Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Flo

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Flo
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

91.2%

2024

All-time

2,094

Flo has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1917, when 57 girls were named Flo.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 91.2% from its peak.

All told, about 2,094 Americans have been named Flo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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