Florian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Florian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Florian: Recorded since 1976, it reached #342 in 2020, and it stood at #431 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#342highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1174
1999	#1850
2000	#2501
2001	#2220
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2004	#1596
2005	#2754
2006	#4052
2007	#1756
2008	#1403
2009	#2544
2010	#1801
2011	#1447
2012	#1229
2013	#1147
2014	#1630
2015	#1786
2016	#1627
2017	#1812
2018	#1284
2019	#1587
2020	#1492
2021	#1055
2022	#1104
2023	#1309
2024	#1000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 28 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2024: #480 among boys in Norway, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #595 among boys in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2025
Highest recorded position: #342 among boys in Norway, in 2020 (recorded 1976–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #431 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Florian appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 162 births with the name.

Florian across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Florian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#595 (1976)	#342 (2020)	#431 (2025)	28 of 50	162 (1976–2025)	9 (2020)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1000 (2024)	#1000 (2024)	28 of 29	367 (1996–2024)	30 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#637 (2020)	#637 (2020)	#785 (2024)	2 of 5	7 (2020–2024)	4 (2020)

Florian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Florian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	67	10 of 10	7
2010s	161	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	118	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Florian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #342 in Norway in 2020.

Florian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1104	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#431	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#480	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#427	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#447	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#520	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#517	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#541	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#397	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#492	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#452	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#458	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#454	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#469	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#568	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#541	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#569	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#460	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#595	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1976 and 2025, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #342, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Florentina · #2120, 15y
Flori · #2927, 14y
Floriana · #3899, 11y
Florie · #288, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mahad · #338, 47y
Pavel · #348, 46y
Rami · #334, 44y
Constantin · #353, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Rahel · #342, 41y
Evonne · #343, 10y
Linsey · #343, 17y
Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y

Florian was ranked #342 in Norway · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Florian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Florian without appearing here.

Florian moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1147 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #4678.
Fredrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1272 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1000 and #3254.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #3865.

Moved ahead of Florian

Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1147 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #1012.
Kasper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #1889.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #2142.
Ludvig Compare
In 1990 they stood at #454 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #485 and #325.

Moved the opposite way to Florian

Kjetil Compare
Between 1976 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Florian went from #595 to #342 while Kjetil went from #15 to #405.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 while Alan went from #163 to #592.

Moved the same way as Florian

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Florian went from #2357 to #1000 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #342 in Norway in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Florian

Florian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Florian across 3 official records

Florian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Florian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Florian

Florian and the names beside it

Florian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Florian

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Moved the same way as Florian

Florian at a glance

Florian across 3 official records

Florian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Florian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Florian

Florian and the names beside it

Florian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Florian

Moved the opposite way to Florian

Moved the same way as Florian