Is Francis a boy or girl name?
Francis is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 92 girls and 693 boys were named Francis, so 11.7% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 9.3% of the 319,430 US babies named Francis were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #450
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,083
- Babies named Francis since 1880
- 319,430
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 7,000 babies
Boys and girls named Francis, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,244 | 671 | 17.1% |
| 1890s | 4,535 | 1,090 | 19.4% |
| 1900s | 7,021 | 1,429 | 16.9% |
| 1910s | 41,053 | 4,393 | 9.7% |
| 1920s | 59,096 | 6,110 | 9.4% |
| 1930s | 41,384 | 3,576 | 8% |
| 1940s | 39,520 | 2,881 | 6.8% |
| 1950s | 34,765 | 2,114 | 5.7% |
| 1960s | 19,336 | 1,496 | 7.2% |
| 1970s | 10,015 | 1,280 | 11.3% |
| 1980s | 9,412 | 1,426 | 13.2% |
| 1990s | 7,079 | 1,381 | 16.3% |
| 2000s | 4,533 | 789 | 14.8% |
| 2010s | 5,442 | 651 | 10.7% |
| 2020s | 3,285 | 423 | 11.4% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 693 | #450 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2023 | 675 | #456 | 97 | #2,023 |
| 2022 | 664 | #461 | 68 | #2,587 |
| 2021 | 637 | #467 | 88 | #2,136 |
| 2020 | 616 | #482 | 78 | #2,290 |
| 2019 | 605 | #484 | 90 | #2,094 |
| 2018 | 610 | #480 | 75 | #2,409 |
| 2017 | 661 | #458 | 78 | #2,343 |
| 2016 | 638 | #482 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2015 | 622 | #481 | 64 | #2,752 |
| 2014 | 593 | #480 | 64 | #2,722 |
| 2013 | 538 | #505 | 58 | #2,918 |
| 2012 | 430 | #593 | 44 | #3,601 |
| 2011 | 387 | #617 | 52 | #3,187 |
| 2010 | 358 | #671 | 45 | #3,537 |
| 2009 | 359 | #676 | 54 | #3,136 |
| 2008 | 368 | #660 | 72 | #2,594 |
| 2007 | 402 | #616 | 76 | #2,466 |
| 2006 | 451 | #556 | 61 | #2,862 |
| 2005 | 463 | #526 | 64 | #2,643 |
| 2004 | 456 | #524 | 71 | #2,405 |
| 2003 | 465 | #518 | 83 | #2,110 |
| 2002 | 464 | #497 | 98 | #1,828 |
| 2001 | 546 | #444 | 94 | #1,865 |
| 2000 | 559 | #435 | 116 | #1,544 |
| 1999 | 542 | #430 | 117 | #1,477 |
| 1998 | 580 | #410 | 121 | #1,421 |
| 1997 | 628 | #385 | 112 | #1,469 |
| 1996 | 607 | #384 | 136 | #1,275 |
| 1995 | 697 | #352 | 161 | #1,102 |
| 1994 | 726 | #339 | 134 | #1,272 |
| 1993 | 753 | #335 | 137 | #1,254 |
| 1992 | 803 | #318 | 144 | #1,210 |
| 1991 | 824 | #313 | 162 | #1,109 |
| 1990 | 919 | #284 | 157 | #1,112 |
| 1989 | 921 | #268 | 143 | #1,153 |
| 1988 | 952 | #247 | 145 | #1,087 |
| 1987 | 949 | #244 | 166 | #961 |
| 1986 | 915 | #245 | 135 | #1,098 |
| 1985 | 935 | #245 | 138 | #1,067 |
| 1984 | 902 | #243 | 125 | #1,105 |
| 1983 | 961 | #232 | 117 | #1,140 |
| 1982 | 981 | #238 | 151 | #981 |
| 1981 | 974 | #236 | 153 | #960 |
| 1980 | 922 | #243 | 153 | #968 |
| 1979 | 930 | #237 | 120 | #1,120 |
| 1978 | 940 | #225 | 135 | #1,011 |
| 1977 | 897 | #235 | 143 | #967 |
| 1976 | 836 | #240 | 130 | #983 |
| 1975 | 957 | #217 | 135 | #938 |
| 1974 | 888 | #233 | 113 | #1,050 |
| 1973 | 979 | #223 | 115 | #1,016 |
| 1972 | 989 | #222 | 120 | #994 |
| 1971 | 1,209 | #201 | 131 | #969 |
| 1970 | 1,390 | #192 | 138 | #929 |
| 1969 | 1,429 | #189 | 145 | #869 |
| 1968 | 1,516 | #175 | 123 | #933 |
| 1967 | 1,583 | #169 | 122 | #930 |
| 1966 | 1,696 | #164 | 124 | #906 |
