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Francisco

Pronounced /ˌfɹænˈsɪskoʊ̯/

Rank in 2024
#307
Born in 2024
1,104
Peak year
1993 · #119
Origin
Spanish

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,104 boys were named Francisco, about 1 in every 1,554.
  • It peaked in 1993 with 2,966 babies, ranked #119.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 141,117 boys have been named Francisco since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Francisco per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.3
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.8
    Gen X
  5. 1.3
    Millennials
  6. 1.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.7
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 5,282 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Silent: 6,329 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,400 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 21,111 babies, 0.78 per 1,000. Millennials: 38,646 babies, 1.27 per 1,000. Gen Z: 40,015 babies, 1.27 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15,852 babies, 0.73 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis. (given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco) (moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern established for moons of Uranus, being references to the works of William Shakespeare. From being a character in the play The Tempest

  • (countable) A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Francis.
  • (countable) A surname from Spanish or from Portuguese [in turn transferred from the given name].
Origin
Spanish
Say it
/ˌfɹænˈsɪskoʊ̯/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Francisco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Francesco

    Rank
    #1,240
    Born '24
    160
    Origin
    Italian
    1880peak 20062024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Fransisco

    Rank
    #8,098
    Born '24
    10
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20012024