Franco Boy
How popular is Franco?
#746 boy name in 2025
348 baby boys were named Franco in the US in 2025, making it the 746th most popular boy name.
Franco popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #746 for boys (▼ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 348 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #873 in 2015, #944 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (353 boys) |
| Highest rank | #702 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Franco counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Franco family of names ranked #703 for boys in 2025 (#706 the year before), with 353 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Franco | 348 | 99% |
| Franko | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Franco is most popular
Babies named Franco per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (74 boys)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (164 boys)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (290 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (279 boys)
Franco by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 14 | #3,173 |
| 1930s | 13 | #3,175 |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1950s | 99 | #1,521 |
| 1960s | 357 | #992 |
| 1970s | 716 | #845 |
| 1980s | 764 | #859 |
| 1990s | 845 | #1,055 |
| 2000s | 1,833 | #748 |
| 2010s | 2,649 | #702 |
| 2020s | 1,810 | #745 |
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Questions
- Is Franco a boy or girl name?
- Franco is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Franco were boys.
- How popular is the name Franco?
- 348 baby boys were named Franco in the US in 2025, making it the 746th most popular boy name.
- When was Franco most popular?
- Franco peaked in 2016, when 353 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #702 in 2016.
- How many people are named Franco?
- 9,107 babies have been named Franco in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,813 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Franco most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Franco was most common in New Jersey, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.