Fran was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Fran as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2015
#16,419 (5)
1991
#11,509 (6)
1987
#9,825 (6)
1986
#9,545 (6)
1985
#8,318 (7)
1984
#4,737 (15)
1983
#8,047 (7)
1982
#5,209 (13)
1981
#4,746 (15)
1980
#4,327 (17)
1979
#5,751 (11)
1978
#3,512 (21)
1977
#2,838 (28)
1976
#3,002 (24)
1975
#2,881 (25)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1935 at #2,529.
First recorded in the US in 1918.
In 1986, 40% of US babies named Fran were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.