Francis Name Popularity

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How popular is Francis?

Ranking 480th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Francis 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 #29 was reached in 1915.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1918 with 6,347 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Francis was 259 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Francis occurred roughly during the years 1893-1896, 1897-1900, 1905-1918, and 1939-1942, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1964-1972.

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

How popular will Francis be?

For a number of years, the name Francis has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Francis for their newborn has risen.

The name Francis still has a solid footing and has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Francis has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Francis (Girl)		Francis (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		74	2,411	606	480
2017		77	2,361	658	460
2016		81	2,324	638	480
2015		64	2,745	621	482
2014		64	2,720	592	479
2013		58	2,912	537	505
2012		44	3,597	429	592
2011		52	3,185	385	618
2010		45	3,534	358	670
2009		54	3,133	358	678
2008		72	2,593	368	659
2007		75	2,493	402	616
2006		61	2,861	451	556
2005		64	2,643	463	526
2004		71	2,401	456	524
2003		83	2,109	465	518
2002		98	1,828	464	497
2001		94	1,864	546	444
2000		116	1,543	559	435
1999		117	1,476	543	430
1998		121	1,420	580	410
1997		112	1,468	627	385
1996		136	1,275	607	384
1995		161	1,102	697	352
1994		134	1,271	726	339
1993		137	1,254	752	336
1992		144	1,210	803	318
1991		162	1,109	823	313
1990		157	1,113	916	284
1989		143	1,152	919	268
1988		145	1,086	952	247
1987		166	961	949	244
1986		135	1,099	914	245
1985		138	1,066	935	245
1984		125	1,105	900	243
1983		117	1,140	961	232
1982		151	981	983	238
1981		153	959	973	236
1980		153	968	921	243
1979		120	1,120	929	237
1978		135	1,010	940	225
1977		143	967	900	235
1976		130	983	840	240
1975		135	938	957	217
1974		115	1,040	889	233
1973		115	1,016	979	223
1972		120	993	988	222
1971		131	969	1,211	200
1970		138	929	1,388	192
1969		145	869	1,428	189
1968		123	933	1,516	175
1967		122	930	1,582	169
1966		124	906	1,696	164
1965		123	910	1,815	164
1964		134	901	2,068	159
1963		152	849	2,173	153
1962		178	780	2,298	148
1961		203	730	2,340	148
1960		193	728	2,421	145
1959		183	751	2,652	136
1958		172	760	2,611	136
1957		200	704	2,936	128
1956		177	728	3,296	111
1955		203	656	3,439	100
1954		228	600	3,686	94
1953		213	608	3,877	90
1952		250	544	3,978	89
1951		233	553	4,203	85
1950		254	508	4,083	86
1949		256	508	4,282	78
1948		263	505	4,214	80
1947		297	478	4,211	84
1946		262	485	4,006	80
1945		244	455	3,448	76
1944		316	399	3,648	71
1943		312	413	4,067	64
1942		295	417	4,296	58
1941		318	384	3,738	60
1940		317	370	3,606	61
1939		299	381	3,720	53
1938		305	380	3,950	51
1937		311	367	3,728	55
1936		319	353	3,876	50
1935		382	323	3,895	53
1934		354	336	4,005	49
1933		367	327	4,093	45
1932		398	320	4,388	43
1931		373	331	4,735	42
1930		467	307	4,989	42
1929		473	310	5,271	39
1928		571	271	5,515	40
1927		565	279	5,644	36
1926		652	259	5,789	35
1925		660	259	5,978	35
1924		646	257	6,132	34
1923		622	258	6,087	34
1922		607	264	6,148	34
1921		661	258	6,293	35
1920		653	259	6,241	34
1919		673	247	5,726	34
1918		653	253	6,347	30
1917		627	248	5,801	30
1916		519	265	5,652	31
1915		503	261	5,594	29
1914		385	263	3,901	31
1913		299	270	3,205	30
1912		273	272	2,516	35
1911		234	253	1,311	33
1910		227	254	1,000	36
1909		157	288	886	33
1908		166	275	853	34
1907		162	272	717	37
1906		139	281	737	35
1905		149	268	685	36
1904		122	291	686	36
1903		109	300	665	35
1902		140	262	597	38
1901		126	258	543	36
1900		159	257	652	41
1899		101	294	501	38
1898		124	274	541	43
1897		115	266	496	43
1896		114	269	551	39
1895		126	250	480	45
1894		108	264	423	50
1893		107	257	418	48
1892		106	257	429	50
1891		88	261	333	54
1890		101	246	363	55
1889		88	249	346	55
1888		88	247	353	57
1887		82	234	327	54
1886		81	225	344	55
1885		66	250	319	56
1884		56	261	340	57
1883		54	244	285	60
1882		54	235	327	56
1881		47	229	259	63
1880		55	206	344	50

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.