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.

France**

#5,290 most common girls' name of all time · #8,974 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1894–2021 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#5,290
Rank overall
#8,974 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
1,538
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1918 #1,290
Best rank
#1,290 1918
Girls Boys peak 74/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

France first appears in 1894. 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
2021 5 5
2015 5 5 #16,518
1999 5 5 #14,495
1995 5 5 #13,497
1993 5 5 #13,546
1992 5 5
1991 10 10 #8,045
1990 6 6 #11,475
1989 7 7 #9,756
1988 6 6 #10,465
1987 7 7 #8,855
1986 6 6 #9,633
1985 8 8 #7,626
1982 9 6 15 #6,942
1981 11 11 #5,932
1980 14 14 #5,008
1979 10 10 #6,249
1977 10 10 #5,937
1976 5 5 #9,428
1974 10 10 #5,413
1973 11 11 #4,919
1972 15 15 #3,931
1971 8 5 13 #6,069
1970 13 5 18 #4,291
1969 10 10 #4,762
1968 8 8 #5,209
1967 18 18 #2,996
1966 20 7 27 #2,771
1965 23 23 #2,556
1964 23 5 28 #2,619
1963 22 22 #2,652
1962 21 21 #2,688
1961 14 14 #3,490
1960 22 6 28 #2,591
1959 12 12 #3,665
1958 15 15 #3,125
1957 10 10 #3,975
1956 14 14 #3,235
1955 12 5 17 #3,428
1954 12 6 18 #3,376
1953 21 21 #2,321
1952 17 17 #2,612
1951 10 6 16 #3,536
1950 18 18 #2,375
1949 10 10 #3,446
1948 14 6 20 #2,735
1947 20 11 31 #2,233
1946 11 11 #3,080
1945 24 24 #1,714
1944 12 5 17 #2,672
1943 14 6 20 #2,493
1942 15 8 23 #2,348
1941 10 10 #2,908
1940 16 16 #2,061
1939 13 10 23 #2,342
1938 14 7 21 #2,271
1937 18 6 24 #1,875
1936 10 8 18 #2,742
1935 26 26 #1,469
1934 10 9 19 #2,794
1933 14 7 21 #2,211
1932 18 9 27 #1,916
1931 13 5 18 #2,356
1930 21 8 29 #1,780
1929 17 9 26 #2,050
1928 12 8 20 #2,679
1927 19 11 30 #2,055
1926 21 7 28 #1,909
1925 16 8 24 #2,325
1924 28 9 37 #1,628
1923 15 14 29 #2,407
1922 14 6 20 #2,532
1921 18 12 30 #2,154
1920 28 14 42 #1,569
1919 24 17 41 #1,673
1918 35 39 74 #1,290
1917 15 15 30 #2,257
1916 11 17 28 #2,728
1915 12 9 21 #2,446
1914 9 6 15 #2,519
1913 9 5 14 #2,244
1912 6 7 13 #2,757
1911 6 6 #2,302
1910 7 7 #2,048
1909 10 10 #1,443
1908 5 5 #2,253
1903 6 6 #1,737
1894 5 5 #1,676