Francisco
Francisco was given to 1,069 boys in 2025, #322 among boys’ names; 143,146 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 123,000 Americans named Francisco and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 20 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Francisco by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Francisco mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Francisco is “a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Francis.”
From Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis.
(given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco)
(moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern established for moons of Uranus, being references to the works of William Shakespeare. From being a character in the play The Tempest
/ˌfɹænˈsɪskoʊ̯/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Francisco?
#322 among boys’ names, 2025
Francisco fell from #247 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.77 to 0.63 per 1,000.
2,995 babies in 1993, the peak
Francisco peaked in 1993, when 2,995 babies were given it (2,967 boys, #119 among boys’ names). The 1,069 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,069 | #322 | 0.63 |
| 2024 | 1,108 | #306 | 0.64 |
| 2023 | 1,122 | #297 | 0.66 |
| 2022 | 1,184 | #288 | 0.68 |
| 2021 | 1,122 | #296 | 0.64 |
| 2020 | 1,148 | #296 | 0.67 |
| 2019 | 1,302 | #275 | 0.73 |
| 2018 | 1,240 | #285 | 0.68 |
| 2017 | 1,403 | #259 | 0.76 |
| 2016 | 1,447 | #253 | 0.76 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,483 | #247 | 0.77 |
| 2014 | 1,601 | #232 | 0.83 |
| 2013 | 1,701 | #219 | 0.90 |
| 2012 | 1,567 | #226 | 0.83 |
| 2011 | 1,663 | #211 | 0.88 |
| 2010 | 1,876 | #197 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 2,084 | #183 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 2,341 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,728 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | 2,687 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 2,743 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 2004 | 2,730 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 2,769 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 2002 | 2,742 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 2,859 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 2,837 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1999 | 2,832 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | 2,692 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1997 | 2,865 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 2,811 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1995 | 2,886 | #125 | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 2,891 | #120 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 2,967 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 2,938 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 1991 | 2,906 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1990 | 2,934 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 2,621 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 2,258 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 2,097 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 1,917 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 2,018 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1984 | 1,810 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 1,824 | #147 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 1,812 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 1,956 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,769 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 1,687 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1978 | 1,608 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1977 | 1,496 | #159 | 0.91 |
| 1976 | 1,575 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,612 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,512 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,375 | #171 | 0.88 |
| 1972 | 1,334 | #182 | 0.82 |
| 1971 | 1,225 | #199 | 0.69 |
| 1970 | 1,218 | #209 | 0.66 |
| 1969 | 1,106 | #218 | 0.62 |
| 1968 | 985 | #228 | 0.57 |
| 1967 | 948 | #231 | 0.54 |
| 1966 | 863 | #242 | 0.48 |
| 1965 | 795 | #261 | 0.43 |
| 1964 | 816 | #271 | 0.41 |
| 1963 | 775 | #278 | 0.38 |
| 1962 | 794 | #272 | 0.38 |
| 1961 | 723 | #288 | 0.34 |
| 1960 | 778 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1959 | 709 | #296 | 0.33 |
| 1958 | 702 | #287 | 0.33 |
| 1957 | 776 | #270 | 0.36 |
| 1956 | 786 | #260 | 0.37 |
| 1955 | 730 | #254 | 0.35 |
| 1954 | 831 | #243 | 0.41 |
| 1953 | 764 | #248 | 0.39 |
| 1952 | 682 | #262 | 0.35 |
| 1951 | 692 | #253 | 0.37 |
| 1950 | 647 | #254 | 0.36 |
| 1949 | 593 | #275 | 0.33 |
| 1948 | 588 | #276 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 560 | #291 | 0.31 |
| 1946 | 454 | #305 | 0.28 |
| 1945 | 367 | #310 | 0.27 |
| 1944 | 365 | #315 | 0.27 |
| 1943 | 357 | #323 | 0.25 |
| 1942 | 299 | #350 | 0.22 |
| 1941 | 278 | #350 | 0.23 |
| 1940 | 303 | #326 | 0.26 |
| 1939 | 266 | #344 | 0.24 |
| 1938 | 299 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 297 | #311 | 0.28 |
| 1936 | 312 | #303 | 0.30 |
| 1935 | 310 | #308 | 0.30 |
| 1934 | 330 | #298 | 0.32 |
| 1933 | 273 | #325 | 0.28 |
| 1932 | 341 | #299 | 0.33 |
| 1931 | 427 | #261 | 0.41 |
| 1930 | 476 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1929 | 531 | #235 | 0.49 |
| 1928 | 498 | #252 | 0.45 |
| 1927 | 542 | #243 | 0.48 |
| 1926 | 435 | #272 | 0.39 |
| 1925 | 456 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1924 | 366 | #297 | 0.32 |
| 1923 | 393 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1922 | 341 | #311 | 0.31 |
| 1921 | 360 | #299 | 0.33 |
| 1920 | 359 | #299 | 0.34 |
| 1919 | 279 | #338 | 0.28 |
| 1918 | 254 | #367 | 0.25 |
| 1917 | 227 | #374 | 0.25 |
| 1916 | 183 | #411 | 0.21 |
| 1915 | 163 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 150 | #387 | 0.23 |
| 1913 | 134 | #359 | 0.26 |
| 1912 | 106 | #375 | 0.25 |
| 1911 | 82 | #291 | 0.36 |
| 1910 | 65 | #305 | 0.33 |
| 1909 | 63 | #283 | 0.38 |
| 1908 | 60 | #278 | 0.39 |
| 1907 | 62 | #267 | 0.42 |
| 1906 | 40 | #325 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 32 | #367 | 0.24 |
| 1904 | 41 | #308 | 0.32 |
| 1903 | 26 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1902 | 28 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1901 | 35 | #298 | 0.33 |
| 1900 | 40 | #346 | 0.27 |
| 1899 | 29 | #331 | 0.27 |
| 1898 | 20 | #459 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 26 | #370 | 0.23 |
| 1896 | 27 | #372 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 20 | #443 | 0.17 |
| 1894 | 24 | #380 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 26 | #352 | 0.23 |
| 1892 | 17 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 21 | #381 | 0.21 |
| 1890 | 17 | #443 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 19 | #421 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 21 | #407 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 26 | #326 | 0.26 |
| 1886 | 15 | #483 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 28 | #322 | 0.26 |
| 1884 | 23 | #369 | 0.20 |
| 1883 | 24 | #342 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 19 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 21 | #366 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 19 | #395 | 0.17 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Francisco a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Francisco has been given almost only to boys: 954 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Francisco: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Francisco, and how old are they?
123,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 143,146 Americans ever recorded as Francisco. The median Francisco alive today is 31 years old; half are between 20 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 246,232 people named Francisco (833 women and girls, 245,399 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 119,844 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 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 | 1,150 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,070 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 19,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 37,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 39,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 16,800 |
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 Francisco born?
The states with the most babies named Francisco are California, Texas and Arizona, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 248 | #156 | 2.8× |
| Texas | 219 | #170 | 3.1× |
| Arizona | 60 | #148 | 3.6× |
| Florida | 59 | #328 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 44 | #255 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 27 | #418 | 0.3× |
| New York | 25 | #607 | 0.8× |
| Colorado | 25 | #264 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 25 | #435 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 19 | #389 | 0.6× |
Where Francisco is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Francisco is most over-represented in Arizona: since 1910 it was given 3.6 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 Francisco 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, Francisco is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,069 of their 1,214 babies (88%), again the 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 Francisco
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 Francisco and names like it
- Compare Francisco and FrancescoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sFrancisco peaked in 1993.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Francisco since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Francisco: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Francisco.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Francisco alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with FMost given first.