Frances
#44 most common girls' name of all time · #98 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#44
Rank overall
#98 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
600,721
Since 2016
7,790
Peak year
1918 #8
Best rank
#8 1918
Girls
Boys
peak 16,229/yr
Frances is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 960 | 6 | 966 | #318 |
| 2024 | 829 | 9 | 838 | #375 |
| 2023 | 760 | — | 760 | #403 |
| 2022 | 755 | — | 755 | #419 |
| 2021 | 801 | 9 | 810 | #392 |
| 2020 | 744 | 10 | 754 | #418 |
| 2019 | 718 | 5 | 723 | #438 |
| 2018 | 723 | — | 723 | #441 |
| 2017 | 730 | 5 | 735 | #437 |
| 2016 | 721 | 5 | 726 | #446 |
| 2015 | 614 | 6 | 620 | #513 |
| 2014 | 484 | — | 484 | #603 |
| 2013 | 409 | 6 | 415 | #690 |
| 2012 | 364 | 5 | 369 | #763 |
| 2011 | 348 | — | 348 | #782 |
| 2010 | 356 | 5 | 361 | #769 |
| 2009 | 355 | — | 355 | #797 |
| 2008 | 368 | 7 | 375 | #793 |
| 2007 | 347 | 5 | 352 | #826 |
| 2006 | 360 | 6 | 366 | #762 |
| 2005 | 355 | — | 355 | #753 |
| 2004 | 427 | 8 | 435 | #639 |
| 2003 | 449 | 7 | 456 | #606 |
| 2002 | 415 | 8 | 423 | #617 |
| 2001 | 429 | 6 | 435 | #590 |
| 2000 | 454 | 6 | 460 | #572 |
| 1999 | 488 | 6 | 494 | #520 |
| 1998 | 547 | 10 | 557 | #471 |
| 1997 | 531 | 5 | 536 | #474 |
| 1996 | 544 | 10 | 554 | #459 |
| 1995 | 571 | 10 | 581 | #450 |
| 1994 | 608 | 7 | 615 | #412 |
| 1993 | 640 | 12 | 652 | #394 |
| 1992 | 669 | 18 | 687 | #387 |
| 1991 | 711 | 21 | 732 | #360 |
| 1990 | 759 | 12 | 771 | #351 |
| 1989 | 781 | 17 | 798 | #324 |
| 1988 | 807 | 17 | 824 | #307 |
| 1987 | 806 | 13 | 819 | #303 |
| 1986 | 765 | 19 | 784 | #313 |
| 1985 | 834 | 15 | 849 | #295 |
| 1984 | 855 | 21 | 876 | #282 |
| 1983 | 875 | 19 | 894 | #270 |
| 1982 | 904 | 19 | 923 | #271 |
| 1981 | 925 | 14 | 939 | #271 |
| 1980 | 938 | 12 | 950 | #267 |
| 1979 | 913 | 14 | 927 | #267 |
| 1978 | 924 | 20 | 944 | #256 |
| 1977 | 940 | 18 | 958 | #265 |
| 1976 | 948 | 16 | 964 | #247 |
| 1975 | 1,029 | 14 | 1,043 | #234 |
| 1974 | 1,068 | 19 | 1,087 | #238 |
| 1973 | 1,155 | 16 | 1,171 | #217 |
| 1972 | 1,282 | 14 | 1,296 | #216 |
| 1971 | 1,451 | 25 | 1,476 | #208 |
| 1970 | 1,627 | 18 | 1,645 | #199 |
| 1969 | 1,640 | 25 | 1,665 | #195 |
| 1968 | 1,745 | 27 | 1,772 | #185 |
| 1967 | 1,868 | 17 | 1,885 | #171 |
| 1966 | 2,126 | 19 | 2,145 | #162 |
| 1965 | 2,262 | 24 | 2,286 | #163 |
| 1964 | 2,599 | 37 | 2,636 | #152 |
| 1963 | 2,745 | 35 | 2,780 | #146 |
| 1962 | 3,004 | 26 | 3,030 | #143 |
| 1961 | 3,422 | 28 | 3,450 | #134 |
| 1960 | 3,590 | 30 | 3,620 | #127 |
| 1959 | 3,717 | 36 | 3,753 | #124 |
| 1958 | 3,847 | 36 | 3,883 | #118 |
| 1957 | 4,094 | 39 | 4,133 | #113 |
| 1956 | 4,324 | 42 | 4,366 | #107 |
| 1955 | 4,641 | 55 | 4,696 | #96 |
