Francesco

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Francesco: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Francesco: Recorded since 1976, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #258, and it stood at #586 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#258highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Francesco's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#654
1997	#694
1998	#716
1999	#603
2000	#794
2001	#707
2002	#781
2003	#761
2004	#599
2005	#747
2006	#793
2007	#776
2008	#1124
2009	#868
2010	#854
2011	#812
2012	#901
2013	#709
2014	#659
2015	#671
2016	#616
2017	#786
2018	#665
2019	#731
2020	#627
2021	#641
2022	#746
2023	#779
2024	#586

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 48 years from 1976 to 2023.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #779 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #258 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2023
Highest recorded position: #258 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1976 (recorded 1976–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #586 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Francesco appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,102 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1976.

Francesco across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Francesco's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#258 (1976)	#258 (1976)	#770 (2023)	15 of 48	57 (1976–2023)	7 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#586 (2024)	#586 (2024)	29 of 29	1,102 (1996–2024)	65 (2024)

Francesco by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Francesco in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	99	4 of 10	25
2000s	291	10 of 10	29
2010s	449	10 of 10	45
2020sbusiest	263	5 of 10	53

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 53 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Francesco appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #258 in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Francesco's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#586	65	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#779	42	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#746	44	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#641	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#627	55	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#665	52	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#786	42	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#616	58	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#671	51	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#659	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#709	46	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#812	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#868	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1124	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#776	35	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#793	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#747	33	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#781	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#794	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#603	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1976 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #258, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 65 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Frances · #38, 73y
Francesca · #53, 49y
Francie · #301, 18y
Francine · #492, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Danial · #258, 32y
Leroy · #258, 34y
Tonny · #258, 30y
Demelza · #260, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Katharine · #258, 37y
Leroy · #258, 34y
Karolis · #257, 30y
Darron · #260, 15y

Francesco was ranked #258 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1976. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Francesco and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Francesco without appearing here.

Francesco moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #761 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #599 and #1347.
Grant Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1124 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #868 and #1568.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #854 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #812 and #1303.
Gerard Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1124 and #867 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #868 and #1358.

Moved ahead of Francesco

Cameron Compare
In 2002 they stood at #258 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #423 and #95.
Brodie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #430.
Isaac Compare
In 2002 they stood at #258 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #423 and #171.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #793 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #776 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Francesco

Aaron Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 while Aaron went from #131 to #51.
Adam Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 while Adam went from #164 to #23.
Alex Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 while Alex went from #241 to #27.
Alexander Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 while Alexander went from #146 to #48.

Moved the same way as Francesco

Adrian Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 and Adrian from #46 to #268.
Alan Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 and Alan from #11 to #319.
Alfred Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 and Alfred from #316 to #472.
Andrew Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Francesco went from #258 to #770 and Andrew from #37 to #146.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1976 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #258 in Republic of Ireland in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Francesco

Francesco at a glance

What stands out in Francesco's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Francesco across 2 official records

Francesco by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Francesco appears in

Popularity data

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Francesco at a glance

What stands out in Francesco's record

Francesco across 2 official records

Francesco by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Francesco appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Francesco

Francesco and the names beside it

Francesco moved ahead of

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