Is Frances a boy or girl name?
Frances is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 821 girls and 8 boys were named Frances, so 99% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.2% of the 599,746 US babies named Frances were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #9,247
- Girl rank, 2024
- #379
- Babies named Frances since 1880
- 599,746
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 16,228 babies
Boys and girls named Frances, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | 9,182 | 98.5% |
| 1890s | 155 | 18,090 | 99.2% |
| 1900s | 222 | 28,499 | 99.2% |
| 1910s | 724 | 105,599 | 99.3% |
| 1920s | 1,107 | 140,391 | 99.2% |
| 1930s | 925 | 92,118 | 99% |
| 1940s | 506 | 85,447 | 99.4% |
| 1950s | 403 | 51,200 | 99.2% |
| 1960s | 268 | 25,000 | 98.9% |
| 1970s | 174 | 11,340 | 98.5% |
| 1980s | 166 | 8,489 | 98.1% |
| 1990s | 111 | 6,068 | 98.2% |
| 2000s | 53 | 3,959 | 98.7% |
| 2010s | 37 | 5,466 | 99.3% |
| 2020s | 27 | 3,881 | 99.3% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #9,247 | 821 | #379 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 760 | #405 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 755 | #419 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,382 | 801 | #392 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,699 | 744 | #418 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,768 | 718 | #438 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 723 | #442 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,895 | 730 | #437 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,839 | 721 | #447 |
| 2015 | 6 | #11,130 | 613 | #513 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 484 | #603 |
| 2013 | 6 | #11,181 | 409 | #690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,876 | 364 | #763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 348 | #782 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,891 | 356 | #769 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 355 | #797 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,220 | 368 | #794 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,968 | 347 | #828 |
| 2006 | 6 | #11,085 | 360 | #763 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 355 | #753 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,387 | 427 | #641 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,968 | 449 | #607 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,889 | 415 | #616 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,667 | 429 | #590 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,484 | 454 | #572 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,074 | 488 | #521 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,978 | 547 | #472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,749 | 531 | #474 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,674 | 544 | #460 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,635 | 571 | #450 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,221 | 608 | #412 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,811 | 641 | #394 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,505 | 668 | #387 |
| 1991 | 21 | #3,035 | 711 | #361 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,491 | 759 | #351 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,363 | 781 | #324 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,119 | 807 | #307 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,595 | 805 | #303 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,717 | 765 | #313 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,121 | 834 | #295 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,389 | 855 | #282 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,519 | 875 | #270 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,539 | 904 | #271 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,091 | 925 | #271 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,481 | 938 | #267 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,057 | 913 | #267 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,309 | 924 | #256 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,488 | 940 | #266 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,638 | 948 | #247 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,801 | 1,030 | #234 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,218 | 1,068 | #238 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,438 | 