How rare is the name Franco?

10,542 people in the United States have the first name Franco, about 1 in 28,650. It ranks #2,375 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FRANCO

#2,375

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,542
About
1 in 28,650
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,542 people named Franco, 60.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.2% as White and 4.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Franco peaked in 2016, when 353 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19232025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
353
In 2025*
348 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,107 babies have been given the name since 1923. 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.

Franco by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,690. The largest share of babies named Franco, 41.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#11,19114
1930s#9,74313
1940s#11,6537
1950s#5,86299
1960s#3,135357
1970s#2,356716
1980s#2,575764
1990s#2,986845
2000s#2,1811,833
2010s#1,8292,649
2020s#1,6901,810
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–642.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–9613.9%
Generation Z 1997–1230%
2013 and later41.7%

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 Franco is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Franco has been most common in Florida (3.4×), California (2.6×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in Michigan (0.12×).

6,864 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 Franco

#2,373 Kyrie · 10,560#2,374 Chantal · 10,546#2,376 Rafaela · 10,532#2,377 Amiyah · 10,530

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,468 France · 2,043#9,939 Franck · 1,367#10,538 Franca · 1,258#11,745 Francy · 1,079#17,337 Franci · 638#21,264 Franko · 479#26,383 Franc · 353#45,183 Fransco · 151

Also a last name

As a last name, Franco ranks #458 of 156,621, with 70,637 people. See Franco as a last name

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