France peaked in the US in 1918 at #1,277, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
France as a girl’s name
US
Canada
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
Canada
2017
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#2,876 (6)
2015
#16,419 (5)
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2004
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#1,984 (8)
2000
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#2,491 (5)
1999
#14,411 (5)
#2,499 (5)
1998
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#2,521 (5)
1997
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#1,293 (13)
1996
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#2,247 (6)
1995
#13,386 (5)
#1,831 (8)
1994
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#1,533 (9)
1993
#13,442 (5)
#931 (20)
1992
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#879 (22)
1991
#7,987 (10)
#818 (24)
1990
#11,409 (6)
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1989
#9,681 (7)
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France as a boy’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
2021
#12,146 (5)
1992
#8,435 (5)
1982
#5,619 (6)
1971
#4,907 (5)
1970
#4,724 (5)
1966
#3,249 (7)
1964
#4,039 (5)
1960
#3,665 (6)
1955
#3,886 (5)
1954
#3,452 (6)
1951
#3,364 (6)
1948
#3,316 (6)
1947
#2,356 (11)
1944
#3,430 (5)
1943
#3,231 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1918 at #1,277.
First recorded in the US in 1894.
In 1982, 60% of US babies named France were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.