Franco — #743 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Franco

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,758 babies named Franco between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Franco currently holds the #743 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 353 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Franco performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,648 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Franco shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,727 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Franco in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Franco 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 8,758 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.