Flossie
Flossie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 129th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1919613 births
- Best rank
- #129in 1891
- Since 1880
- 21,808people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,808 girls have been named Flossie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 613 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 613 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1917, and the 1910s alone account for 23%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Flossie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 924 | |
| 1890s | 2,890 | |
| 1900s | 3,410 | |
| 1910s | 5,001 | |
| 1920s | 4,618 | |
| 1930s | 2,524 | |
| 1940s | 1,319 | |
| 1950s | 667 | |
| 1960s | 303 | |
| 1970s | 102 | |
| 1980s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Flossie was the 257th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1919 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Flossie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Florriepeak 1921
- Maudiepeak 1918
- Goldapeak 1915
- Mossiepeak 1921
- Friedapeak 1916
- Eurapeak 1920
- Goldiepeak 1915
- Verdiepeak 1918
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.