Boys' name · since 1938
Frantz
Frantz has 1,103 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,815 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,022 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,103
- born since 1938
- 1980s
- peak decade
Frantz currently ranks #9022 among boys' names in America, with 1,103 babies recorded since 1938.
Frantz has 1,103 recorded births among boys since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9022 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2025.
- #4,815 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,022 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,103 born since 1938
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frantz ranks #4,815 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,022 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,103 born since 1938, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,815 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,022 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,103
- born since 1938
- 1980s
- peak decade
Frantz's 1,103 recorded births place it above 89.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Frantz compares
1,103 Top 30% higher than 70% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Frantz's all-time total is 199% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Frantz | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,103 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 34 | 22,252 |
Frantz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Frantz splits its recorded history at 1992: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1938 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Frantz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Frantz by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (305 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Frantz's strongest decade.
305 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Frantz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 54
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
184 births
- 1980s
1980s
305 births
- 1990s
1990s
243 births
- 2000s
2000s
156 births
- 2010s 83
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 48
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 305 births (28% of all-time use).
How Frantz compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Frantz's total volume
Frantz by state
Where Frantz concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
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What to do with Frantz's data
- Frantz's decade-level peak was the 1980s (305 total births); usage has since declined to 48 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Frantzs (353 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Frantz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~87 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1938–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Frantz draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.