Franciscus — boys' name
5 babies named Franciscus in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Franciscus was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Franciscus in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Franciscus
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Franciscus between 1993 and 1993, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Franciscus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Franciscus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Franciscus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Franciscus at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Franciscus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1993
- Peak year (1993)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 5 births in a single year.
Franciscus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Franciscus's all-time total
Franciscus decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Franciscus's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.