Floretta
Floretta is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Floretta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Floretta is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Floretta
Floretta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1890, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1930: 51 births, good for #1,031 nationwide. About 21% of every Floretta on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Floretta last appeared in the published SSA data in 1981, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Floretta
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About the name Floretta
Floretta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Floretta's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #1,031. Use the chart and map above to compare Floretta'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.