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Fleur

#9,053 in 2025Girls' name

Flower

Fleur has been given to 270 babies in the U.S. since 1926. In 2025 it ranked #9,053 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Fleur, 2025

1 in 301,000

Fleur over time, 1880–2025

Girls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fleur: meaning, origin, and history

Flower

French

What Fleur means

Fleur means “flower”, associated with fleur.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

French fleur (“flower”), name of a character in Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Fleur (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Fleur is used in English and French. Its origins include French.

Fleur comes through French fleur.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Fleur is pronounced /flœʁ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 270 girls were recorded with the name Fleur between 1926 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,902 in 1933.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,897 in 2020 to #9,053 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,691 in 2015 to #9,053 in 2025.

How common is Fleur?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,053
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Fleur sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fleur. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fleurs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fleur was born before 2012 — so the typical Fleur is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
251
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.1% of all recorded uses (92).

Is Fleur rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−436
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+6,844
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+638
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.8%
Peak was 2021 (16)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,902
1933

Spellings of Fleur

Fleur is not the most common spelling — Flor is, with 82.6% against Fleur's 2.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fleur around the world

Where Fleur ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #520
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2003–2024
    #790
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    1972–2024
    #736
    in 2024
  • France
    1900–2025
    #450
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #2,463
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Fleur by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,053
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,844
Best rank ever
#3,902
1933
Peak year
2021
16 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
270
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Fleur

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

FledaFleciaFletcherFletaFleetaFleuretteFleshiaFleshaFlemmieFlechiaFlerida

Sibling names for Fleur

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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