first name
FRANZ
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,863 people named Franz, 63.9% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% as Black. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Franz peaked in 1963, when 60 babies got the name.
At least 2,864 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Franz by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,777. The largest share of babies named Franz, 22.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Franz
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Franz, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Franz ranks #3,189 of 156,621, with 11,053 people. See Franz as a last name
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