French
#4,454 most common boys' name of all time · #10,943 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–1999
Rank among boys
#4,454
Rank overall
#10,943 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
1,129
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,334
Best rank
#561 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
French first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,913 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,953 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,362 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,591 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,652 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,686 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,557 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,485 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,016 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,276 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,631 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,755 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,019 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,814 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,572 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,693 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,670 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,121 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,287 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,521 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,571 |
| 1955 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1954 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,055 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,746 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,710 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,692 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1949 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,361 |
| 1948 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,539 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,899 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,273 |
| 1944 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,698 |
| 1943 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,205 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,820 |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,922 |
| 1940 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1939 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,657 |
| 1938 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,844 |
| 1936 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,815 |
| 1935 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,398 |
| 1934 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,628 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,374 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,218 |
| 1931 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,715 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1929 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,387 |
| 1928 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,619 |
| 1927 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,756 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1925 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1924 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,545 |
| 1923 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,517 |
| 1922 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1921 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,664 |
| 1920 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,334 |
| 1919 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,711 |
| 1918 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #1,324 |
| 1917 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,658 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,718 |
| 1915 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,166 |
| 1914 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,460 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,609 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,454 |
| 1911 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,150 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,354 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,447 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,053 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,065 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,169 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #882 |
| 1899 | — | 9 | 9 | #764 |
| 1898 | — | 10 | 10 | #735 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #834 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,049 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #852 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,153 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #992 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #933 |
| 1891 | — | 12 | 12 | #561 |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | #660 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,049 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,031 |
| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | #832 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #787 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #923 |