Frances
#318 for girls in 2025, 960 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 16,132 births
- Debut · girls
- 605 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 76 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 595,697since 1880
Frances over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #318 | 960 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #375 | 829 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #403 | 760 | — | |
| 2022 | #419 | 755 | — | |
| 2021 | #392 | 801 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #418 | 744 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #438 | 718 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #441 | 723 | — | |
| 2017 | #437 | 730 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #446 | 721 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #513 | 614 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #603 | 484 | — | |
| 2013 | #690 | 409 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #763 | 364 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #782 | 348 | — | |
| 2010 | #769 | 356 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #797 | 355 | — | |
| 2008 | #793 | 368 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #826 | 347 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #762 | 360 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #753 | 355 | — | |
| 2004 | #639 | 427 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #606 | 449 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #617 | 415 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #590 | 429 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #572 | 454 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #520 | 488 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #471 | 547 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #474 | 531 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #459 | 544 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #450 | 571 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #412 | 608 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #394 | 640 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #387 | 669 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #360 | 711 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #351 | 759 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #324 | 781 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | #307 | 807 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #303 | 806 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #313 | 765 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #295 | 834 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #282 | 855 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #270 | 875 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #271 | 904 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #271 | 925 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #267 | 938 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #267 | 913 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #256 | 924 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #265 | 940 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #247 | 948 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #234 | 1,029 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #238 | 1,068 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #217 | 1,155 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #216 | 1,282 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #208 | 1,451 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #199 | 1,627 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #195 | 1,640 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #185 | 1,745 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #171 | 1,868 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #162 | 2,126 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #163 | 2,262 | #1,595 | 24 |
| 1964 | #152 | 2,599 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | #146 | 2,745 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #143 | 3,004 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #134 | 3,422 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #127 | 3,590 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #124 | 3,717 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #118 | 3,847 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #113 | 4,094 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #107 | 4,324 | #1,171 | 42 |
| 1955 | #96 | 4,641 | #1,011 | 55 |
| 1954 | #83 | 5,153 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #72 | 5,786 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | #67 | 6,079 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1951 | #59 | 6,584 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | #51 | 6,975 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #49 | 7,440 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1948 | #42 | 8,179 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #39 | 8,943 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #39 | 8,450 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #34 | 7,940 | #1,039 | 38 |
| 1944 | #33 | 8,487 | #790 | 63 |
| 1943 | #31 | 9,449 | #885 | 57 |
| 1942 | #30 | 9,471 | #851 | 59 |
| 1941 | #31 | 8,468 | #798 | 62 |
| 1940 | #28 | 8,621 | #802 | 60 |
| 1939 | #26 | 8,577 | #745 | 65 |
| 1938 | #23 | 8,921 | #742 | 68 |
| 1937 | #19 | 9,057 | #637 | 85 |
| 1936 | #19 | 8,789 | #756 | 64 |
| 1935 | #19 | 8,770 | #605 | 92 |
| 1934 | #19 | 9,206 | #560 | 111 |
| 1933 | #18 | 8,883 | #632 | 84 |
| 1932 | #19 | 9,552 | #560 | 111 |
| 1931 | #18 | 9,718 | #535 | 118 |
| 1930 | #16 | 10,644 | #529 | 127 |
| 1929 | #16 | 11,093 | #627 | 95 |
| 1928 | #13 | 12,137 | #512 | 140 |
| 1927 | #12 | 12,988 | #551 | 125 |
| 1926 | #10 | 13,355 | #580 | 114 |
| 1925 | #11 | 13,824 | #588 | 114 |
| 1924 | #10 | 15,183 | #622 | 105 |
| 1923 | #10 | 14,881 | #620 | 105 |
| 1922 | #10 | 15,054 | #657 | 95 |
| 1921 | #9 | 15,993 | #616 | 106 |
| 1920 | #9 | 15,883 | #604 | 108 |
| 1919 | #9 | 15,106 | #600 | 101 |
| 1918 | #8 | 16,132 | #625 | 97 |
| 1917 | #9 | 14,363 | #723 | 72 |
| 1916 | #9 | 13,746 | #552 | 107 |
| 1915 | #9 | 12,786 | #601 | 91 |
| 1914 | #9 | 9,677 | #569 | 77 |
| 1913 | #9 | 7,694 | #564 | 59 |
| 1912 | #9 | 6,680 | #599 | 46 |
| 1911 | #10 | 4,967 | #489 | 36 |
| 1910 | #11 | 4,448 | #447 | 38 |
| 1909 | #12 | 3,780 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | #14 | 3,593 | #553 | 21 |
| 1907 | #16 | 3,299 | #388 | 33 |
| 1906 | #14 | 3,026 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #16 | 2,887 | #463 | 23 |
| 1904 | #16 | 2,657 | #444 | 23 |
| 1903 | #19 | 2,365 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #23 | 2,326 | #490 | 19 |
| 1901 | #25 | 2,071 | #371 | 25 |
| 1900 | #26 | 2,495 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #24 | 2,058 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #22 | 2,379 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #27 | 1,975 | #459 | 18 |
| 1896 | #27 | 1,964 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #29 | 1,833 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #29 | 1,776 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #34 | 1,622 | #401 | 20 |
| 1892 | #31 | 1,670 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #34 | 1,397 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | #33 | 1,416 | #566 | 12 |
| 1889 | #34 | 1,351 | #482 | 15 |
| 1888 | #30 | 1,452 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #34 | 1,105 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #38 | 1,059 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #46 | 844 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #46 | 789 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #45 | 710 | #433 | 17 |
| 1882 | #45 | 681 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #45 | 586 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #42 | 605 | #442 | 16 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Frances was already there! It came in at #42, and was given to 605 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2014, when fewer than 490 girls a year got the name.
See more about Frances
- 57 spots since 2024 (#375 → #318)
- 100 spots since 2020 (#418 → #318)
- 195 spots since 2015 (#513 → #318)
- Biggest jump: 90 spots in 2015 (#603 → #513)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 2005 (#639 → #753)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #8 (16,132 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: 15 yrs · run 1911–1924
- Top 100: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 72 girls born in 1918 were named Frances (1.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,674 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 23.6% of all girls named Frances (140,391) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,182 | #30 (1888) | #41 |
| 1890s | 18,090 | #22 (1898) | #29 |
| 1900s | 28,499 | #12 (1909) | #18 |
| 1910s | 105,599 | #8 (1918) | #9 |
| 1920s | 140,391 | #9 (1921) | #11 |
| 1930s | 92,117 | #16 (1930) | #20 |
| 1940s | 85,448 | #28 (1940) | #36 |
| 1950s | 51,200 | #51 (1950) | #89 |
| 1960s | 25,001 | #127 (1960) | #158 |
| 1970s | 11,337 | #199 (1970) | #235 |
| 1980s | 8,490 | #267 (1980) | #290 |
| 1990s | 6,068 | #351 (1990) | #428 |
| 2000s | 3,959 | #572 (2000) | #696 |
| 2010s | 5,467 | #437 (2017) | #588 |
| 2020s | 4,849 | #318 (2025) | #388 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Frances in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 1,374 of them was named Frances, which outranked 97.7% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 82,754 of them was named Frances, which outranked 63.4% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,129Wendel20
- #2,129Windell20
- #2,129Wynn20
- #2,199Frances19
- #2,199Akim19
- #2,199Alford19
- #2,199Alicia19
- #2,277Ace18
- #2,277Ahren18
- #2,277Antoino18
Tied with 77 names at #2,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.