# Francisco (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/francisco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌfɹænˈsɪskoʊ̯/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Chico |
| Variant spellings | Fransisco |
| US babies named this | 143,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 142,192 / 954 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 696, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis. * (given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco) * (moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern established for moons of Uranus, being references to the works of William Shakespeare. From being a character in the play The Tempest

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 30 | 3,607 |
| 1993 | 28 | 3,811 |
| 1994 | 22 | 4,579 |
| 1995 | 27 | 3,916 |
| 1996 | 16 | 5,876 |
| 1997 | 13 | 6,989 |
| 1998 | 15 | 6,482 |
| 1999 | 15 | 6,612 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8,204 |
| 2001 | 11 | 8,964 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,301 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,671 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,989 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,199 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,768 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,663 | 211 |
| 2012 | 1,567 | 226 |
| 2013 | 1,701 | 219 |
| 2014 | 1,601 | 232 |
| 2015 | 1,483 | 247 |
| 2016 | 1,447 | 253 |
| 2017 | 1,403 | 259 |
| 2018 | 1,240 | 285 |
| 2019 | 1,302 | 275 |
| 2020 | 1,148 | 296 |
| 2021 | 1,122 | 296 |
| 2022 | 1,184 | 288 |
| 2023 | 1,122 | 297 |
| 2024 | 1,108 | 306 |
| 2025 | 1,069 | 322 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 46 | 743 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 33 | 894 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 37 | 841 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## People named Francisco

- Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko, Equatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)
- Francisco Solano López, 2nd president of Paraguay (1826-1870)
- Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (1910-2010)
- Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Francisco Morales Bermúdez, 51st President of Peru (1921–2022)
- Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (1946-2001)
- Francisco Silva, Chilean footballer
- Francisco Calvo, Costa Rican footballer
- Francisco Hernández de Cordoba, conquistador, explorer
- Francisco Pascasio Moreno, Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
- Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
- Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Catholic cardinal (1925–2022)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.