How Many People Are Named Fran?
people named Fran are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 87,524 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,339 babies named Fran in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
297 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of FRANCIS, FRANCES or related names.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Fran, 92.7% were girls and 7.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Fran fell from 100% in the 1920s to 65.6% in the 1980s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fran alive today is about 66 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fran first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1960, to 297 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fran has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #593, in 1960.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #593 (1960) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #735 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fran alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fran were born in New York than in any other state: about 891 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fran was given 4.5 times as often in New York, 1.9 times in Georgia and 1.8 times in New Jersey.
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