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Frances
Pronounced /ˈfɹænsɪz/
Rank in 2024
#379
Born in 2024
821
Peak year
1918 · #8
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:8 in 2024 (#9,563)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 821 girls were named Frances, about 1 in every 1,965.
- It peaked in 1918 with 16,131 babies, ranked #8.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 594,729 girls have been named Frances since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Frances per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 12.2Greatest1901–27
- 8.1Silent1928–45
- 2.8Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 248,765 babies, 12.15 per 1,000. Silent: 167,782 babies, 8.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 99,571 babies, 2.78 per 1,000. Gen X: 21,919 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,053 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,593 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,279 babies, 0.41 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old French Franceise, feminine form of Franceis, from Late Latin Franciscus (“Frankish”). Doublet of Francesca and Francisca. ==== Proper noun ==== Frances A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Francis. (rare) A male given name, variant of Francis. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. An unincorporated community in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States. An unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington, United States. A town in south-east South Australia, on the border with Victoria.
- A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Francis.
- (rare) A male given name, variant of Francis.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈfɹænsɪz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Frances, CC BY-SA 4.0.