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

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Peak · boys
1991 · 2,906 births
Debut · boys
19 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
142,192
since 1880

Francisco over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Francisco has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #114, 1991boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3221,069
2024#3061,108
2023#2971,122
2022#2881,184
2021#2961,122
2020#2961,148
2019#2751,302
2018#2851,240
2017#2591,403
2016#2521,447
2015#2471,483
2014#2321,601
2013#2191,701
2012#2261,567
2011#2111,663
2010#1971,876
2009#1832,084
2008#1692,341
2007#1512,728
2006#15,1526#1562,687
2005#10,9219#1442,743
2004#10,6909#1472,730
2003#11,3258#1472,769
2002#15,4325#1412,742
2001#8,75811#1372,859
2000#8,02712#1392,837
1999#6,48415#1342,832
1998#6,36015#1392,692
1997#6,84413#1332,865
1996#5,77116#1332,811
1995#3,87827#1252,886
1994#4,52122#1202,891
1993#3,77628#1192,967
1992#3,58130#1172,938
1991#3,44331#1142,906
1990#3,36432#1152,934
1989#4,02024#1252,621
1988#3,22530#1312,258
1987#3,85722#1352,097
1986#4,34718#1461,917
1985#4,12619#1402,018
1984#4,16618#1511,810
1983#6,21210#1471,824
1982#3,26026#1551,812
1981#3,53223#1441,956
1980#3,71921#1541,769
1979#2,86030#1541,687
1978#4,24216#1551,608
1977#3,48621#1591,496
1976#3,40720#1571,575
1975#4,59313#1521,612
1974#5,36010#1601,512
1973#4,87111#1711,375
1972#3,71416#1821,334
1971#3,78916#1991,225
1970#5,8188#2091,218
1969#3,61915#2181,106
1968#4,22211#228985
1967#3,65613#231948
1966#4,8668#242863
1965#3,95211#261795
1964#6,0096#271816
1963#278775
1962#4,5339#272794
1961#6,5675#288723
1960#3,68812#284778
1959#295709
1958#287702
1957#4,5368#270776
1956#3,69611#260786
1955#5,8285#254730
1954#243831
1953#5,0406#248764
1952#3,37211#262682
1951#5,4145#253692
1950#4,7386#254647
1949#3,39310#275593
1948#276588
1947#291560
1946#4,4176#305454
1945#310367
1944#315365
1943#323357
1942#4,1246#350299
1941#3,9546#348278
1940#326303
1939#4,2505#344266
1938#3,8476#317299
1937#311297
1936#3,1038#302312
1935#3,1568#308310
1934#298330
1933#3,4067#325273
1932#3,2748#299341
1931#4,3315#261427
1930#3,0559#255476
1929#3,3948#235531
1928#3,4368#252498
1927#3,8757#243542
1926#4,3066#272435
1925#266456
1924#4,4346#297366
1923#4,3766#284393
1922#4,4456#311341
1921#299360
1920#4,9755#298359
1919#4,8145#338279
1918#367254
1917#4,5945#374227
1916#4,4175#411183
1915#421163
1914#387150
1913#359134
1912#374106
1911#29182
1910#30465
1909#28363
1908#27860
1907#26662
1906#32340
1905#36532
1904#30641
1903#38126
1902#37328
1901#29435
1900#34340
1899#33129
1898#45220
1897#36726
1896#36727
1895#43720
1894#37624
1893#34926
1892#48017
1891#37721
1890#43417
1889#41519
1888#40421
1887#32526
1886#47015
1885#31828
1884#36923
1883#33724
1882#41619
1881#36021
1880#39219
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
111 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1991 at #114 (2,906 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 658
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 20.2% of all boys named Francisco (28,722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s215#318 (1885)#381
1890s227#331 (1899)#397
1900s427#266 (1907)#321
1910s1,643#291 (1911)#363
1920s4,281#235 (1929)#276
1930s3,331#255 (1930)#302
1940s4,164#275 (1949)#312
1950s7,319#243 (1954)#263
1960s8,583#218 (1969)#257
1970s14,642#152 (1975)#170
1980s20,082#125 (1989)#143
1990s28,722#114 (1991)#125
2000s26,520#137 (2001)#151
2010s15,283#197 (2010)#240
2020s6,753#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 1942

girls
#4,124
6 births · 1 in 225,120 girls
boys
#350
299 births · 1 in 4,619 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #4,124Francisco6

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #350Francisco299
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 225,120 of them was named Francisco, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francisco
  1. #3,738Zera7
  2. #3,738Zondra7
  3. #3,738Zylphia7
  4. #4,124Francisco6
  5. #4,124Aaron6
  6. #4,124Adair6
  7. #4,124Adel6
  8. #4,622Adda5
  9. #4,622Adelene5
  10. #4,622Adina5

Tied with 497 names at #4,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 4,619 of them was named Francisco, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francisco
  1. #346Mario303
  2. #348Marlin302
  3. #349Dominic301
  4. #350Francisco299
  5. #351Bryan298
  6. #351Gale298
  7. #353Austin297
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942