How popular is the name Franco?

Franco ranks 1,125th among boys' names in US records, with 9,317 births since 1923. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,165.

Is Franco a unisex name?

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

2016, when 385 children were given the name. It has been in use for 102 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Franko. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,125 of boy names

Pronounced F R AE1 NG K OW0 (ARPABET)

Franco is a boys' name, and first appears in 1923. It has been given to 9,317 children — the 1,125th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2016, when 385 children were given it.

Franko is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2016385

These spellings sound identical to Franco and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

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 Franco?: Franco ranks 1,125th among boys' names in US records, with 9,317 births since 1923. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,165.
Is Franco a unisex name?: No. Franco is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Franco most popular?: 2016, when 385 children were given the name. It has been in use for 102 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Franco spelled?: Franko. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.