French
French is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 534th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191531 births
- Best rank
- #534in 1891
- Since 1882
- 1,119people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,119 boys have been named French in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 31 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 31 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named French | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | |
| 1890s | 81 | |
| 1900s | 36 | |
| 1910s | 177 | |
| 1920s | 247 | |
| 1930s | 168 | |
| 1940s | 141 | |
| 1950s | 94 | |
| 1960s | 75 | |
| 1970s | 46 | |
| 1980s | 12 | |
| 1990s | 7 |
In 1915, its biggest year
French was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with French
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roswellpeak 1919
- Parkpeak 1923
- Dewittpeak 1921
- Roepeak 1916
- Wrightpeak 1915
- Percypeak 1921
- Juniuspeak 1920
- Tillmanpeak 1917
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.