Frisco — boys' name
174 babies named Frisco in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Frisco was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Frisco in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Frisco
The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Frisco between 1984 and 2007, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Frisco currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Frisco performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Frisco shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Frisco in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Frisco 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 174 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.
Frisco at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Frisco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1984
- Peak year (1986)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
174 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 25 births in a single year.
Frisco by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 95 births that decade — 55% of Frisco's all-time total
Frisco decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Frisco's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Frisco by state
Where Frisco concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 5.7% |
10 of 174 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1984–2007 (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.