girls:
5k births since 1912
#2400 (58th percentile)
boys:
369 births since 1918
#4217 (8th percentile)
overall:
5.3k births since 1912
#3741 (52nd percentile)
The name Fran is the #3,741 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,334 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 51.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,400 (58.0% percentile) for all time with 4,965 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,217 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 369 births since 1918.
Fran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1918 for boys). Birth data for Fran is available in 90 out of the 106 years between 1912 and 2017 (77 years for girls and 45 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Fran has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2017, 0.0% of babies named Fran were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for girls (94.3% girls from 1912 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.1% boys from 1990 to 2017).
For girls, Fran reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 33.0% percentile (ranked #517) with 135 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 135 births per million (ranked 33.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Fran reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #649) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fran".
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