Flor
Feminine · “flower”
Flor is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 7,608 girls against 92 boys since 1880.
Flor is a flower in Spanish — from the Latin flos, which also gives flourish, flora and flour.
How old is the name Flor?
Flor first appears in US birth records in 1926 — 99 years ago. The typical Flor alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 7,400 people named Flor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Flor most popular?
Flor peaked in 2005, reaching #907 nationally. Today it ranks #2256, 1,349 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From flos to Flor
The story of Flor
Flour is named for being the flower of the meal, the best part, and English spelled the two words identically until the nineteenth century. Flor is used as a given name across the Spanish-speaking world, often short for Flor de María or Florencia. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
flower
From the Spanish flor, from the Latin flos, floris, 'flower'. The same root gives flora, floral, flourish and — because it named the finest part of the grain — flour. The Spanish is ordinary vocabulary and the etymology documented.
How the name formed
- flos
- flor
- Flor
Related forms: Flor · Flor · Flora
Pronouncing Flor
FLOR
One syllable. Spanish rolls the final r lightly.
Nicknames for Flor
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1926
- Most girls named
- 2007277 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #907reached in 2005
- Change vs 2023
- −13.8%81 in 2025, from 94
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Flor in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Flor in Spanish — same name
- Flor in Portuguese — same name
- Flora in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Flors among us
people named Flor are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,843 born in 2025 was named Flor
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Doretta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Flor's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Doretta climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Doretta's path sketches the road Flor is walking now.
Flor sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Flor is headed
Flor should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Flor beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Flor in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That flour is named for being the flower of the grain is a first-rate etymology.
- The flower meaning is transparent and needs no explanation.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- It is an ordinary Spanish noun and reads as one.
- English speakers may hear 'floor'.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Feminine · #2256 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Flors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,400 people named Flor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Flor in 2025?
- Flor ranks #2256 among US girl names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Flor?
- About 1 in every 19,843 US girls born in 2025 was named Flor — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Flor with classmates?
- Flor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Flor
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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