Franz
Franz was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,457 among boys’ names; 2,864 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,920 Americans named Franz and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 30 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Franz by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Franz mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Franz is “a male given name from Latin, rare in English.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Frances.”
From German Franz. Doublet of Francis.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Franz?
#5,457 among boys’ names, 2025
Franz rose from #5,817 in 2015 to #5,457 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 7.8 to 10.0 per million.
60 babies in 1963, the peak
Franz peaked in 1963, when 60 boys were given it, #972 among boys’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,457 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,508 | 9.9 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,424 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,416 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,127 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,069 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,148 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,832 | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,817 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,836 | 10.5 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #5,817 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,202 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,890 | 13.7 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,099 | 9.5 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,145 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,823 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,390 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,358 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | 18 | #5,071 | 8.7 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,270 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,976 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,159 | 10.6 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,485 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,220 | 9.8 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,651 | 11.8 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,448 | 8.7 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,413 | 8.3 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,323 | 12.0 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,086 | 12.7 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,774 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,864 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,971 | 12.4 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,966 | 11.7 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,379 | 9.5 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,695 | 12.4 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,389 | 14.1 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,258 | 15.0 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,265 | 14.1 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,765 | 19.8 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,700 | 20.1 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,139 | 14.1 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,539 | 22.2 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,231 | 12.8 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,744 | 9.4 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,367 | 11.7 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,503 | 23.0 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,187 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,093 | 14.0 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,758 | 18.3 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,624 | 21.0 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,387 | 25.6 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,806 | 16.5 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,749 | 16.7 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,313 | 25.3 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,338 | 22.6 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,229 | 24.8 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,306 | 20.7 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,136 | 25.3 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,319 | 18.9 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,140 | 24.1 |
| 1965 | 55 | #998 | 29.6 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,153 | 22.6 |
| 1963 | 60 | #972 | 29.5 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,111 | 23.2 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,268 | 18.4 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,215 | 19.7 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,368 | 15.5 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,268 | 17.4 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,170 | 20.4 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,425 | 14.2 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,278 | 17.0 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,342 | 15.7 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,292 | 17.2 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,561 | 12.3 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,415 | 14.9 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,508 | 13.4 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,358 | 16.3 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,777 | 10.3 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,751 | 10.4 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,336 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,597 | 13.4 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,376 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,598 | 14.0 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,201 | 24.6 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,281 | 22.0 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,317 | 22.4 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,334 | 22.6 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,378 | 21.6 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,244 | 27.2 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,192 | 29.9 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,511 | 20.2 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,688 | 17.4 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,471 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,524 | 21.1 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,658 | 18.3 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,777 | 16.4 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,821 | 16.7 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,620 | 19.9 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,830 | 16.9 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,469 | 10.8 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,956 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,045 | 5.3 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,496 | 10.9 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,386 | 11.9 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,182 | 13.6 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,988 | 16.0 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,536 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,025 | 15.8 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,499 | 24.9 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,127 | 38.2 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,523 | 24.7 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,281 | 33.6 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,613 | 23.4 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,380 | 30.2 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,606 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,678 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,343 | 36.6 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,172 | 45.1 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,197 | 40.8 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,142 | 42.6 |
| 1894 | 7 | #893 | 60.5 |
| 1893 | 6 | #948 | 53.4 |
| 1889 | 7 | #833 | 63.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Franz a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Franz has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 123 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Franz: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Franz, and how old are they?
1,920 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 2,864 Americans ever recorded as Franz. The median Franz alive today is 49 years old; half are between 30 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 3,863 people named Franz (63 women and girls, 3,800 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,986 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 85 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 444 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 510 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 408 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 281 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 187 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Franz born?
The states with the most babies named Franz are California, New York and Illinois, with 85% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 185 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 145 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 29 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 29 | #2,703 | 0.1× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Minnesota | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Franz with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Franz
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Franz and names like it
- Compare Franz and ByronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sFranz peaked in 1963.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Franz since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Franz: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Franz.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Franz alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with FMost given first.