Girls' name · since 1946
Francy
Since 1946, U.S. Social Security records show 164 babies named Francy, peaking in 1967. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,833 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
164 girls have been named Francy since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Francy has 164 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2024.
- #21,833 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1946
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Francy ranks #21,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1946, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,833 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1946
- 1960s
- peak decade
Francy's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Francy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Francy's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1967 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Francy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2024
- Peak year (1967)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Francy by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (57 births, 35% of the file).
1960s was Francy's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Francy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
57 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 57 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Francy's decade-level peak was the 1960s (57 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 Francy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1946–2024 (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 Francy 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.