Meaning not yet researched.
Francis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 769 in 2025. Its best rank was #29 in 1915.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #29 in 1915; #420 in 2025. About 86% of babies named Francis in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#420 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1915, at #29.
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Francis: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 769 boys in 2025. Peak: #29 in 1915 · most boys in one year: 6,347 (1918).
In 2025, 769 US boys were named Francis, making it the 420th most common boys’ name of the year, up 30 places from #450 in 2024. That is 74 more than the 695 boys named Francis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #29, reached in 1915. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,347, in 1918. For comparison, it was #481 in 2015 and #86 in 1950.
In 2025, 122 US girls were named Francis, making it the 1,685th most common girls’ name of the year, up 400 places from #2,085 in 2024. That is 30 more than the 92 girls named Francis in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #206, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 673, in 1919. For comparison, it was #2,754 in 2015 and #509 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Francis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 399 babies with the name. In all, 320,322 US babies have been given the name, 9.3% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 65,206 babies named Francis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,573 US boys were named Francis; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 769. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,221 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Francis ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #166 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Frank (920,589 babies since 1880), Francisco (143,146 babies since 1880), Franklin (142,506 babies since 1880) and Franco (9,107 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Fran, Frank and Frankie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Francis is listed as a nickname for Frankie.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 7 | #166 | — |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #184 | — |
| Massachusetts | 36 | #185 | #195 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #187 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 62 | #205 | #237 |
| Maine | 6 | #216 | — |
| Connecticut | 15 | #226 | #249 |
| New Jersey | 39 | #245 | #284 |
| New York | 78 | #246 | #281 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | #249 | #350 |
| Illinois | 42 | #265 | #304 |
| Missouri | 23 | #297 | #447 |
| Oregon | 14 | #299 | #384 |
| Minnesota | 20 | #306 | #319 |
| Maryland | 18 | #306 | #507 |
| Ohio | 37 | #317 | #428 |
| Michigan | 25 | #352 | #380 |
| Virginia | 21 | #382 | #475 |
| Washington | 19 | #388 | #501 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #395 | — |
| Kansas | 9 | #404 | #323 |
| Iowa | 8 | #415 | #524 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #435 | #630 |
| Nevada | 6 | #467 | #409 |
| Colorado | 12 | #481 | #721 |
| Georgia | 21 | #505 | #807 |
| California | 58 | #532 | #523 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #570 | — |
| North Carolina | 16 | #602 | #635 |
| Indiana | 10 | #641 | #550 |
| Alabama | 7 | #643 | — |
| Arizona | 9 | #690 | #573 |
| Texas | 37 | #737 | #1,120 |
| Florida | 16 | #895 | #754 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #1,685 | 769 | #420 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,085 | 695 | #450 |
| 2023 | 98 | #2,004 | 677 | #456 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,565 | 664 | #462 |
| 2021 | 88 | #2,139 | 637 | #467 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,291 | 616 | #482 |
| 2019 | 90 | #2,095 | 605 | #484 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,409 | 610 | #480 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,343 | 662 | #458 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,328 | 638 | #482 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,754 | 622 | #481 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,723 | 593 | #480 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,918 | 539 | #505 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,604 | 430 | #593 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,187 | 387 | #617 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,539 | 358 | #671 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,136 | 359 | #676 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,594 | 368 | #660 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,466 | 402 | #616 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,862 | 451 | #556 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,643 | 463 | #526 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,405 | 456 | #524 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,110 | 465 | #518 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,828 | 464 | #497 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,865 | 546 | #444 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,544 | 559 | #435 |
