Franco

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Franco is ranked 742nd among boys in 2024 (345 births). Its best rank was 702nd, in 2016.

Rank in 2024: #742up 38 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3450.02% of boys
Peak year: 2016353 births
Best rank: #702in 2016
Since 1923: 8,758people given the name

Babies named Franco, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

8,758 boys have been named Franco in the United States since 1923, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 353 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2016, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Franco
1920s	14
1930s	13
1940s	7
1950s	98
1960s	357
1970s	716
1980s	765
1990s	845
2000s	1,833
2010s	2,648
2020s	1,462

In 2016, its biggest year

Franco was the 702nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Franco

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.