Frances Name Popularity

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How popular is Frances?

Ranking 445th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Frances is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Its highest popularity ranking of #8 was reached in 1918 with 16,131 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Frances was 347 in 2007.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Frances occurred roughly during the years 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1895-1898, and 1901-1918, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1921-1931, 1942-1945, 1947-1958, and 1959-1974.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Frances be?

For a number of years, the name Frances has been moving upward in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Frances for their newborn has risen.

The name Frances still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Frances is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Frances (Girl)		Frances (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		715	445	< 5	--
2017		726	438	5	12,860
2016		721	446	5	12,807
2015		609	514	6	11,116
2014		484	603	< 5	--
2013		408	690	6	11,170
2012		364	763	5	12,859
2011		348	782	< 5	--
2010		356	767	5	12,886
2009		354	798	< 5	--
2008		368	794	7	10,210
2007		347	828	5	12,964
2006		359	764	6	11,082
2005		355	753	< 5	--
2004		427	640	8	8,384
2003		449	607	7	8,962
2002		414	616	8	7,887
2001		428	592	6	9,661
2000		453	575	6	9,479
1999		487	522	6	9,072
1998		547	472	10	5,976
1997		530	476	5	9,749
1996		544	460	10	5,674
1995		571	450	10	5,634
1994		607	411	7	7,219
1993		640	394	12	4,810
1992		667	388	18	3,504
1991		711	361	21	3,034
1990		759	351	12	4,490
1989		781	323	17	3,363
1988		807	307	17	3,117
1987		805	303	13	3,592
1986		765	313	19	2,709
1985		834	295	15	3,120
1984		855	282	22	2,315
1983		875	270	19	2,520
1982		904	271	19	2,539
1981		925	271	14	3,090
1980		938	267	12	3,482
1979		913	267	13	3,224
1978		923	256	20	2,307
1977		940	266	18	2,488
1976		948	247	16	2,638
1975		1,030	234	14	2,802
1974		1,067	238	19	2,219
1973		1,155	217	16	2,438
1972		1,279	217	15	2,466
1971		1,452	207	25	1,799
1970		1,628	199	18	2,153
1969		1,644	195	25	1,656
1968		1,741	185	27	1,520
1967		1,869	171	17	1,928
1966		2,124	162	19	1,778
1965		2,261	163	24	1,605
1964		2,600	152	37	1,294
1963		2,746	146	35	1,328
1962		2,999	143	26	1,560
1961		3,419	135	27	1,555
1960		3,591	127	31	1,442
1959		3,714	124	36	1,305
1958		3,846	118	38	1,254
1957		4,094	113	38	1,271
1956		4,323	107	42	1,178
1955		4,639	96	55	1,015
1954		5,155	83	31	1,364
1953		5,786	72	39	1,198
1952		6,079	67	45	1,085
1951		6,584	59	43	1,100
1950		6,974	51	35	1,225
1949		7,440	49	46	1,034
1948		8,177	42	33	1,266
1947		8,941	39	57	926
1946		8,450	39	31	1,268
1945		7,940	34	38	1,044
1944		8,484	33	63	791
1943		9,444	31	57	888
1942		9,471	30	59	855
1941		8,468	31	62	800
1940		8,619	28	60	804
1939		8,578	26	65	749
1938		8,923	23	68	745
1937		9,053	19	85	641
1936		8,786	19	64	759
1935		8,769	19	92	608
1934		9,205	19	111	562
1933		8,882	18	84	633
1932		9,558	19	111	561
1931		9,715	18	118	537
1930		10,646	16	127	530
1929		11,092	16	95	628
1928		12,135	13	140	512
1927		12,989	12	125	551
1926		13,355	10	114	584
1925		13,825	11	114	588
1924		15,183	10	105	622
1923		14,879	10	105	622
1922		15,053	10	95	661
1921		15,993	9	106	617
1920		15,883	9	108	605
1919		15,107	9	101	601
1918		16,131	8	97	626
1917		14,363	9	72	734
1916		13,746	9	107	552
1915		12,787	9	91	601
1914		9,677	9	77	569
1913		7,694	9	59	567
1912		6,680	9	46	602
1911		4,967	10	36	490
1910		4,448	11	38	448
1909		3,780	12	20	599
1908		3,593	14	21	559
1907		3,299	16	33	391
1906		3,026	14	22	479
1905		2,887	16	23	469
1904		2,657	16	23	445
1903		2,365	19	17	531
1902		2,326	23	19	493
1901		2,071	25	25	376
1900		2,495	26	19	563
1899		2,058	24	12	592
1898		2,379	22	21	440
1897		1,975	27	18	461
1896		1,964	28	19	470
1895		1,834	29	16	513
1894		1,776	29	17	487
1893		1,622	34	20	408
1892		1,670	31	10	705
1891		1,397	34	10	615
1890		1,416	33	12	578
1889		1,351	34	15	488
1888		1,452	30	15	513
1887		1,105	34	12	526
1886		1,059	38	12	557
1885		844	46	12	559
1884		789	46	16	475
1883		710	45	17	437
1882		681	45	12	556
1881		586	45	12	514
1880		605	42	16	449

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.