Frantz

Peak · boys
1988 · 45 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,103
since 1938

Frantz over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Frantz has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,592, 1988boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#9,8947
2023#6,22014
2022#6,82812
2021—
2020#9,5547
2019#7,64310
2018#8,1549
2017#7,09511
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2015#8,0409
2014#8,1309
2013#7,53710
2012#7,55910
2011#9,6007
2010#8,8038
2009#6,43613
2008#5,48716
2007#5,21017
2006#6,09413
2005#5,27815
2004#9,9486
2003#4,42618
2002#4,70316
2001#4,67616
2000#3,21926
1999#5,31712
1998#3,29623
1997#3,45520
1996#4,18515
1995#3,10022
1994#3,03023
1993#2,45530
1992#2,59927
1991#1,86742
1990#2,37329
1989#2,10633
1988#1,59245
1987#1,97431
1986#1,72536
1985#2,29323
1984#2,15924
1983#1,71133
1982#1,62237
1981#2,08625
1980#2,61718
1979#2,23622
1978#2,79915
1977#1,90426
1976#2,17721
1975#2,45017
1974#2,12920
1973#2,60614
1972#2,65913
1971#2,68613
1970#1,84723
1969#1,91419
1968#2,73510
1967#2,61110
1966#2,62710
1965#3,9305
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First appearance
1938

The first year at least five boys were named Frantz! It came in at #3,534, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1938–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Frantz is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Frantz in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Frantz
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 984 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,910)
  • 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
  • 870 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1938
  • Peaked 1988 at #1,592 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 7 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 42,540
  • Highest: 1 in 42,540 boys born in 1988 were named Frantz (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 27.7% of all boys named Frantz (305) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#3,534 (1938)#3,534
1940s13#3,010 (1948)#3,154
1950s12#3,535 (1956)#3,544
1960s54#1,914 (1969)#2,763
1970s184#1,847 (1970)#2,349
1980s305#1,592 (1988)#1,989
1990s243#1,867 (1991)#3,168
2000s156#3,219 (2000)#5,548
2010s83#7,095 (2017)#8,062
2020s48#6,220 (2023)#8,281

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.

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