Flo
Flo is a name which it is often used of a short form (hypocorism) of Florence. It may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Flo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Flo is a name which it is often used of a short form (hypocorism) of Florence. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Flo
Flo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1881, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 57 births, good for #916 nationwide. About 21% of every Flo on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Flo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Flo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Flo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Flo
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About the name Flo
Flo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Flo's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #916. Use the chart and map above to compare Flo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.