Francesco
Francesco is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 160 births. Its best rank was 760th, in 1908, 1975.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1600.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2006166 births
- Best rank
- #760first in 1908
- Since 1906
- 8,299people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,299 boys have been named Francesco in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 166 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2006, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 2000s alone account for 18%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Francesco | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 286 | |
| 1920s | 202 | |
| 1930s | 106 | |
| 1940s | 66 | |
| 1950s | 282 | |
| 1960s | 502 | |
| 1970s | 997 | |
| 1980s | 1,064 | |
| 1990s | 1,337 | |
| 2000s | 1,478 | |
| 2010s | 1,256 | |
| 2020s | 699 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Francesco was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Francesco
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Giuseppepeak 1975
- Tyruspeak 1997
- Bernardopeak 1995
- Rafaelpeak 2006
- Marcellpeak 1991
- Vicentepeak 2023
- Ramseypeak 2017
- Lazaropeak 2004
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.