French is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
French is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1999. French was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1915 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,146 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,323 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | — | #5,530 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,699 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,897 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | — | #3,745 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,707 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,624 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,118 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,420 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,717 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | — | #2,804 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,165 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,854 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | — | #3,665 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,723 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,147 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | — | #3,773 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | — | #3,190 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,797 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | — | #2,301 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | — | #2,537 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | — | #3,672 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | — | #2,478 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | — | #2,070 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | — | #2,780 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | — | #2,752 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | — | #2,732 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | — | #2,363 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | — | #2,384 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | — | #1,972 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | — | #2,553 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | — | #1,909 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,303 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | — | #2,217 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | — | #1,823 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | — | #1,937 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | — | #1,493 |
| 1939 | 17 | — | — | #1,664 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | — | #2,242 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | — | #1,859 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | — | #1,631 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | — | #1,373 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | — | #2,236 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | — | #1,729 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | — | #2,221 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | — | #1,395 |
| 1928 | 22 | — | — | #1,621 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | — | #1,768 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1925 | 27 | — | — | #1,433 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | — | #1,448 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | — | #1,669 |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #5,261 | #1,338 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | — | #1,721 |
| 1918 | 34 | — | #5,102 | #1,324 |
| 1917 | 20 | — | — | #1,663 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,723 |
| 1915 | 31 | — | — | #1,166 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | — | #1,616 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | — | #1,454 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | — | #1,144 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,464 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,148 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #864 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #737 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | — | #713 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | — | #815 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #821 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,146 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | — | #950 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #888 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | — | #534 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | — | #644 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #991 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | — | #803 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #754 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #875 |