Francis Boy Name

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The name Francis is of Latin origin, and means Frenchman. The table below indicates the number of times the name Francis has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Francis**
Use of the Name Francis for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
278,615	63,160	18,923	5,531	2,480	915	450

The table below indicates the number of times the name Francis has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Francis**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	50	344	206	55
1881	63	259	229	47
1882	56	327	235	54
1883	60	285	244	54
1884	57	340	261	56
1885	56	320	248	67
1886	55	344	227	80
1887	54	327	234	82
1888	57	353	247	88
1889	55	346	249	88
1890	54	363	246	101
1891	55	333	261	88
1892	50	429	257	106
1893	48	418	257	107
1894	51	424	264	108
1895	45	481	250	126
1896	39	551	269	114
1897	43	496	266	115
1898	43	541	274	124
1899	38	501	294	101
1900	41	652	257	159
1901	36	543	258	126
1902	38	597	262	140
1903	35	665	300	109
1904	36	685	291	122
1905	36	686	268	149
1906	35	737	283	138
1907	37	716	272	162
1908	34	854	274	167
1909	33	885	287	157
1910	36	995	254	226
1911	33	1,308	254	232
1912	34	2,516	273	272
1913	30	3,202	269	299
1914	31	3,898	263	382
1915	29	5,593	261	503
1916	31	5,657	265	519
1917	30	5,801	248	627
1918	30	6,357	253	653
1919	34	5,723	247	671
1920	34	6,246	258	653
1921	35	6,281	259	662
1922	34	6,149	264	610
1923	34	6,081	258	621
1924	34	6,139	259	641
1925	35	5,971	259	662
1926	35	5,775	257	656
1927	36	5,627	283	560
1928	40	5,517	271	573
1929	39	5,261	309	474
1930	42	4,984	307	464
1931	42	4,718	331	372
1932	43	4,376	319	399
1933	45	4,085	329	366
1934	49	4,005	335	356
1935	53	3,890	323	382
1936	50	3,876	355	318
1937	55	3,724	366	313
1938	51	3,944	381	304
1939	54	3,711	382	298
1940	61	3,611	371	316
1941	60	3,733	382	320
1942	58	4,295	418	294
1943	63	4,052	413	310
1944	71	3,642	400	316
1945	75	3,449	459	242
1946	80	3,984	484	263
1947	84	4,199	478	297
1948	79	4,206	511	257
1949	78	4,270	502	262
1950	86	4,083	514	250
1951	85	4,193	549	237
1952	89	3,973	541	249
1953	90	3,865	607	214
1954	94	3,688	603	226
1955	101	3,432	656	205
1956	111	3,281	725	178
1957	128	2,932	704	199
1958	136	2,612	757	173
1959	136	2,649	752	182
1960	145	2,420	727	194
1961	148	2,338	730	203
1962	148	2,291	782	177
1963	153	2,175	845	153
1964	159	2,066	901	134
1965	164	1,819	913	122
1966	164	1,698	907	124
1967	168	1,587	925	122
1968	176	1,510	936	122
1969	189	1,432	869	145
1970	192	1,387	935	137
1971	200	1,207	968	131
1972	222	985	997	119
1973	222	981
1974	233	885
1975	217	956	935	136
1976	240	835	988	129
1977	235	894	960	144
1978	225	937
1979	237	928
1980	243	919	966	153
1981	236	969	961	152
1982	238	980	978	151
1983	234	957
1984	243	896
1985	245	932
1986	245	910
1987	245	944	961	166
1988	247	949
1989	268	917
1990	284	916
1991	313	824
1992	318	802
1993	335	752
1994	339	725
1995	351	697
1996	388	605
1997	384	627
1998	410	580
1999	430	542
2000	436	558
2001	445	544
2002	497	463
2003	514	465
2004	525	450
Totals:		278,615		25,162

During the last 125 years, parents have used Francis as a boy's name about 91% of the time and less frequently (about 8% of the time) as a girl's name.

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