Fran is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1960 and has since faded.
Fran is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Fran first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1960 (280 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,111 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,211 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,996 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #17,348 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,877 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,939 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,090 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,256 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,144 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,512 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,484 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | — | #9,291 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | — | #7,969 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #11,999 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | — | — | #8,561 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #5,986 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #10,275 | — |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #9,930 | #4,595 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #8,633 | — |
| 1984 | 15 | — | #4,799 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #8,313 | #6,596 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | #5,307 | #6,683 |
| 1981 | 24 | — | #4,803 | #4,271 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #4,385 | #3,937 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #5,867 | — |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #3,542 | — |
| 1977 | 33 | — | #2,855 | #6,182 |
| 1976 | 33 | — | #3,035 | #3,819 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #2,898 | — |
| 1974 | 25 | — | #2,859 | — |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #2,586 | — |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #3,437 | — |
| 1971 | 47 | — | #2,121 | #3,760 |
| 1970 | 46 | — | #2,093 | #3,985 |
| 1969 | 50 | — | #1,846 | #4,614 |
| 1968 | 53 | — | #1,579 | — |
| 1967 | 77 | — | #1,305 | #3,360 |
| 1966 | 92 | — | #1,136 | #4,140 |
| 1965 | 109 | — | #1,050 | #2,861 |
| 1964 | 128 | — | #992 | #2,463 |
| 1963 | 145 | — | #917 | #2,351 |
| 1962 | 180 | — | #818 | #2,065 |
| 1961 | 260 | — | #651 | #2,359 |
| 1960 | 297 | — | #593 | #2,000 |
| 1959 | 285 | — | #605 | #2,145 |
| 1958 | 230 | — | #682 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 201 | — | #726 | #2,536 |
| 1956 | 161 | — | #774 | — |
| 1955 | 182 | — | #710 | #4,052 |
| 1954 | 150 | — | #761 | — |
| 1953 | 152 | — | #741 | — |
| 1952 | 138 | — | #757 | — |
| 1951 | 157 | — | #715 | #2,915 |
| 1950 | 97 | — | #901 | — |
| 1949 | 116 | — | #808 | — |
| 1948 | 155 | — | #687 | #2,671 |
| 1947 | 169 | — | #660 | #2,959 |
| 1946 | 175 | — | #617 | #2,458 |
| 1945 | 106 | — | #751 | #3,119 |
| 1944 | 113 | — | #706 | — |
| 1943 | 133 | — | #658 | — |
| 1942 | 116 | — | #721 | #2,583 |
| 1941 | 77 | — | #872 | #2,973 |
| 1940 | 60 | — | #930 | — |
| 1939 | 68 | — | #900 | #2,938 |
| 1938 | 43 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1937 | 47 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1936 | 28 | — | #1,393 | — |
| 1935 | 43 | — | #1,230 | #2,596 |
| 1934 | 27 | — | #1,425 | — |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #2,964 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,079 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,473 | — |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,592 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,225 | — |
| 1928 | 14 | — | #2,430 | — |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,471 | — |
| 1926 | 15 | — | #2,390 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,837 | — |
| 1924 | 17 | — | #2,241 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,287 | — |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,836 | — |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,738 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,991 | — |
| 1918 | 21 | — | #2,235 | #4,404 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,471 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,683 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,952 | — |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,733 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,411 | — |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,753 | — |