How popular is “France” in the USA?

Number of people named “France” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “France” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “France” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “France” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “France” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “France” by birth year

This chart shows how “France” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1894	5	0.000014763	5		100%
1903	6	0.00001574	6		100%
1908	5	0.000010232	5		100%
1909	10	0.000019561	10		100%
1910	7	0.00001185	7		100%
1911	6	0.000009313	6		100%
1912	13	0.000013157	6	7	-8%
1913	14	0.000012312	9	5	29%
1914	15	0.000010591	9	6	20%
1915	21	0.00001146	12	9	14%
1916	28	0.000014475	11	17	-21%
1917	30	0.00001495	15	15	0%
1918	74	0.000034084	35	39	-5%
1919	41	0.000019429	24	17	17%
1920	42	0.000018562	28	14	33%
1921	30	0.000012851	18	12	20%
1922	20	0.000008737	14	6	40%
1923	29	0.000012595	15	14	3%
1924	37	0.000015536	28	9	51%
1925	24	0.000010286	16	8	33%
1926	28	0.000012196	21	7	50%
1927	30	0.000012935	19	11	27%
1928	20	0.000008846	12	8	20%
1929	26	0.00001186	17	9	31%
1930	29	0.000013044	21	8	45%
1931	18	0.000008554	13	5	44%
1932	27	0.000012788	18	9	33%
1933	21	0.000010503	14	7	33%
1934	19	0.000009149	10	9	5%
1935	26	0.000012441	26		100%
1936	18	0.000008664	10	8	11%
1937	24	0.000011264	18	6	50%
1938	21	0.000009491	14	7	33%
1939	23	0.000010438	13	10	13%
1940	16	0.000006948	16		100%
1941	10	0.000004104	10		100%
1942	23	0.000008419	15	8	30%
1943	20	0.000007086	14	6	40%
1944	17	0.00000632	12	5	41%
1945	24	0.000009047	24		100%
1946	11	0.000003443	11		100%
1947	31	0.000008606	20	11	29%
1948	20	0.000005793	14	6	40%
1949	10	0.00000287	10		100%
1950	18	0.000005138	18		100%
1951	16	0.000004343	10	6	25%
1952	17	0.000004476	17		100%
1953	21	0.000005449	21		100%
1954	18	0.000004522	12	6	33%
1955	17	0.000004234	12	5	41%
1956	14	0.000003396	14		100%
1957	10	0.00000238	10		100%
1958	15	0.000003629	15		100%
1959	12	0.000002886	12		100%
1960	28	0.000006741	22	6	57%
1961	14	0.00000338	14		100%
1962	21	0.000005204	21		100%
1963	22	0.000005558	22		100%
1964	28	0.000007202	23	5	64%
1965	23	0.000006344	23		100%
1966	27	0.000007768	20	7	48%
1967	18	0.000005302	18		100%
1968	8	0.000002368	8		100%
1969	10	0.000002877	10		100%
1970	18	0.000004991	13	5	44%
1971	13	0.000003787	8	5	23%
1972	15	0.000004773	15		100%
1973	11	0.000003646	11		100%
1974	10	0.000003289	10		100%
1976	5	0.000001648	5		100%
1977	10	0.000003148	10		100%
1979	10	0.000003006	10		100%
1980	14	0.000004064	14		100%
1981	11	0.00000318	11		100%
1982	15	0.000004276	9	6	20%
1985	8	0.000002241	8		100%
1986	6	0.000001687	6		100%
1987	7	0.000001941	7		100%
1988	6	0.000001624	6		100%
1989	7	0.000001821	7		100%
1990	6	0.000001518	6		100%
1991	10	0.000002567	10		100%
1992	5	0.000001302		5	-100%
1993	5	0.000001326	5		100%
1995	5	0.000001365	5		100%
1999	5	0.000001354	5		100%
2015	5	0.000001351	5		100%
2021	5	0.000001476		5	-100%

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