Franny — #12284 US girls' name
122 babies named Franny in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Franny was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Franny in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Franny
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Franny between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Franny currently holds the #12284 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Franny performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Franny shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Franny 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 122 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.
Franny at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Franny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (1959)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #12284 among girls.
122 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 11 births in a single year.
Franny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 36 births that decade — 30% of Franny's all-time total
Franny decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Franny's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.