How Many People Are Named Francesco?

7,397

people named Francesco are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 46,205 people in the US has this name

Based on 8,446 babies named Francesco in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,944

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,145

See the top 100

Peak Year

2006

166 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian
Pronunciation: fran-CHES-ko
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Italian form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS). Francesco Laurana was an Italian Renaissance sculptor.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

FrantziskoPatxiFrañsezFrancescFrancescuFraneFranjoFrankoFranoFrantišekFransFranciscusFrancisFrancisqueFrançois

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Francesco in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Francesco alive today is about 29 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 43 in 2025.

Under 30 4,060
54.9%
30 to 59 2,897
39.2%
60 and over 439
5.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Francesco first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 2006, to 166 babies. In 2025, 145 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Francesco has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #760, in 1908 and 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,329.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,329
Best rank#760 (1908 and 1975)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,117 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Francesco alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Francesco were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,280 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Francesco was given 6.1 times as often in New York, 4.9 times in New Jersey and 2.5 times in Connecticut.

New York 2,280
New Jersey 791
California 555
Illinois 500
Florida 417
Pennsylvania 391
Massachusetts 308
Michigan 169
Connecticut 158
Texas 87
Ohio 33
Virginia 17
Maryland 11
North Carolina 10
District of Columbia 5
Arizona 5

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