Franz

#5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births

Peak · boys
1889 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,864
since 1889

Franz over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Franz has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #789, 1889boys
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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#5,39917
2024#5,44317
2023#7,28911
2022#7,26211
2021#6,03214
2020#5,98014
2019#8,8898
2018#6,70312
2017#6,68512
2016#4,77620
2015#5,74615
2014#7,04811
2013#3,86426
2012#5,03518
2011#7,00911
2010#5,74115
2009#5,33417
2008#7,18711
2007#4,99618
2006#4,22322
2005#5,87513
2004#4,12921
2003#4,42618
2002#4,18819
2001#3,61723
2000#4,38917
1999#4,34116
1998#3,29623
1997#3,06424
1996#2,74727
1995#2,84725
1994#2,95124
1993#2,94323
1992#3,33819
1991#2,68325
1990#2,37329
1989#2,24530
1988#2,25527
1987#1,76037
1986#1,69437
1985#2,11626
1984#1,53140
1983#2,20823
1982#2,70917
1981#2,33821
1980#1,49641
1979#2,15723
1978#2,06823
1977#1,74330
1976#1,60833
1975#1,37840
1974#1,79026
1973#1,73626
1972#1,30741
1971#1,33040
1970#1,22246
1969#1,30237
1968#1,13144
1967#1,31233
1966#1,13143
1965#99655
1964#1,14745
1963#97160
1962#1,10848
1961#1,26239
1960#1,21042
1959#1,36033
1958#1,26537
1957#1,16544
1956#1,41830
1955#1,27335
1954#1,33332
1953#1,28034
1952#1,54724
1951#1,40728
1950#1,49924
1949#1,34829
1948#1,75818
1947#1,73319
1946#1,32728
1945#1,58118
1944#1,37024
1943#1,57720
1942#1,19334
1941#1,27627
1940#1,31126
1939#1,32325
1938#1,36424
1937#1,23329
1936#1,18231
1935#1,49421
1934#1,65818
1933#1,45622
1932#1,50922
1931#1,64319
1930#1,75318
1929#1,79318
1928#1,61122
1927#1,79619
1926#2,43612
1925#1,93517
1924#3,8676
1923#2,44612
1922#2,34713
1921#2,15215
1920#1,96617
1919#3,3917
1918#1,99816
1917#1,47923
1916#1,12034
1915#1,50521
1914#1,26022
1913#1,58012
1912#1,35313
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
1909#1,2776
1908
1907
1906#1,1116
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894#8577
1893#9076
1892
1891
1890
1889#7897
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Franz! It came in at #789, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Franz is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Franz
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#5,443#5,399)
  • 581 spots since 2020 (#5,980#5,399)
  • 347 spots since 2015 (#5,746#5,399)
  • Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1965 (#1,147#996)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1895 (#857#1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #789 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1893–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,797
  • Highest: 1 in 15,797 boys born in 1889 were named Franz (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 15.6% of all boys named Franz (446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#789 (1889)#789
1890s18#857 (1894)#948
1900s17#1,111 (1906)#1,175
1910s159#1,120 (1916)#1,681
1920s151#1,611 (1928)#2,235
1930s229#1,182 (1936)#1,462
1940s243#1,193 (1942)#1,447
1950s321#1,165 (1957)#1,355
1960s446#971 (1963)#1,157
1970s328#1,222 (1970)#1,634
1980s299#1,496 (1980)#2,035
1990s235#2,373 (1990)#3,058
2000s179#3,617 (2001)#4,836
2010s148#3,864 (2013)#6,150
2020s84#5,399 (2025)#6,234

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.

Franz in 1893

boys
#907
6 births · 1 in 18,720 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #907Franz6
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Franz, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Franz
  1. #836Willian7
  2. #836Worth7
  3. #836Yee7
  4. #907Franz6
  5. #907Agnes6
  6. #907Albion6
  7. #907Alfredo6
  8. #1,035Addie5
  9. #1,035Adelard5
  10. #1,035Adolfo5

Tied with 127 names at #907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893