Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fanchon

#10,777 most common girls' name of all time · #17,906 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1897–1991

Rank among girls
#10,777
Rank overall
#17,906 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
519
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1987 #2,202
Best rank
#1,538 1897
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
19001920194019601980

Fanchon first appears in 1897. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1991 11 — 11 #7,476
1990 5 — 5 #13,071
1989 14 — 14 #5,884
1988 34 — 34 #2,992
1987 49 — 49 #2,202
1986 21 — 21 #3,905
1981 6 — 6 #9,210
1975 6 — 6 #8,089
1974 5 — 5 #8,891
1973 5 — 5 #8,545
1972 7 — 7 #6,631
1971 9 — 9 #5,602
1970 5 — 5 #8,123
1967 8 — 8 #5,057
1965 5 — 5 #6,653
1959 5 — 5 #6,370
1949 6 — 6 #4,797
1948 5 — 5 #5,375
1946 6 — 6 #4,526
1943 5 — 5 #4,823
1941 9 — 9 #3,095
1940 5 — 5 #4,509
1939 7 — 7 #3,511
1938 6 — 6 #3,961
1937 5 — 5 #4,413
1936 7 — 7 #3,487
1935 8 — 8 #3,240
1934 13 — 13 #2,345
1933 12 — 12 #2,463
1932 8 — 8 #3,367
1931 6 — 6 #3,948
1930 6 — 6 #4,149
1929 7 — 7 #3,784
1928 13 — 13 #2,545
1927 10 — 10 #3,128
1926 7 — 7 #3,990
1925 7 — 7 #4,134
1924 6 — 6 #4,558
1923 11 — 11 #2,996
1922 17 — 17 #2,240
1921 17 — 17 #2,240
1920 6 — 6 #4,523
1919 9 — 9 #3,280
1918 8 — 8 #3,601
1917 15 — 15 #2,263
1916 9 — 9 #3,115
1915 11 — 11 #2,602
1914 8 — 8 #2,746
1913 7 — 7 #2,664
1911 5 — 5 #2,650
1910 7 — 7 #2,058
1908 6 — 6 #2,009
1907 8 — 8 #1,614
1902 5 — 5 #1,953
1899 5 — 5 #1,787
1897 6 — 6 #1,538