Franc

Last seen for girls in 1883 at #920 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to boys 61.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2002 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16
since 2001

Franc over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #9,392, 2002girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1883#9205
1882#9085
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Franc! It came in at #10,556, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2003–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Franc
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2002 at #9,392 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 1 yr 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 323,586
  • Highest: 1 in 323,586 boys born in 2002 were named Franc (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 68.8% of all boys named Franc (11) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2001
  • Mostly girls until 2000, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s11#9,392 (2002)#9,974
2010s5#12,136 (2013)#12,136

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.

Franc in 2001

boys
#10,556
5 births · 1 in 388,576 boys

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #10,556Franc5
More about 2001

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 388,576 of them was named Franc, which outranked 14.2% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Franc
  1. #9,243Zuhaib6
  2. #9,243Zyier6
  3. #9,243Zyshon6
  4. #10,556Franc5
  5. #10,556Aahil5
  6. #10,556Aarick5
  7. #10,556Aaronjoshua5

Tied with 1,751 names at #10,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. 5,879Jaheim#6,316#437
  2. 1,128Imanol#2,049#921
  3. 730Jagger#1,391#661
  4. 539Maximus#850#311
  5. 461Daunte#1,429#968
Fallers
  1. 476Tyreek#914#1,390
  2. 466Tyrique#949#1,415
  3. 456Infant#765#1,221
  4. 423Deion#893#1,316
  5. 291Nicklaus#986#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001