Boys' name · since 1954
Franisco
Since 1954, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Franisco, peaking in 1985. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,921 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
26 boys have been named Franisco since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Franisco has 26 recorded births among boys since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1954 to 1993.
- #26,921 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1954
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franisco ranks #26,921 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1954, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,921 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Franisco's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Franisco's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Franisco's full recorded timeline at 1985, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Franisco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1993
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Franisco by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Franisco's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Franisco births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Franisco's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Franisco: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1954–1993 (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 Franisco 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.