Franz
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Franz is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Franz mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, rare in English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Franz a girl's or a boy's name?
Franz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Franz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Franz, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Franz than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Franz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Franz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Franz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Franz, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Franz in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Franz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,131 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,131 |
| 1965 | 55 | #996 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | 60 | #970 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,107 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,264 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,406 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,182 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,120 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Franz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/franz, updated 20 October 2026.