Francesco
Francesco was given to 145 boys in 2025, #1,329 among boys’ names; 8,446 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,370 Americans named Francesco and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 15 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Francesco by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Francesco mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Francesco is “a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Francis”
Borrowed from Italian Francesco.
/fɹænˈtʃɛskoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Francesco?
#1,329 among boys’ names, 2025
Francesco rose from #1,343 in 2015 to #1,329 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 68.3 to 84.9 per million.
166 babies in 2006, the peak
Francesco peaked in 2006, when 166 boys were given it, #1,073 among boys’ names. The 145 births of 2025 are 87% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #1,329 | 84.9 |
| 2024 | 160 | #1,242 | 92.9 |
| 2023 | 147 | #1,302 | 85.9 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,427 | 73.3 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,411 | 74.3 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,338 | 77.6 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,568 | 59.6 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,437 | 67.2 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,436 | 64.8 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,318 | 72.2 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 131 | #1,343 | 68.3 |
| 2014 | 144 | #1,251 | 75.0 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,390 | 64.0 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,401 | 62.7 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,254 | 72.7 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,418 | 61.0 |
| 2009 | 151 | #1,197 | 76.1 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,350 | 62.3 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,158 | 73.7 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,073 | 80.8 |
| 2005 | 161 | #1,040 | 80.6 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,105 | 72.0 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,090 | 71.9 |
| 2002 | 148 | #1,033 | 76.2 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,050 | 71.5 |
| 2000 | 148 | #997 | 75.4 |
| 1999 | 145 | #981 | 75.5 |
| 1998 | 139 | #987 | 72.7 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,076 | 62.6 |
| 1996 | 131 | #969 | 69.2 |
| 1995 | 139 | #941 | 73.0 |
| 1994 | 124 | #994 | 64.2 |
| 1993 | 136 | #920 | 69.3 |
| 1992 | 114 | #1,023 | 57.1 |
| 1991 | 140 | #887 | 69.3 |
| 1990 | 151 | #833 | 73.5 |
| 1989 | 111 | #967 | 55.5 |
| 1988 | 106 | #930 | 55.4 |
| 1987 | 113 | #880 | 60.5 |
| 1986 | 108 | #875 | 58.6 |
| 1985 | 108 | #875 | 58.4 |
| 1984 | 96 | #892 | 53.2 |
| 1983 | 91 | #924 | 50.8 |
| 1982 | 92 | #936 | 50.7 |
| 1981 | 108 | #846 | 60.3 |
| 1980 | 131 | #766 | 73.4 |
| 1979 | 105 | #843 | 61.0 |
| 1978 | 106 | #833 | 64.6 |
| 1977 | 102 | #849 | 62.1 |
| 1976 | 112 | #783 | 71.4 |
| 1975 | 119 | #760 | 76.2 |
| 1974 | 105 | #784 | 66.8 |
| 1973 | 103 | #783 | 66.1 |
| 1972 | 78 | #908 | 48.1 |
| 1971 | 80 | #911 | 45.2 |
| 1970 | 88 | #857 | 47.4 |
| 1969 | 76 | #877 | 42.5 |
| 1968 | 70 | #867 | 40.3 |
| 1967 | 62 | #920 | 35.6 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,062 | 26.9 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,012 | 28.5 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,050 | 26.1 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,183 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,261 | 18.4 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,392 | 15.5 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,534 | 13.1 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,823 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,287 | 17.0 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,256 | 18.1 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,350 | 15.6 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,382 | 15.0 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,367 | 15.2 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,265 | 17.7 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,496 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,171 | 6.9 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,766 | 10.1 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,723 | 10.7 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,970 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,019 | 8.2 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,296 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,713 | 3.5 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,337 | 4.3 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,513 | 8.1 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,977 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,752 | 7.5 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,346 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,597 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,314 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,415 | 6.1 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,519 | 9.6 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,876 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,667 | 18.2 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,888 | 15.8 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,087 | 13.5 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,453 | 10.6 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,582 | 20.7 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,122 | 13.4 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,862 | 16.8 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,659 | 20.1 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,480 | 23.9 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,373 | 27.2 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,612 | 21.6 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,217 | 34.7 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,298 | 29.6 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,068 | 42.1 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,282 | 31.5 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,074 | 42.4 |
| 1914 | 36 | #915 | 55.0 |
| 1913 | 36 | #792 | 70.2 |
| 1912 | 28 | #841 | 65.1 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,222 | 39.8 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,069 | 51.5 |
| 1908 | 13 | #760 | 84.2 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,404 | 34.1 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,170 | 45.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Francesco a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Francesco has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 115 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Francesco: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Francesco, and how old are they?
7,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 8,446 Americans ever recorded as Francesco. The median Francesco alive today is 28 years old; half are between 15 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 10,482 people named Francesco (44 women and girls, 10,438 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,718 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 16 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 368 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,280 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,780 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,220 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,710 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Francesco born?
The states with the most babies named Francesco are New York, Florida and New Jersey, with 53% of its births recorded by state in 2025; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 34 | #483 | 4.5× |
| Florida | 16 | #894 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 15 | #499 | 3.4× |
| Illinois | 12 | #724 | 1.3× |
| California | 9 | #1,731 | 0.6× |
| Connecticut | 9 | #339 | 1.6× |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #575 | 1.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,036 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 7 | #2,155 | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,338 | 0.0× |
Where Francesco is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Francesco is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Francesco with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 151,592 babies since 1880, Francesco is the second most given (5.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 145 of their 1,214 babies (12%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Francesco
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Francesco and names like it
- Compare Francesco and FranciscoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sFrancesco peaked in 2006.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Francesco since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Francesco: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Francesco.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Francesco alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with FMost given first.