How rare is the name Francesco?

10,482 people in the United States have the first name Francesco, about 1 in 28,814. It ranks #2,388 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FRANCESCO

#2,388

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,482
About
1 in 28,814
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,482 people named Francesco, 83.6% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Francesco peaked in 2006, when 166 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
166
In 2025*
145 ▼13%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,446 babies have been given the name since 1906. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Francesco by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,964. The largest share of babies named Francesco, 26.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,41524
1910s#2,144286
1920s#3,457202
1930s#4,551106
1940s#6,18966
1950s#3,294282
1960s#2,604503
1970s#1,964998
1980s#2,1021,064
1990s#2,2291,337
2000s#2,5331,478
2010s#3,0561,256
2020s#2,810844
Greatest Generation 1901–275.7%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–646.3%
Generation X 1965–8017%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1226.7%
2013 and later20.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Francesco is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Francesco has been most common in New York (5.4×), New Jersey (4.8×), and Connecticut (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.12×).

6,300 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Francesco

#2,386 Chong · 10,492#2,387 Etta · 10,485#2,389 Maximo · 10,476#2,390 Katheryn · 10,471

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Francesco, most common first.

#226 Francisco · 246,232#273 Frances · 201,693#1,115 Francisca · 36,984#1,192 Francesca · 32,941#3,350 Fransisco · 6,332#4,146 Franchesca · 4,630#9,526 Franciso · 1,453#21,290 Franceska · 478

Also a last name

As a last name, Francesco ranks #62,198 of 156,621, with 348 people. See Francesco as a last name

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