Francis

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 73% girls / 27% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Francis is an English, French, German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name of Latin origin. Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. A feminine version of the name in English is Frances, or Francine.

From Wikipedia

Francis first appears in the data in 1942 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 77 babies (rank #234 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Francis

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Francis yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,286
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
77
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19422#94
19525#555
19536#724
19546#722
195512#567
195621#437
19578#690
195813#578
195921#479
196013#599
196125#443
196217#549
196335#380
196449#320
196529#425
196638#370
196735#398
196850#313
196967#265
197061#284
197177#234
197243#319
197349#287
197461#240
197557#247
197638#312
197730#364
197836#329
197935#333
198038#324
198132#367
198235#339
198339#314
198430#379
198539#329
198628#422
198725#457
198837#353
198941#333
199030#432
199138#369
199239#362
199325#486
199431#421
199533#394
199619#555
199725#483
199825#470
199919#553
200011#774
20019#830
200216#614
20036#979
20046#974
20056#961
200610#725
20074#1,117
20085#993
20095#980
20103#1,150
20113#1,139
20126#807
20151#219