France
France is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191835 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1894
- 1,538people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,159 girls have been named France in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 35 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 35 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1920s alone account for 16%.
France is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are boys (379), most of them born around 1918.
By decade
| Decade | girls named France | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 134 | |
| 1920s | 188 | |
| 1930s | 157 | |
| 1940s | 146 | |
| 1950s | 141 | |
| 1960s | 181 | |
| 1970s | 82 | |
| 1980s | 68 | |
| 1990s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1918, its biggest year
France was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with France
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delorapeak 1917
- Emeldapeak 1926
- Vernettapeak 1951
- Bernitapeak 1954
- Paulenepeak 1920
- Santapeak 1923
- Lorettepeak 1956
- Loletapeak 1923
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.