Flannery vs Flavia
American parents have registered 1,843 Flavias since 1880, against 580 Flannerys. Flavia is still ahead, with 13 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Flannery Flavia
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 138 years in which either name was published, Flavia for 117 years and Flannery for 21 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1881–1984 Flavia ahead
- 1993–2002 Flannery ahead
- 2003–2005 Flavia ahead
- 2008–2015 Flannery ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2016–2025 Flavia ahead
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Flannery | Flavia | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 580 | 1,843 |
| Most in one year | 23 | 39 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 13 |
| Estimated living today | 570 | 1,000 |
| Median age today | 23 | 38 |
| Peak year | 2006 | 1921 |
| Best rank | 5,709th girls | 1,237th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 13,208th | 7,885th |
| First recorded | 1980 | 1881 |
| Girls / boys | 580 / 0 | 1,843 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Flavias alive today are over 38; half the Flannerys are over 23. That is 15 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Flannery and Flavia.