Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Franz

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Free
Danish
German
German form of Frank
Swedish
Teutonic

Syllables

1

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Franz

Pronunciation

f-ra-nz

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1963 (rank #982, 59 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5399, 17 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202517
202417
202311
202211
202114
202014
20198
201812
201712
201620

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #1457, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1972 (rank #392, 47 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4262, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20224
20215
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
20153
201410

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1976 (rank #288, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence