Franz is a rare spelling. It is summarised with Frank, which shares its sound and spelling pattern.
Meaning not yet researched.
Franz: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 17 in 2025. Its best rank was #833 in 1889.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #833 in 1889; #5,459 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Franz in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,459 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1889, at #833.
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Franz: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 17 boys in 2025. Peak: #833 in 1889 · most boys in one year: 60 (1963).
In 2025, 17 US boys were named Franz, making it the 5,459th most common boys’ name of the year, up 53 places from #5,512 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 17 boys named Franz in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #833, reached in 1889. The most boys given the name in a single year was 60, in 1963. For comparison, it was #5,821 in 2015 and #1,509 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Franz in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1889 with 7 babies. In all, 2,864 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 446 babies named Franz.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 136 US boys were named Franz; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 20. In 2025 that was about 1 in 100,475 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Frank (920,589 babies since 1880), Francis (320,322 babies since 1880), Francisco (143,146 babies since 1880) and Franklin (142,506 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Franz in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 17 | #5,459 |
| 2024 | — | — | 17 | #5,512 |
| 2023 | — | — | 11 | #7,429 |
| 2022 | — | — | 11 | #7,421 |
| 2021 | — | — | 14 | #6,132 |
| 2020 | — | — | 14 | #6,073 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,153 |
| 2018 | — | — | 12 | #6,836 |
| 2017 | — | — | 12 | #6,821 |
| 2016 | — | — | 20 | #4,838 |
| 2015 | — | — | 15 | #5,821 |
| 2014 | — | — | 11 | #7,207 |
| 2013 | — | — | 26 | #3,892 |
| 2012 | — | — | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2011 | — | — | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,827 |
| 2009 | — | — | 17 | #5,393 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,363 |
| 2007 | — | — | 18 | #5,074 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,274 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #5,982 |
| 2004 | — | — | 21 | #4,164 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,490 |
| 2002 | — | — | 19 | #4,226 |
| 2001 | — | — | 23 | #3,656 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,455 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,418 |
| 1998 | — | — | 23 | #3,327 |
| 1997 | — | — | 24 | #3,091 |
| 1996 | — | — | 27 | #2,779 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,869 |
| 1994 | — | — | 24 | #2,977 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #2,972 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,385 |
| 1991 | — | — | 25 | #2,701 |
| 1990 | — | — | 29 | #2,394 |
| 1989 | — | — | 30 | #2,264 |
| 1988 | — | — | 27 | #2,270 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,767 |
| 1986 | — | — | 37 | #1,701 |
| 1985 | — | — | 26 | #2,140 |
| 1984 | — | — | 40 | #1,540 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,232 |
| 1982 | — | — | 17 | #2,745 |
| 1981 | — | — | 21 | #2,368 |
| 1980 | — | — | 41 | #1,503 |
| 1979 | — | — | 23 | #2,188 |
| 1978 | — | — | 23 | #2,093 |
| 1977 | — | — | 30 | #1,758 |
| 1976 | — | — | 33 | #1,625 |
| 1975 | — | — | 40 | #1,387 |
| 1974 | — | — | 26 | #1,806 |
| 1973 | — | — | 26 | #1,749 |
| 1972 | — | — | 41 | #1,313 |
| 1971 | — | — | 40 | #1,338 |
| 1970 | — | — | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1969 | — | — | 37 | #1,306 |
| 1968 | — | — | 44 | #1,136 |
| 1967 | — | — | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1966 | — | — | 43 | #1,140 |
| 1965 | — | — | 55 | #998 |
| 1964 | — | — | 45 | #1,154 |
| 1963 | — | — | 60 | #973 |
| 1962 | — | — | 48 | #1,112 |
| 1961 | — | — | 39 | #1,269 |
| 1960 | — | — | 42 | #1,216 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | — | — | 37 | #1,269 |
| 1957 | — | — | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1956 | — | — | 30 | #1,426 |
| 1955 | — | — | 35 | #1,279 |
| 1954 | — | — | 32 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | — | — | 34 | #1,293 |
| 1952 | — | — | 24 | #1,562 |
| 1951 | — | — | 28 | #1,416 |
| 1950 | — | — | 24 | #1,509 |
| 1949 | — | — | 29 | #1,359 |
| 1948 | — | — | 18 | #1,778 |
| 1947 | — | — | 19 | #1,752 |
| 1946 | — | — | 28 | #1,337 |
| 1945 | — | — | 18 | #1,598 |
| 1944 | — | — | 24 | #1,377 |
| 1943 | — | — | 20 | #1,599 |
| 1942 | — | — | 34 | #1,201 |
| 1941 | — | — | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1940 | — | — | 26 | #1,317 |
| 1939 | — | — | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1938 | — | — | 24 | #1,378 |
| 1937 | — | — | 29 | #1,244 |
| 1936 | — | — | 31 | #1,192 |
| 1935 | — | — | 21 | #1,511 |
| 1934 | — | — | 18 | #1,688 |
| 1933 | — | — | 22 | #1,471 |
| 1932 | — | — | 22 | #1,524 |
| 1931 | — | — | 19 | #1,658 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,777 |
| 1929 | — | — | 18 | #1,821 |
| 1928 | — | — | 22 | #1,620 |
| 1927 | — | — | 19 | #1,830 |
| 1926 | — | — | 12 | #2,470 |
| 1925 | — | — | 17 | #1,957 |
| 1924 | — | — | 6 | #4,047 |
| 1923 | — | — | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,183 |
| 1920 | — | — | 17 | #1,989 |
| 1919 | — | — | 7 | #3,537 |
| 1918 | — | — | 16 | #2,026 |
| 1917 | — | — | 23 | #1,499 |
| 1916 | — | — | 34 | #1,127 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,524 |
| 1914 | — | — | 22 | #1,281 |
| 1913 | — | — | 12 | #1,614 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,381 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,607 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,679 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,343 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,173 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,198 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,143 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #894 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #949 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #833 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).