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France

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Possibly a Frank

France has been given to 1,538 babies in the U.S. since 1894. 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 1918, with 35 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named France, 2015

1 in 740,000

France over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — France over time

In 2021, France went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18942021

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.

France: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly a Frank

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What France means

France may mean “a Frank”, associated with Frankō.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin. Believed to be most likely from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: France (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

France is used in English and French.

France comes through Middle English France, Old French France, Latin Francia, frk *Frankō and Proto-Germanic *frankô.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Frances and Francie.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, France is pronounced /fɹæns/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,159 girls were recorded with the name France between 1894 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 35 in 1918; its best national rank was #1,286 in 1918.

In the United States, 379 boys were recorded with the name France between 1912 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 39 in 1918; its best national rank was #1,100 in 1918.

How common is France?

France had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015
1 in 740,000
5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only
1 in 357,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
513,148 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where France sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 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 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another France. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Frances were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as France was born before 1945 — so the typical France is around 80 today.

Median birth year
1945
About 80 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
16.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
2.6%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
508
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 16.2% of all recorded uses (188).

Is France 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 1918 (35)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,286
1918

Spellings of France

France is not the most common spelling — Frances is, with 47.0% against France's 0.09%.

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.

Where France is used

Across 1910–2025, France was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 638,453 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Mississippi1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. France has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

France around the world

Where France 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
    1900–2025
    #1,083
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2017
    #3,407
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1944–1960
    #617
    in 1960

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

France by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,286
1918
Peak year
1918
35 that year
First recorded
1894
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
1,159
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,100
1918
Peak year
1918
39 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
379
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to France

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

FrankiFraidyFraidaFradelFranciaFrancieChanceFradyFrankeeKadynceCadanceFrannieFrancaFrayaCaidenceFranciFranciesKaydanceFrancinaFloranceFranceneFranklinFrancyPrince

Sibling names for France

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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