first name
FRANCOIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,448 people named Francois, 46.7% reported their origin as White, 38.1% as Black and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Francois peaked in 1992, when 43 babies got the name.
At least 1,823 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.
Francois by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #3,989. The largest share of babies named Francois, 26.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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.
Exactly as common as Francois
2 other first names also have 4,448 people.
Either side of Francois
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Francois, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Francois ranks #2,132 of 156,621, with 16,522 people. See Francois as a last name
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