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.

Fran*

#2,379 most common girls' name of all time · #4,056 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#2,379
Rank overall
#4,056 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
5,339
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1960 #593
Best rank
#593 1960
Girls Boys peak 297/yr
192019401960198020002020

Fran first appears in 1912. 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
2025 6 6
2017 6 6
2016 7 7
2015 5 5 #16,574
2012 5 5
2004 5 5
2003 8 8
2002 5 5
1998 5 5
1997 6 6
1996 5 5
1994 5 5
1993 6 6
1991 6 6 #11,650
1990 5 5
1988 7 7
1987 6 6 #9,980
1986 6 9 15 #9,686
1985 7 7 #8,448
1984 15 15 #4,785
1983 7 5 12 #8,161
1982 13 5 18 #5,265
1981 15 9 24 #4,784
1980 17 10 27 #4,377
1979 11 11 #5,831
1978 21 21 #3,535
1977 28 5 33 #2,853
1976 24 9 33 #3,028
1975 25 25 #2,905
1974 25 25 #2,857
1973 28 28 #2,577
1972 18 18 #3,438
1971 39 8 47 #2,117
1970 39 7 46 #2,098
1969 45 5 50 #1,847
1968 53 53 #1,584
1967 70 7 77 #1,304
1966 87 5 92 #1,138
1965 100 9 109 #1,050
1964 116 12 128 #994
1963 132 13 145 #917
1962 164 16 180 #818
1961 247 13 260 #652
1960 280 17 297 #593
1959 270 15 285 #605
1958 210 20 230 #683
1957 190 11 201 #726
1956 161 161 #778
1955 177 5 182 #711
1954 150 150 #763
1953 152 152 #742
1952 138 138 #759
1951 149 8 157 #717
1950 97 97 #907
1949 116 116 #811
1948 146 9 155 #688
1947 161 8 169 #660
1946 165 10 175 #617
1945 100 6 106 #754
1944 113 113 #708
1943 133 133 #658
1942 107 9 116 #723
1941 70 7 77 #875
1940 60 60 #932
1939 61 7 68 #901
1938 43 43 #1,109
1937 47 47 #1,045
1936 28 28 #1,406
1935 34 9 43 #1,238
1934 27 27 #1,434
1933 9 9 #3,005
1932 6 6 #4,128
1931 12 12 #2,538
1930 12 12 #2,642
1929 9 9 #3,291
1928 14 14 #2,473
1927 14 14 #2,531
1926 15 15 #2,447
1925 12 12 #2,887
1924 17 17 #2,288
1922 5 5 #5,248
1921 12 12 #2,895
1920 8 8 #3,771
1919 7 7 #4,030
1918 16 5 21 #2,275
1917 8 8 #3,558
1916 7 7 #3,766
1915 6 6 #4,032
1914 8 8 #2,831
1913 8 8 #2,521
1912 6 6 #2,932