Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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