Flora a unisex name?
No. Flora is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Flora most popular?
1920, when 1,566 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.