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Francois: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 18 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,474 in 1961.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,474 in 1961; #5,276 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Francois in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,276 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1961, at #1,474.
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Francois: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 18 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,474 in 1961 · most boys in one year: 43 (1992).
In 2025, 18 US boys were named Francois, making it the 5,276th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,303 places from #6,579 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 13 boys named Francois in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,474, reached in 1961. The most boys given the name in a single year was 43, in 1992. For comparison, it was #4,772 in 2015 and #2,486 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Francois in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 7 babies. In all, 1,823 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 287 babies named Francois.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 140 US boys were named Francois; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 18. In 2025 that was about 1 in 94,893 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 18 | #5,276 |
| 2024 | — | — | 13 | #6,579 |
| 2023 | — | — | 12 | #7,039 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #7,949 |
| 2021 | — | — | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2020 | — | — | 14 | #6,072 |
| 2019 | — | — | 14 | #6,205 |
| 2018 | — | — | 16 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | — | — | 15 | #5,887 |
| 2016 | — | — | 15 | #5,875 |
| 2015 | — | — | 20 | #4,772 |
| 2014 | — | — | 16 | #5,555 |
| 2013 | — | — | 12 | #6,745 |
| 2012 | — | — | 11 | #7,207 |
| 2011 | — | — | 17 | #5,278 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,235 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #6,938 |
| 2008 | — | — | 17 | #5,322 |
| 2007 | — | — | 11 | #7,253 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,151 |
| 2005 | — | — | 17 | #4,896 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,584 |
| 2003 | — | — | 19 | #4,329 |
| 2002 | — | — | 24 | #3,595 |
| 2001 | — | — | 14 | #5,217 |
| 2000 | — | — | 14 | #5,124 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,421 |
| 1998 | — | — | 25 | #3,133 |
| 1997 | — | — | 18 | #3,790 |
| 1996 | — | — | 29 | #2,624 |
| 1995 | — | — | 23 | #3,049 |
| 1994 | — | — | 28 | #2,645 |
| 1993 | — | — | 24 | #2,890 |
| 1992 | — | — | 43 | #1,889 |
| 1991 | — | — | 34 | #2,162 |
| 1990 | — | — | 32 | #2,231 |
| 1989 | — | — | 31 | #2,214 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,428 | 23 | #2,543 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,766 |
| 1986 | — | — | 26 | #2,181 |
| 1985 | — | — | 34 | #1,771 |
| 1984 | — | — | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1983 | — | — | 29 | #1,873 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,949 |
| 1981 | — | — | 23 | #2,223 |
| 1980 | — | — | 25 | #2,131 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,065 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,712 |
| 1977 | — | — | 23 | #2,088 |
| 1976 | — | — | 20 | #2,268 |
| 1975 | — | — | 27 | #1,803 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,220 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,896 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,839 |
| 1971 | — | — | 25 | #1,801 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,816 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,695 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | — | — | 27 | #1,485 |
| 1966 | — | — | 22 | #1,666 |
| 1965 | — | — | 23 | #1,638 |
| 1964 | — | — | 28 | #1,496 |
| 1963 | — | — | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1962 | — | — | 22 | #1,723 |
| 1961 | — | — | 30 | #1,474 |
| 1960 | — | — | 13 | #2,356 |
| 1959 | — | — | 24 | #1,638 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #2,892 |
| 1956 | — | — | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #1,990 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #2,998 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,636 |
| 1951 | — | — | 9 | #2,730 |
| 1950 | — | — | 10 | #2,486 |
| 1949 | — | — | 13 | #2,153 |
| 1948 | — | — | 11 | #2,371 |
| 1947 | — | — | 9 | #2,736 |
| 1946 | — | — | 11 | #2,319 |
| 1945 | — | — | 5 | #3,483 |
| 1943 | — | — | 6 | #3,348 |
| 1942 | — | — | 9 | #2,584 |
| 1941 | — | — | 5 | #3,685 |
| 1940 | — | — | 6 | #3,243 |
| 1939 | — | — | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1938 | — | — | 7 | #2,980 |
| 1936 | — | — | 5 | #3,728 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,071 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,315 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #2,944 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,122 |
| 1929 | — | — | 13 | #2,246 |
| 1927 | — | — | 12 | #2,454 |
| 1926 | — | — | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1925 | — | — | 11 | #2,646 |
| 1924 | — | — | 13 | #2,391 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,675 |
| 1922 | — | — | 9 | #3,107 |
| 1921 | — | — | 6 | #4,038 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,052 |
| 1919 | — | — | 8 | #3,209 |
| 1918 | — | — | 10 | #2,761 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,617 |
| 1916 | — | — | 8 | #3,015 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,559 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,044 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,121 |
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).