girls:
60 births since 1918
#5656 (1st percentile)
boys:
29 births since 1949
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
89 births since 1918
#7650 (1st percentile)
The name Lafrance is the #7,650 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 89 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,656 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 60 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 1949.
Lafrance first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1949 for boys). Birth data for Lafrance is available in 14 out of the 67 years between 1918 and 1984 (9 years for girls and 5 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 Lafrance has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.4% of all recorded births). In 1984, 0.0% of babies named Lafrance were girls.
For girls, Lafrance reached its peak popularity in 1965, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1965, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1971.
For boys, Lafrance reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #584) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1949, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1984.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lafrance".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lafrance. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.5% confident that Lafrance is pronounced as luh-FRANS, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-FRAHNS, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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