Masculine dossier · first seen 1889

Franz

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Franz
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1963

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1889Peak 19632024

Peak year

1963

Decline from peak

71.2%

2024

All-time

2,846

Franz has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1963, when 59 boys were named Franz.

In 2024, only 17 boys were given the name.

Down 71.2% from its peak.

All told, about 2,846 Americans have been named Franz and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1889.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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