How popular is the name Francesco?

Francesco ranks 1,190th among boys' names in US records, with 8,299 births since 1906. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,316.

Is Francesco a unisex name?

No. Francesco is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 166 children were given the name. It has been in use for 119 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,190 of boy names

Pronounced F R AE0 N CH EH1 S K OW0 (ARPABET)

Francesco is a boys' name, and first appears in 1906. It has been given to 8,299 children — the 1,190th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2006, when 166 children were given it.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Francesco?: Francesco ranks 1,190th among boys' names in US records, with 8,299 births since 1906. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,316.
Is Francesco a unisex name?: No. Francesco is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Francesco most popular?: 2006, when 166 children were given the name. It has been in use for 119 years and is still recorded as of 2024.