Frantz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRAHNTS
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Frantz is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Frenchman”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Frantz mean?
Latin: spelling of Franz, the German form of Francis
“Frenchman”
Frantz Fanon, the Martinique-born psychiatrist, wrote The Wretched of the Earth (1961), a classic study of colonialism.
Is Frantz a girl's or a boy's name?
Frantz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Frantz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Frantz, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1938.
Half of all the boys named Frantz in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Frantz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
Names like Frantz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marcus Marco Pablo Justin Francisco Josue Juan Luke Omar Joshua Cruz Chance
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Frantz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/frantz, updated 20 October 2026.