Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Flossie

#996 most common girls' name of all time · #1,786 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2023

Rank among girls
#996
Rank overall
#1,786 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
21,845
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1919 #257
Best rank
#129 1891
Girls Boys peak 613/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Flossie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 5 — 5 #15,198
2020 7 — 7 #12,149
1987 6 — 6 #9,828
1986 6 — 6 #9,550
1985 5 — 5 #10,680
1983 5 — 5 #10,280
1982 6 — 6 #9,240
1980 10 — 10 #6,320
1979 8 — 8 #7,317
1978 7 — 7 #7,652
1977 9 — 9 #6,344
1976 8 — 8 #6,616
1975 10 — 10 #5,517
1974 12 — 12 #4,722
1973 10 — 10 #5,193
1972 10 — 10 #5,114
1971 15 — 15 #3,944
1970 13 — 13 #4,249
1969 16 — 16 #3,463
1968 15 — 15 #3,457
1967 17 — 17 #3,086
1966 22 — 22 #2,587
1965 38 — 38 #1,854
1964 31 — 31 #2,151
1963 39 — 39 #1,868
1962 33 — 33 #2,032
1961 39 — 39 #1,838
1960 53 — 53 #1,525
1959 45 — 45 #1,621
1958 47 — 47 #1,558
1957 65 — 65 #1,318
1956 69 — 69 #1,250
1955 59 — 59 #1,310
1954 68 — 68 #1,214
1953 62 — 62 #1,227
1952 76 — 76 #1,082
1951 89 — 89 #988
1950 87 — 87 #971
1949 102 — 102 #868
1948 123 — 123 #773
1947 121 — 121 #787
1946 108 — 108 #792
1945 108 — 108 #717
1944 141 — 141 #616
1943 149 — 149 #620
1942 159 — 159 #586
1941 152 — 152 #565
1940 156 — 156 #550
1939 171 — 171 #511
1938 184 5 189 #489
1937 204 — 204 #460
1936 201 — 201 #450
1935 249 — 249 #413
1934 276 — 276 #386
1933 292 — 292 #375
1932 289 — 289 #386
1931 292 — 292 #377
1930 366 — 366 #341
1929 375 7 382 #334
1928 397 — 397 #335
1927 418 5 423 #330
1926 445 5 450 #316
1925 455 — 455 #311
1924 467 — 467 #309
1923 505 5 510 #288
1922 478 — 478 #294
1921 534 — 534 #287
1920 544 — 544 #280
1919 613 — 613 #257
1918 564 5 569 #268
1917 574 — 574 #260
1916 548 — 548 #261
1915 582 5 587 #244
1914 538 — 538 #230
1913 463 — 463 #223
1912 393 — 393 #228
1911 339 — 339 #208
1910 387 — 387 #178
1909 343 — 343 #175
1908 340 — 340 #176
1907 391 — 391 #161
1906 296 — 296 #172
1905 406 — 406 #147
1904 338 — 338 #161
1903 297 — 297 #166
1902 330 — 330 #157
1901 301 — 301 #158
1900 368 — 368 #158
1899 265 — 265 #169
1898 320 — 320 #158
1897 278 — 278 #164
1896 315 — 315 #149
1895 295 — 295 #153
1894 297 — 297 #147
1893 296 — 296 #140
1892 301 — 301 #136
1891 292 — 292 #129
1890 231 — 231 #152
1889 221 — 221 #149
1888 182 — 182 #160
1887 123 — 123 #182
1886 105 — 105 #193
1885 73 — 73 #232
1884 70 — 70 #231
1883 64 — 64 #226
1882 33 — 33 #310
1881 28 — 28 #299
1880 25 — 25 #320