Frans
- Last seen for boys in 2018 at #10,760
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 150since 1915
Frans over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Frans has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Frans! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Frans is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Frans in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Frans
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1934 at #2,742 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 129,075
- Highest: 1 in 129,075 boys born in 1934 were named Frans (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 302,693 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 16.7% of all boys named Frans (25) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,825 (1915) | #4,002 |
| 1920s | 11 | #3,867 (1924) | #4,039 |
| 1930s | 20 | #2,742 (1934) | #3,195 |
| 1940s | 13 | #2,919 (1946) | #3,026 |
| 1950s | 12 | #3,290 (1959) | #3,502 |
| 1960s | 25 | #2,982 (1965) | #3,577 |
| 1970s | 20 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,421 |
| 1980s | 13 | #5,459 (1987) | #5,472 |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,415 |
| 2000s | 13 | #8,643 (2003) | #9,819 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,760 (2018) | #10,760 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Frans ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: