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.

Franz

#2,517 most common boys' name of all time · #6,060 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1889–2025

Rank among boys
#2,517
Rank overall
#6,060 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
2,864
Since 2016
136
Peak year
1963 #975
Best rank
#874 1889
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Franz first appears in 1889. 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 — 17 17 #5,408
2024 — 17 17 #5,461
2023 — 11 11 #7,312
2022 — 11 11 #7,275
2021 — 14 14 #6,050
2020 — 14 14 #6,003
2019 — 8 8 #8,931
2018 — 12 12 #6,722
2017 — 12 12 #6,708
2016 — 20 20 #4,783
2015 — 15 15 #5,758
2014 — 11 11 #7,069
2013 — 26 26 #3,872
2012 — 18 18 #5,047
2011 — 11 11 #7,023
2010 — 15 15 #5,756
2009 — 17 17 #5,347
2008 — 11 11 #7,215
2007 — 18 18 #5,011
2006 — 22 22 #4,234
2005 — 13 13 #5,900
2004 — 21 21 #4,142
2003 — 18 18 #4,444
2002 — 19 19 #4,197
2001 — 23 23 #3,623
2000 — 17 17 #4,407
1999 — 16 16 #4,357
1998 — 23 23 #3,306
1997 — 24 24 #3,075
1996 — 27 27 #2,759
1995 — 25 25 #2,861
1994 — 24 24 #2,959
1993 — 23 23 #2,958
1992 — 19 19 #3,357
1991 — 25 25 #2,689
1990 — 29 29 #2,388
1989 — 30 30 #2,254
1988 — 27 27 #2,262
1987 — 37 37 #1,769
1986 — 37 37 #1,704
1985 — 26 26 #2,129
1984 — 40 40 #1,538
1983 — 23 23 #2,223
1982 — 17 17 #2,735
1981 — 21 21 #2,350
1980 — 41 41 #1,502
1979 — 23 23 #2,180
1978 — 23 23 #2,080
1977 — 30 30 #1,747
1976 — 33 33 #1,618
1975 — 40 40 #1,388
1974 — 26 26 #1,800
1973 — 26 26 #1,755
1972 — 41 41 #1,317
1971 — 40 40 #1,341
1970 — 46 46 #1,229
1969 — 37 37 #1,311
1968 — 44 44 #1,137
1967 — 33 33 #1,326
1966 — 43 43 #1,141
1965 — 55 55 #997
1964 — 45 45 #1,152
1963 — 60 60 #975
1962 — 48 48 #1,109
1961 — 39 39 #1,273
1960 — 42 42 #1,219
1959 — 33 33 #1,376
1958 — 37 37 #1,270
1957 — 44 44 #1,174
1956 — 30 30 #1,433
1955 — 35 35 #1,281
1954 — 32 32 #1,341
1953 — 34 34 #1,294
1952 — 24 24 #1,560
1951 — 28 28 #1,416
1950 — 24 24 #1,518
1949 — 29 29 #1,361
1948 — 18 18 #1,782
1947 — 19 19 #1,758
1946 — 28 28 #1,342
1945 — 18 18 #1,600
1944 — 24 24 #1,386
1943 — 20 20 #1,607
1942 — 34 34 #1,206
1941 — 27 27 #1,286
1940 — 26 26 #1,323
1939 — 25 25 #1,341
1938 — 24 24 #1,381
1937 — 29 29 #1,249
1936 — 31 31 #1,196
1935 — 21 21 #1,521
1934 — 18 18 #1,688
1933 — 22 22 #1,476
1932 — 22 22 #1,523
1931 — 19 19 #1,661
1930 — 18 18 #1,783
1929 — 18 18 #1,820
1928 — 22 22 #1,628
1927 — 19 19 #1,829
1926 — 12 12 #2,472
1925 — 17 17 #1,970
1924 — 6 6 #3,940
1923 — 12 12 #2,495
1922 — 13 13 #2,391
1921 — 15 15 #2,182
1920 — 17 17 #2,007
1919 — 7 7 #3,457
1918 — 16 16 #2,026
1917 — 23 23 #1,506
1916 — 34 34 #1,130
1915 — 21 21 #1,535
1914 — 22 22 #1,284
1913 — 12 12 #1,625
1912 — 13 13 #1,388
1911 — 6 6 #1,643
1910 — 5 5 #1,693
1909 — 6 6 #1,390
1906 — 6 6 #1,213
1902 — 5 5 #1,260
1895 — 5 5 #1,212
1894 — 7 7 #940
1893 — 6 6 #1,020
1889 — 7 7 #874