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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#525 · 1 in 4,813
- Georgia#555 · 1 in 5,484
- New York#563 · 1 in 5,952
- North Carolina#643 · 1 in 7,686
- Louisiana#644 · 1 in 6,052
Best ever in a state: #278 in New York, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #525 | 5 | 1 in 4,813 |
| Georgia | #555 | 8 | 1 in 5,484 |
| New York | #563 | 27 | 1 in 5,952 |
| North Carolina | #643 | 6 | 1 in 7,686 |
| Louisiana | #644 | 6 | 1 in 6,052 |
| New Jersey | #654 | 6 | 1 in 9,486 |
| Michigan | #855 | 5 | 1 in 15,628 |
| Illinois | #955 | 6 | 1 in 16,362 |
| Texas | #1,019 | 8 | 1 in 13,035 |
| California | #1,653 | 5 | 1 in 34,375 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Fran
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1939 (#1,091 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1962 (#651 → #816)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1960 at #592 (280 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1939–1964
- 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%)
- 34.1% of all girls named Fran (1,694) were born in this decade
- 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.
Fran in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 16,335 of them was named Fran, which outranked 87.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 166,058 of them was named Fran, which outranked 47.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,310Vinnie13
- #2,310Waylon13
- #2,310Yolanda13
- #2,409Fran12
- #2,409Adolf12
- #2,409Almon12
- #2,409Alvino12
- #2,546Alfons11
- #2,546Alfonse11
- #2,546Ander11
Tied with 136 names at #2,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.