Girls' name · since 1914
Francess
Francess has 182 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
182 girls have been named Francess since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Francess has been recorded 182 times among girls since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2023.
- #20,776 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 182 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Francess ranks #20,776 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 182 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,776 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Francess's 182 recorded births place it above 71.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Francess's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Francess's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Francess popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2023
- Peak year (1917)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Francess by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (77 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Francess's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Francess births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
77 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 77 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Francess's data
- Francess's decade-level peak was the 1920s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Francess: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Francess draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.