| 1999 | 117 | #1,477 | 542 | #430 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,422 | 580 | #410 |
| 1997 | 112 | #1,469 | 628 | #385 |
| 1996 | 136 | #1,275 | 607 | #384 |
| 1995 | 161 | #1,102 | 697 | #352 |
| 1994 | 134 | #1,272 | 726 | #339 |
| 1993 | 137 | #1,254 | 753 | #335 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,211 | 803 | #318 |
| 1991 | 162 | #1,109 | 824 | #313 |
| 1990 | 157 | #1,113 | 919 | #284 |
| 1989 | 143 | #1,153 | 921 | #268 |
| 1988 | 145 | #1,087 | 952 | #247 |
| 1987 | 166 | #961 | 949 | #244 |
| 1986 | 135 | #1,098 | 915 | #245 |
| 1985 | 138 | #1,067 | 935 | #245 |
| 1984 | 125 | #1,105 | 902 | #243 |
| 1983 | 117 | #1,140 | 961 | #232 |
| 1982 | 151 | #981 | 981 | #238 |
| 1981 | 153 | #960 | 974 | #236 |
| 1980 | 153 | #968 | 922 | #243 |
| 1979 | 120 | #1,120 | 929 | #237 |
| 1978 | 135 | #1,011 | 940 | #225 |
| 1977 | 143 | #967 | 896 | #235 |
| 1976 | 130 | #983 | 836 | #240 |
| 1975 | 135 | #938 | 957 | #217 |
| 1974 | 113 | #1,050 | 888 | #233 |
| 1973 | 115 | #1,016 | 979 | #223 |
| 1972 | 119 | #997 | 989 | #222 |
| 1971 | 131 | #969 | 1,209 | #201 |
| 1970 | 137 | #938 | 1,389 | #192 |
| 1969 | 145 | #868 | 1,429 | #189 |
| 1968 | 123 | #933 | 1,515 | #175 |
| 1967 | 122 | #930 | 1,583 | #169 |
| 1966 | 124 | #906 | 1,696 | #164 |
| 1965 | 123 | #910 | 1,815 | #164 |
| 1964 | 134 | #900 | 2,068 | #159 |
| 1963 | 152 | #849 | 2,174 | #153 |
| 1962 | 177 | #783 | 2,293 | #148 |
| 1961 | 203 | #730 | 2,345 | #148 |
| 1960 | 193 | #728 | 2,416 | #145 |
| 1959 | 183 | #751 | 2,649 | #136 |
| 1958 | 174 | #753 | 2,620 | #135 |
| 1957 | 200 | #704 | 2,936 | #128 |
| 1956 | 177 | #728 | 3,301 | #111 |
| 1955 | 202 | #658 | 3,439 | #100 |
| 1954 | 228 | #600 | 3,686 | #94 |
| 1953 | 213 | #608 | 3,875 | #90 |
| 1952 | 250 | #543 | 3,979 | #89 |
| 1951 | 233 | #554 | 4,199 | #85 |
| 1950 | 254 | #509 | 4,082 | #86 |
| 1949 | 256 | #508 | 4,281 | #78 |
| 1948 | 263 | #505 | 4,214 | #80 |
| 1947 | 297 | #478 | 4,208 | #84 |
| 1946 | 262 | #485 | 4,006 | #80 |
| 1945 | 245 | #455 | 3,448 | #76 |
| 1944 | 316 | #399 | 3,652 | #71 |
| 1943 | 312 | #413 | 4,068 | #64 |
| 1942 | 295 | #417 | 4,297 | #58 |
| 1941 | 318 | #383 | 3,738 | #60 |
| 1940 | 317 | #370 | 3,607 | #61 |
| 1939 | 299 | #381 | 3,721 | #53 |
| 1938 | 305 | #380 | 3,951 | #51 |
| 1937 | 312 | #367 | 3,730 | #55 |
| 1936 | 319 | #353 | 3,876 | #50 |
| 1935 | 381 | #323 | 3,894 | #53 |
| 1934 | 355 | #336 | 4,006 | #49 |
| 1933 | 366 | #329 | 4,093 | #45 |
| 1932 | 399 | #319 | 4,388 | #43 |
| 1931 | 373 | #331 | 4,735 | #42 |
| 1930 | 467 | #307 | 4,990 | #42 |
| 1929 | 473 | #310 | 5,270 | #39 |
| 1928 | 571 | #271 | 5,516 | #40 |
| 1927 | 565 | #279 | 5,644 | #36 |
| 1926 | 652 | #259 | 5,789 | #35 |
| 1925 | 660 | #259 | 5,978 | #35 |
| 1924 | 646 | #257 | 6,131 | #34 |
| 1923 | 622 | #258 | 6,087 | #34 |
| 1922 | 607 | #264 | 6,147 | #34 |
| 1921 | 661 | #258 | 6,293 | #35 |
| 1920 | 653 | #259 | 6,241 | #34 |
| 1919 | 673 | #247 | 5,726 | #34 |
| 1918 | 653 | #253 | 6,347 | #30 |
| 1917 | 627 | #248 | 5,801 | #30 |
| 1916 | 519 | #265 | 5,652 | #31 |
| 1915 | 503 | #261 | 5,594 | #29 |
| 1914 | 385 | #263 | 3,901 | #31 |
| 1913 | 299 | #270 | 3,205 | #30 |
| 1912 | 273 | #272 | 2,516 | #35 |
| 1911 | 234 | #253 | 1,311 | #33 |
| 1910 | 227 | #254 | 1,000 | #36 |
| 1909 | 157 | #288 | 886 | #33 |
| 1908 | 166 | #275 | 853 | #34 |
| 1907 | 162 | #272 | 717 | #37 |
| 1906 | 139 | #281 | 737 | #35 |
| 1905 | 149 | #268 | 685 | #36 |
| 1904 | 122 | #291 | 686 | #36 |
| 1903 | 109 | #300 | 665 | #35 |
| 1902 | 140 | #262 | 597 | #38 |
| 1901 | 126 | #258 | 543 | #36 |
| 1900 | 159 | #257 | 652 | #41 |
| 1899 | 101 | #294 | 501 | #38 |
| 1898 | 124 | #274 | 541 | #43 |
| 1897 | 115 | #266 | 496 | #43 |
| 1896 | 114 | #269 | 551 | #39 |
| 1895 | 126 | #250 | 480 | #45 |
| 1894 | 108 | #264 | 423 | #50 |
| 1893 | 107 | #257 | 418 | #48 |
| 1892 | 106 | #257 | 429 | #50 |
| 1891 | 88 | #261 | 333 | #54 |
| 1890 | 101 | #246 | 363 | #55 |
| 1889 | 88 | #249 | 346 | #55 |
| 1888 | 88 | #247 | 353 | #57 |
| 1887 | 82 | #234 | 327 | #54 |
| 1886 | 81 | #225 | 344 | #55 |
| 1885 | 66 | #250 | 319 | #56 |
| 1884 | 56 | #261 | 340 | #57 |
| 1883 | 54 | #244 | 285 | #60 |
| 1882 | 54 | #235 | 327 | #56 |
| 1881 | 47 | #229 | 259 | #63 |
| 1880 | 55 | #206 | 344 | #50 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).