Francis
#1,684 for girls in 2025, 122 births · #420 for boys in 2025, 769 births
Given to boys 90.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 5,594 births
- Debut · boys
- 344 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 76 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 290,490since 1880
Francis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #1,684 | 122 | #420 | 769 |
| 2024 | #2,080 | 92 | #450 | 695 |
| 2023 | #2,002 | 98 | #456 | 677 |
| 2022 | #2,554 | 69 | #462 | 664 |
| 2021 | #2,131 | 88 | #466 | 637 |
| 2020 | #2,277 | 78 | #481 | 616 |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | #484 | 605 |
| 2018 | #2,404 | 75 | #479 | 610 |
| 2017 | #2,338 | 78 | #458 | 662 |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 | #481 | 638 |
| 2015 | #2,736 | 64 | #481 | 622 |
| 2014 | #2,714 | 64 | #480 | 593 |
| 2013 | #2,903 | 58 | #505 | 539 |
| 2012 | #3,583 | 44 | #593 | 430 |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 | #617 | 387 |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | #670 | 358 |
| 2009 | #3,126 | 54 | #676 | 359 |
| 2008 | #2,584 | 72 | #660 | 368 |
| 2007 | #2,457 | 76 | #616 | 402 |
| 2006 | #2,850 | 61 | #556 | 451 |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 | #526 | 463 |
| 2004 | #2,396 | 71 | #524 | 456 |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 | #518 | 465 |
| 2002 | #1,821 | 98 | #497 | 464 |
| 2001 | #1,861 | 94 | #444 | 546 |
| 2000 | #1,542 | 116 | #435 | 559 |
| 1999 | #1,476 | 117 | #430 | 542 |
| 1998 | #1,416 | 121 | #410 | 580 |
| 1997 | #1,466 | 112 | #385 | 628 |
| 1996 | #1,275 | 136 | #384 | 607 |
| 1995 | #1,100 | 161 | #352 | 697 |
| 1994 | #1,269 | 134 | #339 | 726 |
| 1993 | #1,254 | 137 | #335 | 753 |
| 1992 | #1,207 | 144 | #318 | 803 |
| 1991 | #1,106 | 162 | #313 | 824 |
| 1990 | #1,110 | 157 | #284 | 919 |
| 1989 | #1,149 | 143 | #268 | 921 |
| 1988 | #1,085 | 145 | #246 | 952 |
| 1987 | #960 | 166 | #244 | 949 |
| 1986 | #1,097 | 135 | #245 | 915 |
| 1985 | #1,066 | 138 | #245 | 935 |
| 1984 | #1,103 | 125 | #243 | 902 |
| 1983 | #1,137 | 117 | #232 | 961 |
| 1982 | #981 | 151 | #238 | 981 |
| 1981 | #955 | 153 | #236 | 974 |
| 1980 | #966 | 153 | #243 | 922 |
| 1979 | #1,120 | 120 | #237 | 929 |
| 1978 | #1,006 | 135 | #225 | 940 |
| 1977 | #965 | 143 | #235 | 896 |
| 1976 | #980 | 130 | #240 | 836 |
| 1975 | #937 | 135 | #217 | 957 |
| 1974 | #1,048 | 113 | #233 | 888 |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 | #223 | 979 |
| 1972 | #996 | 119 | #222 | 989 |
| 1971 | #967 | 131 | #201 | 1,209 |
| 1970 | #936 | 137 | #192 | 1,389 |
| 1969 | #868 | 145 | #189 | 1,429 |
| 1968 | #933 | 123 | #175 | 1,515 |
| 1967 | #926 | 122 | #169 | 1,583 |
| 1966 | #905 | 124 | #164 | 1,696 |
| 1965 | #908 | 123 | #164 | 1,815 |
| 1964 | #899 | 134 | #159 | 2,068 |
| 1963 | #847 | 152 | #153 | 2,174 |
| 1962 | #783 | 177 | #148 | 2,293 |
| 1961 | #730 | 203 | #148 | 2,345 |
| 1960 | #728 | 193 | #145 | 2,416 |
| 1959 | #751 | 183 | #136 | 2,649 |
| 1958 | #753 | 174 | #135 | 2,620 |
| 1957 | #704 | 200 | #128 | 2,936 |
| 1956 | #727 | 177 | #111 | 3,301 |
| 1955 | #658 | 202 | #100 | 3,439 |
| 1954 | #600 | 228 | #94 | 3,686 |
| 1953 | #608 | 213 | #90 | 3,875 |
| 1952 | #543 | 250 | #89 | 3,979 |
| 1951 | #552 | 233 | #85 | 4,199 |
| 1950 | #508 | 254 | #86 | 4,082 |
| 1949 | #508 | 256 | #78 | 4,281 |
| 1948 | #505 | 263 | #80 | 4,214 |
| 1947 | #478 | 297 | #84 | 4,208 |
| 1946 | #484 | 262 | #80 | 4,006 |
| 1945 | #455 | 245 | #76 | 3,448 |
| 1944 | #399 | 316 | #71 | 3,652 |
| 1943 | #413 | 312 | #64 | 4,068 |
| 1942 | #416 | 295 | #58 | 4,297 |
| 1941 | #383 | 318 | #60 | 3,738 |
| 1940 | #370 | 317 | #61 | 3,607 |
| 1939 | #381 | 299 | #53 | 3,721 |
| 1938 | #380 | 305 | #51 | 3,951 |
| 1937 | #367 | 312 | #55 | 3,730 |
| 1936 | #353 | 319 | #50 | 3,876 |
| 1935 | #323 | 381 | #53 | 3,894 |
| 1934 | #335 | 355 | #49 | 4,006 |
| 1933 | #329 | 366 | #45 | 4,093 |
| 1932 | #319 | 399 | #43 | 4,388 |
| 1931 | #331 | 373 | #42 | 4,735 |
| 1930 | #307 | 467 | #42 | 4,990 |
| 1929 | #310 | 473 | #39 | 5,270 |
| 1928 | #271 | 571 | #40 | 5,516 |
| 1927 | #279 | 565 | #36 | 5,644 |
| 1926 | #259 | 652 | #35 | 5,789 |
| 1925 | #259 | 660 | #35 | 5,978 |
| 1924 | #257 | 646 | #34 | 6,131 |
| 1923 | #258 | 622 | #34 | 6,087 |
| 1922 | #264 | 607 | #34 | 6,147 |
| 1921 | #258 | 661 | #35 | 6,293 |
| 1920 | #259 | 653 | #34 | 6,241 |
| 1919 | #247 | 673 | #34 | 5,726 |
| 1918 | #253 | 653 | #30 | 6,347 |
| 1917 | #248 | 627 | #30 | 5,801 |
| 1916 | #265 | 519 | #31 | 5,652 |
| 1915 | #261 | 503 | #29 | 5,594 |
| 1914 | #263 | 385 | #31 | 3,901 |
| 1913 | #270 | 299 | #30 | 3,205 |
| 1912 | #272 | 273 | #35 | 2,516 |
| 1911 | #253 | 234 | #33 | 1,311 |
| 1910 | #254 | 227 | #36 | 1,000 |
| 1909 | #287 | 157 | #33 | 886 |
| 1908 | #275 | 166 | #34 | 853 |
| 1907 | #271 | 162 | #37 | 717 |
| 1906 | #281 | 139 | #35 | 737 |
| 1905 | #268 | 149 | #36 | 685 |
| 1904 | #291 | 122 | #36 | 686 |
| 1903 | #299 | 109 | #35 | 665 |
| 1902 | #262 | 140 | #38 | 597 |
| 1901 | #257 | 126 | #36 | 543 |
| 1900 | #257 | 159 | #41 | 652 |
| 1899 | #294 | 101 | #38 | 501 |
| 1898 | #271 | 124 | #43 | 541 |
| 1897 | #266 | 115 | #43 | 496 |
| 1896 | #267 | 114 | #39 | 551 |
| 1895 | #248 | 126 | #45 | 480 |
| 1894 | #263 | 108 | #50 | 423 |
| 1893 | #256 | 107 | #48 | 418 |
| 1892 | #257 | 106 | #50 | 429 |
| 1891 | #261 | 88 | #54 | 333 |
| 1890 | #246 | 101 | #54 | 363 |
| 1889 | #248 | 88 | #55 | 346 |
| 1888 | #247 | 88 | #57 | 353 |
| 1887 | #234 | 82 | #53 | 327 |
| 1886 | #224 | 81 | #55 | 344 |
| 1885 | #249 | 66 | #56 | 319 |
| 1884 | #260 | 56 | #57 | 340 |
| 1883 | #244 | 54 | #60 | 285 |
| 1882 | #235 | 54 | #56 | 327 |
| 1881 | #227 | 47 | #63 | 259 |
| 1880 | #206 | 55 | #50 | 344 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Francis was already there! It came in at #50, and was given to 344 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1891, when fewer than 370 boys a year got the name.
See more about Francis
- 30 spots since 2024 (#450 → #420)
- 61 spots since 2020 (#481 → #420)
- 61 spots since 2015 (#481 → #420)
- Biggest jump: 88 spots in 2013 (#593 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 60 spots in 2007 (#556 → #616)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #29 (5,594 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 152 boys born in 1915 were named Francis (0.66%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,221 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Francis (59,096) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,244 | #50 (1880) | #56 |
| 1890s | 4,535 | #38 (1899) | #46 |
| 1900s | 7,021 | #33 (1909) | #36 |
| 1910s | 41,053 | #29 (1915) | #32 |
| 1920s | 59,096 | #34 (1920) | #36 |
| 1930s | 41,384 | #42 (1930) | #48 |
| 1940s | 39,519 | #58 (1942) | #71 |
| 1950s | 34,766 | #85 (1951) | #105 |
| 1960s | 19,334 | #145 (1960) | #161 |
| 1970s | 10,012 | #192 (1970) | #223 |
| 1980s | 9,412 | #232 (1983) | #244 |
| 1990s | 7,079 | #284 (1990) | #355 |
| 2000s | 4,533 | #435 (2000) | #545 |
| 2010s | 5,444 | #458 (2017) | #525 |
| 2020s | 4,058 | #420 (2025) | #456 |
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.
Francis in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 2,411 of them was named Francis, which outranked 94.1% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 220 of them was named Francis, which outranked 99.1% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.