Franz

maleStatistical record

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

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

Franz: Recorded since 1976, with a gap of 27 years, its highest recorded position is #288, and it stood at #3,334 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#288highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Franz's record

Absent from every published list for 27 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2578
2005	#1456
2006	#2282
2007	#3095
2008	#3158
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2015	#3373
2020	#3334

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 9 of the 17 years from 2004 to 2020.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #2578 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3334 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Franz by decade in England and Wales · 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 Franz in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	35	5 of 10	7
2010s	16	3 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Franz 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 1976 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #288 in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Franz'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1976 and 2020, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #288, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 27 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 28 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
27 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#3,334position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
13births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

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.

Frans · #193, 26y
Frantisek · #2954, 12y
Fraser · #92, 30y
Frasier · #1000, 26y

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.

Marguerita · #288, 14y
Naomh · #286, 12y
Caitlain · #293, 11y
Linzi · #282, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Faisal · #288, 49y
Loughlin · #288, 16y
Nevan · #288, 26y
Bebhinn · #290, 38y

Franz was ranked #288 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1976. 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.

Franz 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Franz without appearing here.

Franz moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3158 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Anders Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3373 and #1673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #4608.
Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3416 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #4608.

Moved ahead of Franz

Henrik Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1885.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3373 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #2404.
Nils Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #2211.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1456 and #1190.

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 1976 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #288 in Republic of Ireland in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Franz

Franz at a glance

What stands out in Franz's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Franz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Franz appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Franz

Franz and the names beside it

Franz moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Franz

Franz at a glance

What stands out in Franz's record

Franz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Franz appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Franz

Franz and the names beside it

Franz moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Franz