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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Francesco

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
From France
Italian
Free

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Francesco

Pronunciation

f-rances-co, fr(a)-nce-sco

More about the name

Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is one of the most common given names among males in Italy.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #1075, 165 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1328, 145 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025145
2024160
2023147
2022128
2021130
2020134
2019107
2018122
2017120
2016137

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #586, 65 births); most recent 2025 (rank #873, 36 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202536
202465
202342
202244
202157
202055
201945
201852
201742
201658

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1963 (rank #187, 120 births); most recent 2023 (rank #851, 46 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202346
202230
202130
202026
201925
201828
201728
201635
201523
201435

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #443, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #733, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
20223
20214
20205
2019–
20183
20177
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #609, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #703, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
20194
2018–
20174
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #238, 9 births); most recent 2018 (rank #513, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20186
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence