Francisco
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152 · #322 for boys in 2025, 1,069 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 2,906 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 142,192since 1880
Francisco over time
Rank among boys' names. Francisco has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #322 | 1,069 | |
| 2024 | — | #306 | 1,108 | |
| 2023 | — | #297 | 1,122 | |
| 2022 | — | #288 | 1,184 | |
| 2021 | — | #296 | 1,122 | |
| 2020 | — | #296 | 1,148 | |
| 2019 | — | #275 | 1,302 | |
| 2018 | — | #285 | 1,240 | |
| 2017 | — | #259 | 1,403 | |
| 2016 | — | #252 | 1,447 | |
| 2015 | — | #247 | 1,483 | |
| 2014 | — | #232 | 1,601 | |
| 2013 | — | #219 | 1,701 | |
| 2012 | — | #226 | 1,567 | |
| 2011 | — | #211 | 1,663 | |
| 2010 | — | #197 | 1,876 | |
| 2009 | — | #183 | 2,084 | |
| 2008 | — | #169 | 2,341 | |
| 2007 | — | #151 | 2,728 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #156 | 2,687 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #144 | 2,743 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #147 | 2,730 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #147 | 2,769 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #141 | 2,742 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #137 | 2,859 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #139 | 2,837 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #134 | 2,832 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #139 | 2,692 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #133 | 2,865 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #133 | 2,811 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #125 | 2,886 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #120 | 2,891 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #119 | 2,967 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #117 | 2,938 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #114 | 2,906 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | #115 | 2,934 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | #125 | 2,621 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #131 | 2,258 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #135 | 2,097 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #146 | 1,917 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #140 | 2,018 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #151 | 1,810 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #147 | 1,824 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | #155 | 1,812 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #144 | 1,956 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #154 | 1,769 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | #154 | 1,687 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #155 | 1,608 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #159 | 1,496 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #157 | 1,575 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #152 | 1,612 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #160 | 1,512 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #171 | 1,375 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #182 | 1,334 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #199 | 1,225 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #209 | 1,218 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #218 | 1,106 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #228 | 985 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #231 | 948 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #242 | 863 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #261 | 795 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #271 | 816 |
| 1963 | — | #278 | 775 | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #272 | 794 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #288 | 723 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #284 | 778 |
| 1959 | — | #295 | 709 | |
| 1958 | — | #287 | 702 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #270 | 776 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #260 | 786 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #254 | 730 |
| 1954 | — | #243 | 831 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #248 | 764 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #262 | 682 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #253 | 692 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #254 | 647 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #275 | 593 |
| 1948 | — | #276 | 588 | |
| 1947 | — | #291 | 560 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #305 | 454 |
| 1945 | — | #310 | 367 | |
| 1944 | — | #315 | 365 | |
| 1943 | — | #323 | 357 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #350 | 299 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #348 | 278 |
| 1940 | — | #326 | 303 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #344 | 266 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #317 | 299 |
| 1937 | — | #311 | 297 | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #302 | 312 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #308 | 310 |
| 1934 | — | #298 | 330 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #325 | 273 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #299 | 341 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #261 | 427 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #255 | 476 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #235 | 531 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #252 | 498 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #243 | 542 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #272 | 435 |
| 1925 | — | #266 | 456 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #297 | 366 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #284 | 393 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #311 | 341 |
| 1921 | — | #299 | 360 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #298 | 359 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #338 | 279 |
| 1918 | — | #367 | 254 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #374 | 227 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #411 | 183 |
| 1915 | — | #421 | 163 | |
| 1914 | — | #387 | 150 | |
| 1913 | — | #359 | 134 | |
| 1912 | — | #374 | 106 | |
| 1911 | — | #291 | 82 | |
| 1910 | — | #304 | 65 | |
| 1909 | — | #283 | 63 | |
| 1908 | — | #278 | 60 | |
| 1907 | — | #266 | 62 | |
| 1906 | — | #323 | 40 | |
| 1905 | — | #365 | 32 | |
| 1904 | — | #306 | 41 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #373 | 28 | |
| 1901 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1900 | — | #343 | 40 | |
| 1899 | — | #331 | 29 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #367 | 26 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #377 | 21 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #325 | 26 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1884 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Francisco was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.
See more about Francisco
- 16 spots since 2024 (#306 → #322)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#296 → #322)
- 75 spots since 2015 (#247 → #322)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1887 (#470 → #325)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1886 (#318 → #470)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1991 at #114 (2,906 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 658 boys born in 1997 were named Francisco (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,598 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #114 in 1991, was only 1 in 695 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.2% of all boys named Francisco (28,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 215 | #318 (1885) | #381 |
| 1890s | 227 | #331 (1899) | #397 |
| 1900s | 427 | #266 (1907) | #321 |
| 1910s | 1,643 | #291 (1911) | #363 |
| 1920s | 4,281 | #235 (1929) | #276 |
| 1930s | 3,331 | #255 (1930) | #302 |
| 1940s | 4,164 | #275 (1949) | #312 |
| 1950s | 7,319 | #243 (1954) | #263 |
| 1960s | 8,583 | #218 (1969) | #257 |
| 1970s | 14,642 | #152 (1975) | #170 |
| 1980s | 20,082 | #125 (1989) | #143 |
| 1990s | 28,722 | #114 (1991) | #125 |
| 2000s | 26,520 | #137 (2001) | #151 |
| 2010s | 15,283 | #197 (2010) | #240 |
| 2020s | 6,753 | #288 (2022) | #301 |
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.
Francisco in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 183,909 of them was named Francisco, which outranked 23.0% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,450Yvetta7
- #3,450Zelphia7
- #3,450Zelta7
- #3,847Francisco6
- #3,847Adaline6
- #3,847Adlean6
- #3,847Adlene6
- #4,342Aaron5
- #4,342Abbey5
- #4,342Adean5
Tied with 494 names at #3,847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 3,710 of them was named Francisco, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).