How common is the name Francisco?

246,232 people in the United States have the first name Francisco, about 1 in 1,227. It ranks #226 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FRANCISCO

#226

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
246,232
About
1 in 1,227
This common or more
43.8%
Who bears it

Of the 246,232 people named Francisco, 94.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% as White and 1.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Francisco peaked in 1993, when 2,995 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
2,995
In 2025*
1,069 ▼64%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 143,146 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Francisco by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #236. The largest share of babies named Francisco, 28%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#816215
1890s#996227
1900s#839427
1910s#8021,658
1920s#5974,333
1930s#6403,387
1940s#6594,192
1950s#5767,371
1960s#5678,673
1970s#35714,803
1980s#29120,293
1990s#23628,951
2000s#28126,580
2010s#46615,283
2020s#5956,753
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.7%
Silent Generation 1928–454.5%
Baby boom 1946–649.4%
Generation X 1965–8014.9%
Millennials 1981–9627.3%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later11.8%

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 Francisco is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Francisco has been most common in Arizona (5.1×), New Mexico (3.5×), and Texas (3.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.02×).

138,388 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 Francisco

#224 Kim · 246,384#225 Courtney · 246,235#227 Walter · 244,847#228 Craig · 244,493

Spelled almost the same

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

#409 Francis · 138,493#1,115 Francisca · 36,984#1,192 Francesca · 32,941#2,388 Francesco · 10,482#3,350 Fransisco · 6,332#4,470 Fransico · 4,161#9,526 Franciso · 1,453#10,409 Fransisca · 1,285

Also a last name

As a last name, Francisco ranks #1,409 of 156,621, with 24,614 people. See Francisco as a last name

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