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.

Francois

#3,318 most common boys' name of all time · #8,070 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#3,318
Rank overall
#8,070 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
1,823
Since 2016
140
Peak year
1992 #1,894
Best rank
#1,486 1961
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
192019401960198020002020

Francois first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 18 18 #5,230
2024 — 13 13 #6,504
2023 — 12 12 #6,928
2022 — 10 10 #7,811
2021 — 13 13 #6,365
2020 — 14 14 #6,018
2019 — 14 14 #6,142
2018 — 16 16 #5,569
2017 — 15 15 #5,823
2016 — 15 15 #5,810
2015 — 20 20 #4,737
2014 — 16 16 #5,502
2013 — 12 12 #6,643
2012 — 11 11 #7,080
2011 — 17 17 #5,223
2010 — 11 11 #7,121
2009 — 12 12 #6,851
2008 — 17 17 #5,268
2007 — 11 11 #7,147
2006 — 17 17 #5,098
2005 — 17 17 #4,848
2004 — 14 14 #5,537
2003 — 19 19 #4,293
2002 — 24 24 #3,565
2001 — 14 14 #5,170
2000 — 14 14 #5,068
1999 — 12 12 #5,348
1998 — 25 25 #3,105
1997 — 18 18 #3,753
1996 — 29 29 #2,604
1995 — 23 23 #3,031
1994 — 28 28 #2,634
1993 — 24 24 #2,879
1992 — 43 43 #1,894
1991 — 34 34 #2,156
1990 — 32 32 #2,224
1989 — 31 31 #2,217
1988 5 23 28 #2,538
1987 — 37 37 #1,773
1986 — 26 26 #2,177
1985 — 34 34 #1,779
1984 — 26 26 #2,057
1983 — 29 29 #1,884
1982 — 28 28 #1,955
1981 — 23 23 #2,227
1980 — 25 25 #2,126
1979 — 25 25 #2,070
1978 — 16 16 #2,712
1977 — 23 23 #2,086
1976 — 20 20 #2,276
1975 — 27 27 #1,804
1974 — 19 19 #2,234
1973 — 23 23 #1,891
1972 — 24 24 #1,847
1971 — 25 25 #1,804
1970 — 24 24 #1,828
1969 — 24 24 #1,716
1968 — 21 21 #1,759
1967 — 27 27 #1,494
1966 — 22 22 #1,669
1965 — 23 23 #1,645
1964 — 28 28 #1,502
1963 — 25 25 #1,607
1962 — 22 22 #1,739
1961 — 30 30 #1,486
1960 — 13 13 #2,365
1959 — 24 24 #1,648
1958 — 22 22 #1,707
1957 — 9 9 #2,918
1956 — 13 13 #2,317
1955 — 9 9 #2,855
1954 — 16 16 #2,001
1953 — 8 8 #2,997
1952 — 22 22 #1,653
1951 — 9 9 #2,744
1950 — 10 10 #2,523
1949 — 13 13 #2,188
1948 — 11 11 #2,395
1947 — 9 9 #2,768
1946 — 11 11 #2,351
1945 — 5 5 #3,518
1943 — 6 6 #3,357
1942 — 9 9 #2,630
1941 — 5 5 #3,690
1940 — 6 6 #3,276
1939 — 7 7 #2,966
1938 — 7 7 #3,020
1936 — 5 5 #3,728
1935 — 7 7 #3,093
1934 — 11 11 #2,348
1932 — 8 8 #2,967
1930 — 8 8 #3,151
1929 — 13 13 #2,283
1927 — 12 12 #2,478
1926 — 12 12 #2,515
1925 — 11 11 #2,676
1924 — 13 13 #2,430
1923 — 11 11 #2,706
1922 — 9 9 #3,118
1921 — 6 6 #3,993
1920 — 9 9 #3,064
1919 — 8 8 #3,229
1918 — 10 10 #2,803
1917 — 10 10 #2,667
1916 — 8 8 #3,035
1915 — 6 6 #3,556
1914 — 6 6 #3,064
1912 — 7 7 #2,230