Fran
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to girls 93.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 280 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,965since 1912
Fran over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,299 | 70 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,135 | 87 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,048 | 100 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #990 | 116 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #915 | 132 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #816 | 164 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #651 | 247 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #592 | 280 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #604 | 270 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #682 | 210 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #725 | 190 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #772 | 161 | — | |
| 1955 | #710 | 177 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #760 | 150 | — | |
| 1953 | #741 | 152 | — | |
| 1952 | #757 | 138 | — | |
| 1951 | #715 | 149 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #900 | 97 | — | |
| 1949 | #807 | 116 | — | |
| 1948 | #686 | 146 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #658 | 161 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #617 | 165 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #749 | 100 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #705 | 113 | — | |
| 1943 | #657 | 133 | — | |
| 1942 | #720 | 107 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #871 | 70 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #928 | 60 | — | |
| 1939 | #898 | 61 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,035 | 47 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Fran! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Fran is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Fran in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fran
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1939
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1962
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1960 at #592 (280 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1939–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,221
- Highest: 1 in 7,221 girls born in 1960 were named Fran (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 34.1% of all girls named Fran (1,694) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
- Mostly girls until 2015, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 66 | #2,209 (1918) | #3,040 |
| 1920s | 106 | #2,212 (1924) | #2,962 |
| 1930s | 279 | #898 (1939) | #1,878 |
| 1940s | 1,171 | #617 (1946) | #740 |
| 1950s | 1,694 | #604 (1959) | #737 |
| 1960s | 1,294 | #592 (1960) | #1,086 |
| 1970s | 258 | #2,081 (1970) | #3,098 |
| 1980s | 86 | #4,327 (1980) | #6,844 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,509 (1991) | #11,509 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,419 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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