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Franc

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Franc has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Franc, 2013

1 in 729,000

Franc over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Franc over time

In 2013, Franc went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18822013

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Franc: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Franc means

Franc is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Franc is used in Slovene.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Franc is pronounced /fránt͡s/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Franc between 2001 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2002; its best national rank was #9,766 in 2002.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Franc between 1882 and 1883. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1882; its best national rank was #954 in 1882.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Franc?

Franc had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013
1 in 729,000
5 of 3,645,938 births
Among boys only
1 in 378,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2013
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
505,435 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Franc sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Franc. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Francs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Franc was born before 2002 — so the typical Franc is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
68.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
16
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 68.8% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Franc rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2002 (6)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,766
2002

Spellings of Franc

Franc is not the most common spelling — Frank is, with 65.9% against Franc's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Franc around the world

Where Franc ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1900–1994
    #2,932
    in 1994
  • South Australia
    1958–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Franc by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#9,766
2002
Peak year
2002
6 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2013
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#954
1882
Peak year
1882
5 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
1883
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Franc

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Franc

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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