Boys' name · since 1912
Francois
Francois has 1,818 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,229 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,818
- born since 1912
- 1980s
- peak decade
Francois currently ranks #5229 among boys' names in America, with 1,818 babies recorded since 1912.
Francois has 1,818 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5229 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #3,504 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,229 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,818 born since 1912
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Francois ranks #3,504 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,229 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,818 born since 1912, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,504 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,229 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,818
- born since 1912
- 1980s
- peak decade
Francois's 1,818 recorded births place it above 92.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Francois compares
1,818 Top 23% higher than 77% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Francois's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Francois | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,818 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Francois's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Francois's full recorded timeline at 1972, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Francois popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Francois popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1988 (Francois as girls' name)
Francois by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (282 births, 16% of the file).
1980s was Francois's strongest decade.
282 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Francois births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 55
1910s
55 births
- 1920s 96
1920s
96 births
- 1930s 53
1930s
53 births
- 1940s 75
1940s
75 births
- 1950s
1950s
142 births
- 1960s
1960s
235 births
- 1970s
1970s
226 births
- 1980s
1980s
282 births
- 1990s
1990s
268 births
- 2000s
2000s
159 births
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 282 births (16% of all-time use).
How Francois compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Francois's total volume
Francois by state
Where Francois concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 143 | 7.9% |
| #2 | California | | 113 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
143 of 1,818 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Francois's data
- Francois's decade-level peak was the 1980s (282 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Francoiss (143 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Francois: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Francois 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.