| 1965 | 1,815 | #164 | 123 | #910 |
| 1964 | 2,067 | #159 | 134 | #901 |
| 1963 | 2,174 | #153 | 152 | #849 |
| 1962 | 2,293 | #148 | 177 | #783 |
| 1961 | 2,344 | #148 | 203 | #730 |
| 1960 | 2,419 | #145 | 193 | #728 |
| 1959 | 2,648 | #136 | 183 | #751 |
| 1958 | 2,619 | #135 | 173 | #756 |
| 1957 | 2,936 | #128 | 200 | #704 |
| 1956 | 3,301 | #111 | 178 | #726 |
| 1955 | 3,439 | #100 | 202 | #658 |
| 1954 | 3,686 | #94 | 228 | #600 |
| 1953 | 3,875 | #90 | 213 | #608 |
| 1952 | 3,979 | #89 | 250 | #543 |
| 1951 | 4,200 | #85 | 233 | #554 |
| 1950 | 4,082 | #86 | 254 | #509 |
| 1949 | 4,282 | #78 | 256 | #508 |
| 1948 | 4,215 | #80 | 263 | #505 |
| 1947 | 4,207 | #84 | 297 | #478 |
| 1946 | 4,006 | #80 | 262 | #485 |
| 1945 | 3,449 | #75 | 245 | #455 |
| 1944 | 3,651 | #71 | 316 | #399 |
| 1943 | 4,068 | #63 | 312 | #413 |
| 1942 | 4,297 | #58 | 295 | #417 |
| 1941 | 3,738 | #60 | 318 | #383 |
| 1940 | 3,607 | #61 | 317 | #370 |
| 1939 | 3,721 | #53 | 299 | #381 |
| 1938 | 3,951 | #51 | 305 | #380 |
| 1937 | 3,730 | #55 | 312 | #367 |
| 1936 | 3,876 | #50 | 319 | #353 |
| 1935 | 3,894 | #53 | 381 | #323 |
| 1934 | 4,006 | #49 | 355 | #336 |
| 1933 | 4,093 | #45 | 366 | #329 |
| 1932 | 4,388 | #43 | 399 | #319 |
| 1931 | 4,735 | #42 | 373 | #331 |
| 1930 | 4,990 | #42 | 467 | #307 |
| 1929 | 5,270 | #39 | 473 | #310 |
| 1928 | 5,516 | #40 | 571 | #271 |
| 1927 | 5,644 | #36 | 565 | #279 |
| 1926 | 5,789 | #35 | 652 | #259 |
| 1925 | 5,978 | #35 | 660 | #259 |
| 1924 | 6,131 | #34 | 646 | #257 |
| 1923 | 6,087 | #34 | 622 | #258 |
| 1922 | 6,147 | #34 | 607 | #264 |
| 1921 | 6,293 | #35 | 661 | #258 |
| 1920 | 6,241 | #34 | 653 | #259 |
| 1919 | 5,726 | #34 | 673 | #247 |
| 1918 | 6,347 | #30 | 653 | #253 |
| 1917 | 5,801 | #30 | 627 | #248 |
| 1916 | 5,652 | #31 | 519 | #265 |
| 1915 | 5,594 | #29 | 503 | #261 |
| 1914 | 3,901 | #31 | 385 | #263 |
| 1913 | 3,205 | #30 | 299 | #270 |
| 1912 | 2,516 | #35 | 273 | #272 |
| 1911 | 1,311 | #33 | 234 | #253 |
| 1910 | 1,000 | #36 | 227 | #254 |
| 1909 | 886 | #33 | 157 | #288 |
| 1908 | 853 | #34 | 166 | #275 |
| 1907 | 717 | #37 | 162 | #272 |
| 1906 | 737 | #35 | 139 | #281 |
| 1905 | 685 | #36 | 149 | #268 |
| 1904 | 686 | #36 | 122 | #291 |
| 1903 | 665 | #35 | 109 | #300 |
| 1902 | 597 | #38 | 140 | #262 |
| 1901 | 543 | #36 | 126 | #258 |
| 1900 | 652 | #41 | 159 | #257 |
| 1899 | 501 | #38 | 101 | #294 |
| 1898 | 541 | #43 | 124 | #274 |
| 1897 | 496 | #43 | 115 | #266 |
| 1896 | 551 | #39 | 114 | #269 |
| 1895 | 480 | #45 | 126 | #250 |
| 1894 | 423 | #50 | 108 | #264 |
| 1893 | 418 | #48 | 107 | #257 |
| 1892 | 429 | #50 | 106 | #257 |
| 1891 | 333 | #54 | 88 | #261 |
| 1890 | 363 | #55 | 101 | #246 |
| 1889 | 346 | #55 | 88 | #249 |
| 1888 | 353 | #57 | 88 | #247 |
| 1887 | 327 | #54 | 82 | #234 |
| 1886 | 344 | #55 | 81 | #225 |
| 1885 | 319 | #56 | 66 | #250 |
| 1884 | 340 | #57 | 56 | #261 |
| 1883 | 285 | #60 | 54 | #244 |
| 1882 | 327 | #56 | 54 | #235 |
| 1881 | 259 | #63 | 47 | #229 |
| 1880 | 344 | #50 | 55 | #206 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Francis reached #29 in 1915. As a girl name, it reached #206 in 1880. 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 Francis
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.