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Francis
Pronounced /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/
Rank in 2024
#2,087
Born in 2024
92
Peak year
1919 · #247
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:693 in 2024 (#450)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 92 girls were named Francis, about 1 in every 17,535.
- It peaked in 1919 with 673 babies, ranked #247.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 29,710 girls have been named Francis since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Francis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 10,729 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Silent: 6,423 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,051 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,070 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,304 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,280 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 933 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Franciscus (“Frankish (man); a Frank”), from Francia (“Frankland”)). Doublet of Francisco and Franz.
- A male given name from Latin.
- (rare) A female given name from Latin, alternative spelling of Frances.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Francis, CC BY-SA 4.0.