NameTides

Francesco

Francesco was the #1,328 boys' name in the US in 2025 (145 babies), and #873 in England & Wales and #651 in Canada.

Francesco as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Francesco as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Francesco as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,328 (145)#873 (36)——#651 (43)
2024#1,241 (160)#586 (65)——#658 (41)
2023#1,300 (147)#779 (42)—#770 (3)#665 (39)
2022#1,425 (128)#746 (44)#703 (3)#779 (3)#745 (34)
2021#1,407 (130)#641 (57)—#631 (4)#794 (32)
2020#1,335 (134)#627 (55)—#556 (5)#585 (44)
2019#1,564 (107)#731 (45)#609 (4)—#681 (37)
2018#1,431 (122)#665 (52)—#749 (3)#628 (41)
2017#1,433 (120)#786 (42)#602 (4)#443 (7)#681 (37)
2016#1,313 (137)#616 (58)#707 (3)#601 (4)#911 (25)
2015#1,340 (131)#671 (51)——#624 (42)
2014#1,251 (144)#659 (51)—#715 (3)#630 (42)
2013#1,387 (121)#709 (46)#590 (4)#711 (3)#497 (56)
2012#1,398 (119)#901 (33)#669 (3)#718 (3)#424 (66)
2011#1,250 (138)#812 (37)#648 (3)#623 (4)#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,241.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1906.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Francesco is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Francesco by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,080TXFlorida: #887FL
Francesco (boys) 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#45827
Quebec2025#7165

Francesco (boys): 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
FrancescoCanadaBoys#65143
FrancescoEngland & WalesBoys#87336
FrancescoIrelandBoys—too few
FrancescoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FrancescoScotlandBoys—too few
FrancescoUSBoys#1,328145