Franco

maleStatistical record

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

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

Franco: Recorded every year since 1998, its highest recorded position is #535, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#535highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
1999	#1850
2000	#1552
2001	#2587
2002	#2005
2003	#1629
2004	#1498
2005	#1617
2006	#2282
2007	#1666
2008	#1511
2009	#1749
2010	#1911
2011	#2039
2012	#1669
2013	#1147
2014	#1012
2015	#888
2016	#790
2017	#771
2018	#786
2019	#894
2020	#878
2021	#771
2022	#746
2023	#791
2024	#757

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 England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #757 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #757 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Franco 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 Franco in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	94	10 of 10	9
2010s	278	10 of 10	28
2020sbusiest	206	5 of 10	41

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 41 births a year.

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

Franco 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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024.

Franco'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	#757	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#791	41	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#746	44	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#771	43	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#894	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#786	41	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#771	44	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1012	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #535, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 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.

Francisco · #253, 66y
Franciszek · #182, 24y
Francois · #1821, 23y
Franek · #552, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Benji · #535, 25y
Dax · #535, 24y
Rafi · #535, 29y
Soren · #535, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Benji · #535, 25y
Dax · #535, 24y
Ford · #535, 24y
Forest · #535, 17y

Franco was ranked #535 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Franco 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 Franco without appearing here.

Franco moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1666 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Johannes Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1669 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1147 and #2660.
Nils Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2005 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3009.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1511 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Franco

Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1552 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1617 and #1190.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #1160.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #1347.

Moved the opposite way to Franco

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Franco

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franco went from #2419 to #757 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Franco

Franco at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Franco by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Franco at a glance

Franco by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Franco appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Franco and the names beside it

Franco moved ahead of

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