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Fran

Pronounced /fɹæn/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1960 · #592
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.050.10.1518801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Fran in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1960 with 280 babies, ranked #592.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 4,965 girls have been named Fran since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Fran per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 149 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 885 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,221 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 630 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 75 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Shortening.

  • A diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francine.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Francis.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/fɹæn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Fran, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Fern

    Rank
    #1,262
    Born '24
    184
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19182024