Frans

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Frans: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Frans: Recorded since 1948, with a gap of 16 years, its highest recorded position is #193, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Frans's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2025	#5137

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 26 of the 78 years from 1948 to 2025.

In 2025: #193 among boys in Norway, #5137 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1948–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1948
First recorded at #348 among boys in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1948–2025
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1948–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #193 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Frans by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Frans in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	6	1 of 10	6
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	51	6 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	114	6 of 10	19

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Frans appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 2025.

Frans's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	male	#5137	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#193	23	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#208	22	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#198	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#219	19	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#257	15	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#317	10	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#296	14	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#374	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#486	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#433	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#415	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#419	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#541	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#492	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#457	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#499	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#594	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#620	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#426	4	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#348	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1948 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Norway in 2023.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 77 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Franklyn · #833, 29y
Franky · #489, 27y
Frantisek · #2954, 12y
Franz · #288, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ieuan · #193, 30y
Jacintha · #194, 24y
Aodh · #191, 21y
Redmond · #191, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Elfrid · #193, 18y
Malvin · #193, 47y
Fanny · #194, 48y
Lilian · #194, 69y

Frans was ranked #193 in Norway · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Frans and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Frans without appearing here.

Frans moved ahead of

Øystein Compare
In 2021 they stood at #257 and #253 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #219 and #436.
Frank Compare
In 2020 they stood at #317 and #316 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #257 and #466.
Andrew Compare
In 2020 they stood at #486 and #402 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #257 and #458.
Vidar Compare
In 2018 they stood at #395 and #385 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #296 and #485.

Moved ahead of Frans

Sander Compare
In 1989 they stood at #530 and #605 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #620 and #225.
Noah Compare
In 1999 they stood at #620 and #640 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #499 and #177.
Theodor Compare
In 1989 they stood at #530 and #638 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #620 and #361.
Levi Compare
In 1989 they stood at #530 and #631 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #620 and #418.

Moved the opposite way to Frans

Anders Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 while Anders went from #62 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 while Arild went from #24 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Frans

Aksel Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 and Aksel from #184 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 and Alexander from #320 to #81.
Alfred Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 and Alfred from #152 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1948 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Frans went from #348 to #193 and Arthur from #167 to #83.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Frans

Frans at a glance

What stands out in Frans's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Frans by decade in Norway · Boys

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Popularity data

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Frans at a glance

What stands out in Frans's record

Frans by decade in Norway · Boys

Frans appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Frans

Frans and the names beside it

Frans moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frans

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