Francisco
Francisco is ranked 307th among boys in 2024 (1,104 births). Its best rank was 114th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- #307down 10 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,1040.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 19932,966 births
- Best rank
- #114in 1991
- Since 1880
- 141,117people given the name
The story in the numbers
141,117 boys have been named Francisco in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 2,966 births — 0.15% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 232 → 307).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 20%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Francisco | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 215 | |
| 1890s | 227 | |
| 1900s | 427 | |
| 1910s | 1,643 | |
| 1920s | 4,281 | |
| 1930s | 3,331 | |
| 1940s | 4,164 | |
| 1950s | 7,319 | |
| 1960s | 8,585 | |
| 1970s | 14,642 | |
| 1980s | 20,084 | |
| 1990s | 28,721 | |
| 2000s | 26,520 | |
| 2010s | 15,281 | |
| 2020s | 5,677 |
In 1993, its biggest year
Francisco was the 119th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1993 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Francisco
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Josepeak 2002
- Juanpeak 2005
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Enriquepeak 2000
- Felipepeak 2001
- Juliopeak 1990
- Carlospeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.