Fanchon — girls' name

What the Data Says About Fanchon

The Social Security Administration has registered 519 babies named Fanchon between 1897 and 1991, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fanchon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fanchon performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Fanchon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fanchon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fanchon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 519 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.