Fran

Girl · recorded 1912–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1960best year

Most popular in 1960.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Fran.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

06913819121938196419892015

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 77 recorded years as a table
Fran, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191211
191313
191411
19156
19167
19177
191814
19196
19207
192110
19224
192414
192510
192613
192712
192812
19298
193011
193111
19326
19339
193426
193532
193627
193744
193839
193956
194052
194158
194279
194395
194485
194577
1946105
194791
194886
194968
195057
195183
195274
195381
195477
195591
195680
195793
1958104
1959133
1960138
1961122
196283
196368
196461
196557
196651
196742
196832
196927
197022
197123
197212
197319
197417
197517
197616
197718
197814
19797
198010
19819
19828
19834
19849
19854
19863
19873
19913
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fran isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#16,419
How rare
1 in 357,019 girls
Since 1912
4,965

Fran was last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1960, at 138 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Fran doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.