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Francis
Pronounced /ˈfɹɑːnsɪs/
Rank in 2024
#450
Born in 2024
693
Peak year
1918 · #30
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:92 in 2024 (#2,087)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 693 boys were named Francis, about 1 in every 2,475.
- It peaked in 1918 with 6,347 babies, ranked #30.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 289,720 boys 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.
- 5.7Greatest1901–27
- 3.6Silent1928–45
- 1.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.7Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 95,732 babies, 5.73 per 1,000. Silent: 74,980 babies, 3.63 per 1,000. Boomers: 62,772 babies, 1.67 per 1,000. Gen X: 18,976 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Millennials: 13,819 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,458 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,552 babies, 0.35 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.