Francesco
#1,328 for boys in 2025, 145 births
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,446since 1906
Francesco over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Francesco has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,328 | 145 |
| 2024 | #1,241 | 160 |
| 2023 | #1,300 | 147 |
| 2022 | #1,425 | 128 |
| 2021 | #1,407 | 130 |
| 2020 | #1,335 | 134 |
| 2019 | #1,564 | 107 |
| 2018 | #1,431 | 122 |
| 2017 | #1,433 | 120 |
| 2016 | #1,313 | 137 |
| 2015 | #1,340 | 131 |
| 2014 | #1,251 | 144 |
| 2013 | #1,387 | 121 |
| 2012 | #1,398 | 119 |
| 2011 | #1,250 | 138 |
| 2010 | #1,415 | 117 |
| 2009 | #1,191 | 151 |
| 2008 | #1,348 | 127 |
| 2007 | #1,157 | 153 |
| 2006 | #1,073 | 166 |
| 2005 | #1,041 | 161 |
| 2004 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #1,090 | 142 |
| 2002 | #1,033 | 148 |
| 2001 | #1,049 | 139 |
| 2000 | #998 | 148 |
| 1999 | #981 | 145 |
| 1998 | #989 | 139 |
| 1997 | #1,075 | 118 |
| 1996 | #969 | 131 |
| 1995 | #943 | 139 |
| 1994 | #997 | 124 |
| 1993 | #921 | 136 |
| 1992 | #1,025 | 114 |
| 1991 | #891 | 140 |
| 1990 | #833 | 151 |
| 1989 | #967 | 111 |
| 1988 | #929 | 106 |
| 1987 | #880 | 113 |
| 1986 | #872 | 108 |
| 1985 | #875 | 108 |
| 1984 | #891 | 96 |
| 1983 | #924 | 91 |
| 1982 | #933 | 92 |
| 1981 | #846 | 108 |
| 1980 | #764 | 131 |
| 1979 | #842 | 105 |
| 1978 | #831 | 106 |
| 1977 | #847 | 102 |
| 1976 | #783 | 112 |
| 1975 | #760 | 119 |
| 1974 | #784 | 105 |
| 1973 | #783 | 103 |
| 1972 | #905 | 78 |
| 1971 | #910 | 80 |
| 1970 | #857 | 88 |
| 1969 | #877 | 76 |
| 1968 | #866 | 70 |
| 1967 | #915 | 62 |
| 1966 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1965 | #1,012 | 53 |
| 1964 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1963 | #1,175 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 28 |
| 1959 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,361 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,207 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,062 | 39 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1914 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1906
The first year at least five boys were named Francesco! It came in at #1,111, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 87 spots since 2024 (#1,241 → #1,328)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#1,335 → #1,328)
- 12 spots since 2015 (#1,340 → #1,328)
- Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #744)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1915 (#907 → #1,068)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1908 at #744 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1967–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,768
- Highest: 1 in 10,768 boys born in 2024 were named Francesco (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,780 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #744 in 1908, was only 1 in 11,872 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 17.5% of all boys named Francesco (1,478) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #744 (1908) | #1,067 |
| 1910s | 286 | #789 (1913) | #1,065 |
| 1920s | 202 | #1,360 (1921) | #1,786 |
| 1930s | 106 | #1,644 (1930) | #2,431 |
| 1940s | 66 | #1,702 (1949) | #2,593 |
| 1950s | 282 | #1,250 (1957) | #1,503 |
| 1960s | 503 | #866 (1968) | #1,112 |
| 1970s | 998 | #760 (1975) | #830 |
| 1980s | 1,064 | #764 (1980) | #888 |
| 1990s | 1,337 | #833 (1990) | #962 |
| 2000s | 1,478 | #998 (2000) | #1,108 |
| 2010s | 1,256 | #1,250 (2011) | #1,378 |
| 2020s | 844 | #1,241 (2024) | #1,339 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Francesco in 1987
boys
#880
113 births · 1 in 16,522 boys
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 16,522 of them was named Francesco, which outranked 89.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).