Florian
Florian is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 525th, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921125 births
- Best rank
- #525in 1917
- Since 1886
- 3,638people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,638 boys have been named Florian in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 125 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 39 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Florian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 43 | |
| 1900s | 57 | |
| 1910s | 716 | |
| 1920s | 953 | |
| 1930s | 507 | |
| 1940s | 333 | |
| 1950s | 208 | |
| 1960s | 93 | |
| 1970s | 64 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 120 | |
| 2000s | 146 | |
| 2010s | 163 | |
| 2020s | 149 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Florian was the 563rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Florian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carlylepeak 1918
- Harlandpeak 1922
- Eldredpeak 1921
- Durwardpeak 1916
- Vergilpeak 1920
- Orvelpeak 1919
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Casimirpeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.