Francis*
#114 most common boys' name of all time · #242 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#114
Rank overall
#242 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
320,322
Since 2016
7,444
Peak year
1918 #30
Best rank
#29 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 7,000/yr
Francis 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 | 122 | 769 | 891 | #420 |
| 2024 | 92 | 695 | 787 | #450 |
| 2023 | 98 | 677 | 775 | #456 |
| 2022 | 69 | 664 | 733 | #462 |
| 2021 | 88 | 637 | 725 | #466 |
| 2020 | 78 | 616 | 694 | #481 |
| 2019 | 90 | 605 | 695 | #484 |
| 2018 | 75 | 610 | 685 | #479 |
| 2017 | 78 | 662 | 740 | #458 |
| 2016 | 81 | 638 | 719 | #481 |
| 2015 | 64 | 622 | 686 | #481 |
| 2014 | 64 | 593 | 657 | #480 |
| 2013 | 58 | 539 | 597 | #505 |
| 2012 | 44 | 430 | 474 | #593 |
| 2011 | 52 | 387 | 439 | #617 |
| 2010 | 45 | 358 | 403 | #670 |
| 2009 | 54 | 359 | 413 | #676 |
| 2008 | 72 | 368 | 440 | #660 |
| 2007 | 76 | 402 | 478 | #616 |
| 2006 | 61 | 451 | 512 | #556 |
| 2005 | 64 | 463 | 527 | #526 |
| 2004 | 71 | 456 | 527 | #524 |
| 2003 | 83 | 465 | 548 | #518 |
| 2002 | 98 | 464 | 562 | #497 |
| 2001 | 94 | 546 | 640 | #444 |
| 2000 | 116 | 559 | 675 | #435 |
| 1999 | 117 | 542 | 659 | #430 |
| 1998 | 121 | 580 | 701 | #410 |
| 1997 | 112 | 628 | 740 | #385 |
| 1996 | 136 | 607 | 743 | #384 |
| 1995 | 161 | 697 | 858 | #352 |
| 1994 | 134 | 726 | 860 | #339 |
| 1993 | 137 | 753 | 890 | #335 |
| 1992 | 144 | 803 | 947 | #318 |
| 1991 | 162 | 824 | 986 | #313 |
| 1990 | 157 | 919 | 1,076 | #284 |
| 1989 | 143 | 921 | 1,064 | #268 |
| 1988 | 145 | 952 | 1,097 | #246 |
| 1987 | 166 | 949 | 1,115 | #244 |
| 1986 | 135 | 915 | 1,050 | #245 |
| 1985 | 138 | 935 | 1,073 | #245 |
| 1984 | 125 | 902 | 1,027 | #243 |
| 1983 | 117 | 961 | 1,078 | #232 |
| 1982 | 151 | 981 | 1,132 | #238 |
| 1981 | 153 | 974 | 1,127 | #236 |
| 1980 | 153 | 922 | 1,075 | #243 |
| 1979 | 120 | 929 | 1,049 | #237 |
| 1978 | 135 | 940 | 1,075 | #225 |
| 1977 | 143 | 896 | 1,039 | #235 |
| 1976 | 130 | 836 | 966 | #240 |
| 1975 | 135 | 957 | 1,092 | #217 |
| 1974 | 113 | 888 | 1,001 | #233 |
| 1973 | 115 | 979 | 1,094 | #223 |
| 1972 | 119 | 989 | 1,108 | #222 |
| 1971 | 131 | 1,209 | 1,340 | #201 |
| 1970 | 137 | 1,389 | 1,526 | #192 |
| 1969 | 145 | 1,429 | 1,574 | #189 |
| 1968 | 123 | 1,515 | 1,638 | #175 |
| 1967 | 122 | 1,583 | 1,705 | #169 |
| 1966 | 124 | 1,696 | 1,820 | #164 |
| 1965 | 123 | 1,815 | 1,938 | #164 |
| 1964 | 134 | 2,068 | 2,202 | #159 |
| 1963 | 152 | 2,174 | 2,326 | #153 |
| 1962 | 177 | 2,293 | 2,470 | #148 |
| 1961 | 203 | 2,345 | 2,548 | #148 |
| 1960 | 193 | 2,416 | 2,609 | #145 |
| 1959 | 183 | 2,649 | 2,832 | #136 |
| 1958 | 174 | 2,620 | 2,794 | #135 |
