How Many People Are Named French?
people named French are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,261,198 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,129 babies named French in Social Security records from 1882 to 1999, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name French in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named French alive today is about 67 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
French first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1920, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1999.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 1999
🏆 Rank History
French has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #534, in 1891.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #534 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,526 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named French alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named French were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, French was given about 42.1 times as often in West Virginia.
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