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Francis

Boy's name · #420 in the US (2025) · Timeless

88% boys · 12% girls — Francis is also given to girls: 122 in 2025, about 12% in recent years. Francis →

Popularity over time

Francis holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#420 in 2025). About 290,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#126 in Sweden (2025) · #193 in England & Wales (2025) · #206 in New Zealand (2025) · #241 in N. Ireland (2025) · #307 in Scotland (2025) · #309 in Ireland (2025) · #316 in Norway (2025) · #444 in Ecuador (2025) · #511 in Belgium (2025) · #1,531 in France (2025) · #1,680 in Switzerland (2025) · #484 in Canada (2024).

Famous Francises

• Francis Bacon — English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
• Francis of Assisi — Italian preacher (1182–1226)
• Francis Drake — English sailor and privateer (c. 1540–1596)
• Francis Ford Coppola — American filmmaker (born 1939)
• Francis Crick — British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

In stories & tradition

• Francis (Punisher) — Daredevil (TV series)
• Francis (Frank Underwood) — House of Cards (TV series)
• Francis Urquhart — House of Cards

What Francises become

Among 6,476 notable people named Francis:

Military figures appear 2.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774–1857).

Spellings & nicknames

About 750 boys a year are given Frankie as their full name and 660 Frank.

Similar names: Frankie · Warren · Franklin · Leonard · Lewis · Melvin

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