| 1957 | 200 | 2,936 | 3,136 | #128 |
| 1956 | 177 | 3,301 | 3,478 | #111 |
| 1955 | 202 | 3,439 | 3,641 | #100 |
| 1954 | 228 | 3,686 | 3,914 | #94 |
| 1953 | 213 | 3,875 | 4,088 | #90 |
| 1952 | 250 | 3,979 | 4,229 | #89 |
| 1951 | 233 | 4,199 | 4,432 | #85 |
| 1950 | 254 | 4,082 | 4,336 | #86 |
| 1949 | 256 | 4,281 | 4,537 | #78 |
| 1948 | 263 | 4,214 | 4,477 | #80 |
| 1947 | 297 | 4,208 | 4,505 | #84 |
| 1946 | 262 | 4,006 | 4,268 | #80 |
| 1945 | 245 | 3,448 | 3,693 | #76 |
| 1944 | 316 | 3,652 | 3,968 | #71 |
| 1943 | 312 | 4,068 | 4,380 | #64 |
| 1942 | 295 | 4,297 | 4,592 | #58 |
| 1941 | 318 | 3,738 | 4,056 | #60 |
| 1940 | 317 | 3,607 | 3,924 | #61 |
| 1939 | 299 | 3,721 | 4,020 | #53 |
| 1938 | 305 | 3,951 | 4,256 | #51 |
| 1937 | 312 | 3,730 | 4,042 | #55 |
| 1936 | 319 | 3,876 | 4,195 | #50 |
| 1935 | 381 | 3,894 | 4,275 | #53 |
| 1934 | 355 | 4,006 | 4,361 | #49 |
| 1933 | 366 | 4,093 | 4,459 | #45 |
| 1932 | 399 | 4,388 | 4,787 | #43 |
| 1931 | 373 | 4,735 | 5,108 | #42 |
| 1930 | 467 | 4,990 | 5,457 | #42 |
| 1929 | 473 | 5,270 | 5,743 | #39 |
| 1928 | 571 | 5,516 | 6,087 | #40 |
| 1927 | 565 | 5,644 | 6,209 | #36 |
| 1926 | 652 | 5,789 | 6,441 | #35 |
| 1925 | 660 | 5,978 | 6,638 | #35 |
| 1924 | 646 | 6,131 | 6,777 | #34 |
| 1923 | 622 | 6,087 | 6,709 | #34 |
| 1922 | 607 | 6,147 | 6,754 | #34 |
| 1921 | 661 | 6,293 | 6,954 | #35 |
| 1920 | 653 | 6,241 | 6,894 | #34 |
| 1919 | 673 | 5,726 | 6,399 | #34 |
| 1918 | 653 | 6,347 | 7,000 | #30 |
| 1917 | 627 | 5,801 | 6,428 | #30 |
| 1916 | 519 | 5,652 | 6,171 | #31 |
| 1915 | 503 | 5,594 | 6,097 | #29 |
| 1914 | 385 | 3,901 | 4,286 | #31 |
| 1913 | 299 | 3,205 | 3,504 | #30 |
| 1912 | 273 | 2,516 | 2,789 | #35 |
| 1911 | 234 | 1,311 | 1,545 | #33 |
| 1910 | 227 | 1,000 | 1,227 | #36 |
| 1909 | 157 | 886 | 1,043 | #33 |
| 1908 | 166 | 853 | 1,019 | #34 |
| 1907 | 162 | 717 | 879 | #37 |
| 1906 | 139 | 737 | 876 | #35 |
| 1905 | 149 | 685 | 834 | #36 |
| 1904 | 122 | 686 | 808 | #36 |
| 1903 | 109 | 665 | 774 | #35 |
| 1902 | 140 | 597 | 737 | #38 |
| 1901 | 126 | 543 | 669 | #36 |
| 1900 | 159 | 652 | 811 | #41 |
| 1899 | 101 | 501 | 602 | #38 |
| 1898 | 124 | 541 | 665 | #43 |
| 1897 | 115 | 496 | 611 | #43 |
| 1896 | 114 | 551 | 665 | #39 |
| 1895 | 126 | 480 | 606 | #45 |
| 1894 | 108 | 423 | 531 | #50 |
| 1893 | 107 | 418 | 525 | #48 |
| 1892 | 106 | 429 | 535 | #50 |
| 1891 | 88 | 333 | 421 | #54 |
| 1890 | 101 | 363 | 464 | #54 |
| 1889 | 88 | 346 | 434 | #55 |
| 1888 | 88 | 353 | 441 | #57 |
| 1887 | 82 | 327 | 409 | #53 |
| 1886 | 81 | 344 | 425 | #55 |
| 1885 | 66 | 319 | 385 | #56 |
| 1884 | 56 | 340 | 396 | #57 |
| 1883 | 54 | 285 | 339 | #60 |
| 1882 | 54 | 327 | 381 | #56 |
| 1881 | 47 | 259 | 306 | #63 |
| 1880 | 55 | 344 | 399 | #50 |