NameTides

Francis

Francis was the #420 boys' name in the US in 2025 (769 babies), and #193 in England & Wales and #449 in Canada.

Francis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Francis as a boy’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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandUSCanada
Francis as a boy’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#420 (769)#193 (262)#298 (12)#237 (8)#309 (14)#449 (71)—
2024#450 (695)#193 (257)#352 (10)#278 (6)#267 (16)#463 (66)—
2023#456 (677)#231 (212)#278 (13)#200 (10)#254 (17)#405 (72)—
2022#462 (664)#208 (244)#243 (16)#352 (4)#251 (19)#408 (71)—
2021#466 (637)#215 (246)#316 (12)#211 (10)#239 (20)#403 (74)—
2020#481 (616)#216 (238)#278 (14)#193 (10)#271 (17)#399 (77)—
2019#484 (605)#196 (264)#250 (17)#178 (13)#285 (16)#452 (64)—
2018#479 (610)#238 (217)#232 (19)#215 (9)#247 (20)#393 (76)—
2017#458 (662)#232 (233)#442 (7)#250 (7)#244 (21)#327 (101)—
2016#481 (638)#216 (259)#278 (15)#195 (11)#263 (18)#333 (99)—
2015#481 (622)#235 (237)#295 (13)#211 (10)#210 (26)#266 (131)—
2014#480 (593)#223 (255)#358 (10)#142 (20)#237 (23)#319 (104)—
2013#505 (539)#241 (210)#247 (17)#208 (10)#215 (27)#269 (125)—
2012#593 (430)#256 (188)#337 (10)#273 (6)#310 (14)#374 (79)—
2011#617 (387)#291 (153)#325 (11)#231 (8)#302 (15)#318 (96)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1915 at #29.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 14% of US babies named Francis were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 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 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Francis is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Francis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #244WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #264ILMichigan: #345MINew York: #245NYMassachusetts: #184MAOregon: #295ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #317OHPennsylvania: #204PANew Jersey: #244NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #531CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #468CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #291MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #382VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #730TXFlorida: #887FL
Francis (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#36636

Francis (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
FrancisCanadaGirls—too few
FrancisCanadaBoys#44971
FrancisEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
FrancisEngland & WalesBoys#193262
FrancisIrelandBoys#30914
FrancisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FrancisNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
FrancisNSWBoys—too few
FrancisScotlandBoys#29812
FrancisUSGirls#1,684122
FrancisUSBoys#420769