Meaning not yet researched.
Francisco: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,069 in 2025. Its best rank was #114 in 1991.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #114 in 1991; #322 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Francisco in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#322 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1991, at #114.
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Francisco: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,069 boys in 2025. Peak: #114 in 1991 · most boys in one year: 2,967 (1993).
In 2025, 1,069 US boys were named Francisco, making it the 322nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 16 places from #306 in 2024. That is 39 fewer than the 1,108 boys named Francisco in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #114, reached in 1991. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,967, in 1993. For comparison, it was #247 in 2015 and #254 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Francisco in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 143,146 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 28,951 babies named Francisco.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,145 US boys were named Francisco; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,447. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,598 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Francisco ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #148 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), Francis (320,322 babies since 1880), Franklin (142,506 babies since 1880) and Franco (9,107 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Chico, Kiko and Pancho are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Chico (951), Kiko (282), Pancho (202).
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.
No nicknames listed for Francisco in the open dataset we use.
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 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 60 | #148 | #101 |
| California | 248 | #156 | #120 |
| Texas | 219 | #170 | #136 |
| Nevada | 13 | #236 | #109 |
| Idaho | 11 | #237 | #405 |
| Illinois | 44 | #255 | #270 |
| Colorado | 25 | #264 | #256 |
| Oregon | 16 | #270 | #243 |
| Iowa | 13 | #298 | #431 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #309 | #253 |
| Florida | 59 | #328 | #214 |
| Alabama | 16 | #345 | #349 |
| Maryland | 15 | #350 | #662 |
| Kansas | 10 | #363 | #366 |
| Washington | 19 | #389 | #234 |
| Minnesota | 14 | #398 | — |
| Utah | 11 | #417 | #485 |
| Georgia | 27 | #418 | #361 |
| North Carolina | 25 | #435 | #462 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #436 | #315 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #447 | #272 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #453 | #628 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #460 | #603 |
| Michigan | 17 | #495 | #780 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #500 | #274 |
| Indiana | 12 | #559 | #591 |
| Virginia | 12 | #599 | #692 |
| New York | 25 | #607 | #454 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #628 | #544 |
| Ohio | 15 | #632 | #745 |
| Missouri | 8 | #673 | #865 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #721 | #464 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #743 | #557 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,069 | #322 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,108 | #306 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,122 | #297 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,184 | #288 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,122 | #296 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,148 | #296 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,302 | #275 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,240 | #285 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,403 | #259 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,447 | #253 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,483 | #247 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,601 | #232 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,701 | #219 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,567 | #226 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,663 | #211 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,876 | #197 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,084 | #183 |
| 2008 | — | — | 2,341 | #170 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,728 | #151 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,768 | 2,687 | #156 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,199 | 2,743 | #144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,989 | 2,730 | #147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,671 | 2,769 | #147 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,301 | 2,742 | #141 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,964 | 2,859 | #137 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,204 | 2,837 | #139 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,612 | 2,832 | #134 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,482 | 2,692 | #139 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,989 | 2,865 | #133 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,876 | 2,811 | #133 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,916 | 2,886 | #125 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,579 | 2,891 | #120 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,811 | 2,967 | #119 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,607 | 2,938 | #117 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,470 | 2,906 | #114 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,384 | 2,934 | #115 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,046 | 2,621 | #125 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,250 | 2,258 | #132 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,893 | 2,097 | #135 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,412 | 1,917 | #146 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,180 | 2,018 | #140 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,211 | 1,810 | #151 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,372 | 1,824 | #147 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,283 | 1,812 | #155 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,555 | 1,956 | #144 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,754 | 1,769 | #154 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,879 | 1,687 | #154 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,323 | 1,608 | #155 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,518 | 1,496 | #159 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,437 | 1,575 | #157 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,674 | 1,612 | #152 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,476 | 1,512 | #160 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,986 | 1,375 | #171 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,766 | 1,334 | #182 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,839 | 1,225 | #199 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,984 | 1,218 | #209 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,672 | 1,106 | #218 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,294 | 985 | #228 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,726 | 948 | #231 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,007 | 863 | #242 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,027 | 795 | #261 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,249 | 816 | #271 |
| 1963 | — | — | 775 | #278 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,645 | 794 | #272 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,882 | 723 | #288 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,770 | 778 | #284 |
| 1959 | — | — | 709 | #296 |
| 1958 | — | — | 702 | #287 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,659 | 776 | #270 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,766 | 786 | #260 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,144 | 730 | #254 |
| 1954 | — | — | 831 | #243 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,249 | 764 | #248 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,436 | 682 | #262 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,681 | 692 | #253 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,922 | 647 | #254 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,461 | 593 | #275 |
| 1948 | — | — | 588 | #276 |
| 1947 | — | — | 560 | #291 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,617 | 454 | #305 |
| 1945 | — | — | 367 | #310 |
| 1944 | — | — | 365 | #315 |
| 1943 | — | — | 357 | #323 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,287 | 299 | #350 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,122 | 278 | #350 |
| 1940 | — | — | 303 | #326 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,472 | 266 | #344 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,004 | 299 | #317 |
| 1937 | — | — | 297 | #311 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,212 | 312 | #303 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,260 | 310 | #308 |
| 1934 | — | — | 330 | #298 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,541 | 273 | #325 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,394 | 341 | #299 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,576 | 427 | #261 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,152 | 476 | #255 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,496 | 531 | #235 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,550 | 498 | #252 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,010 | 542 | #243 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,498 | 435 | #272 |
| 1925 | — | — | 456 | #266 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,674 | 366 | #297 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,596 | 393 | #284 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,655 | 341 | #311 |
| 1921 | — | — | 360 | #299 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,259 | 359 | #299 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,076 | 279 | #338 |
| 1918 | — | — | 254 | #367 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,862 | 227 | #374 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,696 | 183 | #411 |
| 1915 | — | — | 163 | #421 |
| 1914 | — | — | 150 | #387 |
| 1913 | — | — | 134 | #359 |
| 1912 | — | — | 106 | #375 |
| 1911 | — | — | 82 | #291 |
| 1910 | — | — | 65 | #305 |
| 1909 | — | — | 63 | #283 |
| 1908 | — | — | 60 | #278 |
| 1907 | — | — | 62 | #267 |
| 1906 | — | — | 40 | #325 |
| 1905 | — | — | 32 | #367 |
| 1904 | — | — | 41 | #308 |
| 1903 | — | — | 26 | #385 |
| 1902 | — | — | 28 | #374 |
| 1901 | — | — | 35 | #298 |
| 1900 | — | — | 40 | #346 |
| 1899 | — | — | 29 | #331 |
| 1898 | — | — | 20 | #459 |
| 1897 | — | — | 26 | #370 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #372 |
| 1895 | — | — | 20 | #443 |
| 1894 | — | — | 24 | #380 |
| 1893 | — | — | 26 | #352 |
| 1892 | — | — | 17 | #485 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #381 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #443 |
| 1889 | — | — | 19 | #421 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #407 |
| 1887 | — | — | 26 | #326 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #483 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #322 |
| 1884 | — | — | 23 | #369 |
| 1883 | — | — | 24 | #342 |
| 1882 | — | — | 19 | #417 |
| 1881 | — | — | 21 | #366 |
| 1880 | — | — | 19 | #395 |
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).