1,156 | #217 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,577 | 1,280 | #216 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,800 | 1,453 | #206 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,155 | 1,628 | #199 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,658 | 1,640 | #195 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,521 | 1,745 | #185 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,929 | 1,868 | #171 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,775 | 2,126 | #162 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,605 | 2,262 | #163 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,295 | 2,599 | #152 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,327 | 2,745 | #146 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,560 | 3,003 | #143 |
| 1961 | 27 | #1,556 | 3,420 | #135 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,445 | 3,592 | #127 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,310 | 3,717 | #124 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,287 | 3,847 | #118 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,256 | 4,094 | #113 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,179 | 4,325 | #107 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,017 | 4,641 | #96 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,341 | 5,153 | #83 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,198 | 5,786 | #72 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,084 | 6,079 | #67 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,100 | 6,584 | #59 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,209 | 6,974 | #51 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,036 | 7,440 | #49 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,267 | 8,179 | #42 |
| 1947 | 57 | #926 | 8,943 | #39 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,268 | 8,450 | #39 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,045 | 7,940 | #34 |
| 1944 | 63 | #791 | 8,487 | #33 |
| 1943 | 57 | #888 | 9,448 | #31 |
| 1942 | 59 | #855 | 9,471 | #30 |
| 1941 | 62 | #800 | 8,468 | #31 |
| 1940 | 60 | #805 | 8,621 | #28 |
| 1939 | 65 | #749 | 8,577 | #26 |
| 1938 | 68 | #745 | 8,922 | #23 |
| 1937 | 85 | #641 | 9,057 | #19 |
| 1936 | 64 | #759 | 8,789 | #19 |
| 1935 | 92 | #608 | 8,770 | #19 |
| 1934 | 111 | #562 | 9,207 | #19 |
| 1933 | 84 | #633 | 8,882 | #18 |
| 1932 | 111 | #561 | 9,552 | #19 |
| 1931 | 118 | #537 | 9,718 | #18 |
| 1930 | 127 | #530 | 10,644 | #16 |
| 1929 | 95 | #628 | 11,092 | #16 |
| 1928 | 140 | #512 | 12,137 | #13 |
| 1927 | 125 | #551 | 12,988 | #12 |
| 1926 | 114 | #584 | 13,355 | #10 |
| 1925 | 114 | #588 | 13,825 | #11 |
| 1924 | 105 | #622 | 15,183 | #10 |
| 1923 | 105 | #622 | 14,881 | #10 |
| 1922 | 95 | #660 | 15,054 | #10 |
| 1921 | 106 | #617 | 15,993 | #9 |
| 1920 | 108 | #605 | 15,883 | #9 |
| 1919 | 101 | #601 | 15,107 | #9 |
| 1918 | 97 | #626 | 16,131 | #8 |
| 1917 | 72 | #734 | 14,363 | #9 |
| 1916 | 107 | #552 | 13,746 | #9 |
| 1915 | 91 | #601 | 12,786 | #9 |
| 1914 | 77 | #569 | 9,677 | #9 |
| 1913 | 59 | #567 | 7,694 | #9 |
| 1912 | 46 | #602 | 6,680 | #9 |
| 1911 | 36 | #490 | 4,967 | #10 |
| 1910 | 38 | #448 | 4,448 | #11 |
| 1909 | 20 | #599 | 3,780 | #12 |
| 1908 | 21 | #559 | 3,593 | #14 |
| 1907 | 33 | #391 | 3,299 | #16 |
| 1906 | 22 | #479 | 3,026 | #14 |
| 1905 | 23 | #469 | 2,887 | #16 |
| 1904 | 23 | #445 | 2,657 | #16 |
| 1903 | 17 | #531 | 2,365 | #19 |
| 1902 | 19 | #493 | 2,326 | #23 |
| 1901 | 25 | #376 | 2,071 | #25 |
| 1900 | 19 | #563 | 2,495 | #26 |
| 1899 | 12 | #592 | 2,058 | #24 |
| 1898 | 21 | #440 | 2,379 | #22 |
| 1897 | 18 | #461 | 1,975 | #27 |
| 1896 | 19 | #470 | 1,964 | #28 |
| 1895 | 16 | #513 | 1,833 | #29 |
| 1894 | 17 | #487 | 1,776 | #29 |
| 1893 | 20 | #408 | 1,622 | #34 |
| 1892 | 10 | #705 | 1,670 | #31 |
| 1891 | 10 | #615 | 1,397 | #34 |
| 1890 | 12 | #578 | 1,416 | #33 |
| 1889 | 15 | #488 | 1,351 | #34 |
| 1888 | 15 | #513 | 1,452 | #30 |
| 1887 | 12 | #526 | 1,105 | #34 |
| 1886 | 12 | #557 | 1,059 | #38 |
| 1885 | 12 | #559 | 844 | #46 |
| 1884 | 16 | #475 | 789 | #46 |
| 1883 | 17 | #437 | 710 | #45 |
| 1882 | 12 | #556 | 681 | #45 |
| 1881 | 12 | #514 | 586 | #45 |
| 1880 | 16 | #449 | 605 | #42 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Frances reached #376 in 1901. As a girl name, it reached #8 in 1918. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Frances
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.