French Popularity by Year
Follow French across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
French birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Boys | 7 | #7,874 | Up 31 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 2,573 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 7 | #5,332 | Down 778 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 7 | #4,554 | Up 1,033 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 5 | #5,587 | Down 1,928 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 9 | #3,659 | Up 846 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 6 | #4,505 | Down 64 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 478 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Up 267 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 635 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Down 860 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 10 | #2,735 | Up 1,231 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 1,182 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 9 | #2,784 | Up 753 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Down 872 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 10 | #2,665 | Up 379 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 8 | #3,044 | Up 596 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 543 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Up 568 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 6 | #3,665 | Down 1,400 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Up 229 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 11 | #2,494 | Up 1,041 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Down 1,100 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 11 | #2,435 | Down 391 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 15 | #2,044 | Up 665 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 9 | #2,709 | Down 29 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 9 | #2,680 | Down 18 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 9 | #2,662 | Down 341 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 11 | #2,321 | Up 16 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 11 | #2,337 | Down 394 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 15 | #1,943 | Up 555 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 10 | #2,498 | Down 614 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 15 | #1,884 | Up 358 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 10 | #2,242 | Down 559 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 17 | #1,683 | Up 499 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 12 | #2,182 | Down 383 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 16 | #1,799 | Up 104 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Down 432 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 21 | #1,471 | Up 165 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 17 | #1,636 | Up 549 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 11 | #2,185 | Down 357 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 15 | #1,828 | Down 27 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 15 | #1,801 | Down 411 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 24 | #1,390 | Up 218 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 19 | #1,608 | Down 247 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 24 | #1,361 | Up 830 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 12 | #2,191 | Down 498 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 18 | #1,693 | Up 485 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 13 | #2,178 | Down 800 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 27 | #1,378 | Up 233 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 22 | #1,611 | Up 137 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 20 | #1,748 | Down 143 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 22 | #1,605 | Down 180 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 27 | #1,425 | Up 107 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 25 | #1,532 | Down 30 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 25 | #1,502 | Down 68 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 27 | #1,434 | Up 214 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 22 | #1,648 | Down 325 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 30 | #1,323 | Up 372 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 5 | #4,975 | Down 166 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 20 | #1,695 | Down 382 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 29 | #1,313 | Up 330 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 5 | #4,809 | — |
| 1917 | Boys | 20 | #1,643 | Up 55 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 18 | #1,698 | Down 539 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 31 | #1,159 | Up 282 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 18 | #1,441 | Up 139 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 12 | #1,580 | Down 163 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 12 | #1,417 | Down 300 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 10 | #1,117 | Up 197 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 7 | #1,314 | Up 59 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 374 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 8 | #999 | Up 5 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 7 | #1,004 | Up 87 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 6 | #1,091 | Down 255 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 10 | #836 | Down 122 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 9 | #714 | Down 13 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 10 | #701 | Up 86 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 8 | #787 | Up 195 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 6 | #982 | Down 187 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 8 | #795 | Up 279 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 5 | #1,074 | Down 167 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 6 | #907 | Down 46 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 7 | #861 | Down 337 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 12 | #524 | Up 105 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 10 | #629 | Up 402 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 5 | #1,031 | Down 72 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | Down 23 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 5 | #936 | Down 172 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 7 | #764 | Down 44 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 7 | #720 | Up 117 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 6 | #837 | — |