NameTides

Frances

Frances was the #318 girls' name in the US in 2025 (960 babies), and #379 in England & Wales and #683 in Canada.

Frances as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Frances as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotland
Frances as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#318 (960)#379 (112)#780 (3)——#683 (44)—
2024#375 (829)#425 (101)#541 (5)——#471 (64)—
2023#403 (760)#429 (95)#395 (8)—#856 (3)#400 (75)—
2022#419 (755)#424 (100)#380 (8)——#465 (63)—
2021#392 (801)#438 (100)#485 (6)—#661 (5)#406 (79)—
2020#418 (744)#352 (126)———#519 (57)—
2019#438 (718)#392 (110)——#871 (3)#362 (89)—
2018#441 (723)#400 (111)#583 (5)——#388 (84)—
2017#437 (730)#383 (118)#409 (8)#432 (3)#579 (6)#461 (71)—
2016#446 (721)#382 (119)#502 (6)#440 (3)—#321 (105)—
2015#513 (614)#461 (94)#455 (7)—#660 (5)#520 (59)—
2014#603 (484)#503 (84)#802 (3)—#661 (5)#525 (59)—
2013#690 (409)#466 (90)#663 (4)#440 (3)—#864 (31)—
2012#763 (364)#493 (89)———#613 (47)—
2011#782 (348)#552 (75)#674 (4)——#666 (43)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1918 at #8.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Frances is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Frances by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #255WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #193MNIllinois: #290ILMichigan: #209MINew York: #304NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #298ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #359INOhio: #316OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #442CAUtah: #385UTColorado: #200CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #221MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #309VAMaryland: #379MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #319NCSouth Carolina: #198SCDistrict of Columbia: #64DCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #271LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #135ALGeorgia: #204GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #468TXFlorida: #651FL
Frances (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#35236

Frances (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FrancesCanadaGirls#68344
FrancesEngland & WalesGirls#379112
FrancesIrelandGirls—too few
FrancesNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FrancesNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FrancesNSWGirls—too few
FrancesScotlandGirls#7803
FrancesUSGirls#318960
FrancesUSBoys#10,6956