| 1954 | 5,153 | 32 | 5,185 | #83 |
| 1953 | 5,786 | 39 | 5,825 | #72 |
| 1952 | 6,079 | 45 | 6,124 | #67 |
| 1951 | 6,584 | 43 | 6,627 | #59 |
| 1950 | 6,975 | 37 | 7,012 | #51 |
| 1949 | 7,440 | 45 | 7,485 | #49 |
| 1948 | 8,179 | 33 | 8,212 | #42 |
| 1947 | 8,943 | 57 | 9,000 | #39 |
| 1946 | 8,450 | 31 | 8,481 | #39 |
| 1945 | 7,940 | 38 | 7,978 | #34 |
| 1944 | 8,487 | 63 | 8,550 | #33 |
| 1943 | 9,449 | 57 | 9,506 | #31 |
| 1942 | 9,471 | 59 | 9,530 | #30 |
| 1941 | 8,468 | 62 | 8,530 | #31 |
| 1940 | 8,621 | 60 | 8,681 | #28 |
| 1939 | 8,577 | 65 | 8,642 | #26 |
| 1938 | 8,921 | 68 | 8,989 | #23 |
| 1937 | 9,057 | 85 | 9,142 | #19 |
| 1936 | 8,789 | 64 | 8,853 | #19 |
| 1935 | 8,770 | 92 | 8,862 | #19 |
| 1934 | 9,206 | 111 | 9,317 | #19 |
| 1933 | 8,883 | 84 | 8,967 | #18 |
| 1932 | 9,552 | 111 | 9,663 | #19 |
| 1931 | 9,718 | 118 | 9,836 | #18 |
| 1930 | 10,644 | 127 | 10,771 | #16 |
| 1929 | 11,093 | 95 | 11,188 | #16 |
| 1928 | 12,137 | 140 | 12,277 | #13 |
| 1927 | 12,988 | 125 | 13,113 | #12 |
| 1926 | 13,355 | 114 | 13,469 | #10 |
| 1925 | 13,824 | 114 | 13,938 | #11 |
| 1924 | 15,183 | 105 | 15,288 | #10 |
| 1923 | 14,881 | 105 | 14,986 | #10 |
| 1922 | 15,054 | 95 | 15,149 | #10 |
| 1921 | 15,993 | 106 | 16,099 | #9 |
| 1920 | 15,883 | 108 | 15,991 | #9 |
| 1919 | 15,106 | 101 | 15,207 | #9 |
| 1918 | 16,132 | 97 | 16,229 | #8 |
| 1917 | 14,363 | 72 | 14,435 | #9 |
| 1916 | 13,746 | 107 | 13,853 | #9 |
| 1915 | 12,786 | 91 | 12,877 | #9 |
| 1914 | 9,677 | 77 | 9,754 | #9 |
| 1913 | 7,694 | 59 | 7,753 | #9 |
| 1912 | 6,680 | 46 | 6,726 | #9 |
| 1911 | 4,967 | 36 | 5,003 | #10 |
| 1910 | 4,448 | 38 | 4,486 | #11 |
| 1909 | 3,780 | 20 | 3,800 | #12 |
| 1908 | 3,593 | 21 | 3,614 | #14 |
| 1907 | 3,299 | 33 | 3,332 | #16 |
| 1906 | 3,026 | 22 | 3,048 | #14 |
| 1905 | 2,887 | 23 | 2,910 | #16 |
| 1904 | 2,657 | 23 | 2,680 | #16 |
| 1903 | 2,365 | 17 | 2,382 | #19 |
| 1902 | 2,326 | 19 | 2,345 | #23 |
| 1901 | 2,071 | 25 | 2,096 | #25 |
| 1900 | 2,495 | 19 | 2,514 | #26 |
| 1899 | 2,058 | 12 | 2,070 | #24 |
| 1898 | 2,379 | 21 | 2,400 | #22 |
| 1897 | 1,975 | 18 | 1,993 | #27 |
| 1896 | 1,964 | 19 | 1,983 | #27 |
| 1895 | 1,833 | 16 | 1,849 | #30 |
| 1894 | 1,776 | 17 | 1,793 | #29 |
| 1893 | 1,622 | 20 | 1,642 | #34 |
| 1892 | 1,670 | 10 | 1,680 | #31 |
| 1891 | 1,397 | 10 | 1,407 | #34 |
| 1890 | 1,416 | 12 | 1,428 | #33 |
| 1889 | 1,351 | 15 | 1,366 | #34 |
| 1888 | 1,452 | 15 | 1,467 | #30 |
| 1887 | 1,105 | 12 | 1,117 | #34 |
| 1886 | 1,059 | 12 | 1,071 | #38 |
| 1885 | 844 | 12 | 856 | #46 |
| 1884 | 789 | 16 | 805 | #46 |
| 1883 | 710 | 17 | 727 | #45 |
| 1882 | 681 | 12 | 693 | #45 |
| 1881 | 586 | 12 | 598 | #45 |
| 1880 | 605 | 16 | 621 | #42 |