Francisco
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About Francisco
Francisco is one of the more popular Spanish names for boys in the US, which is unsurprising given its popularity back in Spain and Portugal as well as Latin America, coupled with its classic status. It also has a cool hipster vibe to it, given the reputation of the city of San Francisco.
As of October 2026, Francisco ranked #322 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #114 in 1991, Nameberry popularity #973.
Editor's take: The name Francisco is a boy's name of Spanish, Portuguese origin meaning "free man".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #232 | 1,600 | 833 |
| 2015 | #247 | 1,483 | 773.7 |
| 2016 | #252 | 1,447 | 762.5 |
| 2017 | #259 | 1,402 | 757.4 |
| 2018 | #285 | 1,240 | 682.8 |
| 2019 | #275 | 1,302 | 725.7 |
| 2020 | #296 | 1,147 | 664.5 |
| 2021 | #296 | 1,120 | 640.2 |
| 2022 | #288 | 1,184 | 678.1 |
| 2023 | #297 | 1,122 | 655.9 |
| 2024 | #307 | 1,104 | 640.8 |
| 2025 | #322 | 1,069 | 625.9 |
World rankings
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Francisco on lists
Famous Franciscos
- Papa Francisco
Pope of the Holy Catholic Church (2013, )
- Francisco Franco
Spanish dictator
- Francisco Jose de Goya
Spanish romantic painter
- Francisco Javier Clavet
Spanish tennis player
- Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador
- Francisco Ignacio Madero
33rd president of Mexico
- Francisco José RodrÃguez
Venezuelan baseball pitcher
- Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Spanish conquistador
- Francisco Roig
Spanish tennis player
- Francisco de Zurbara¡n
Spanish painter
- Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda
Brazilian singer,songwriter
- Francisco Lachowski
Brazilian male supermodel
- Francisco Ramírez Garnes García aka sTaXxCraft
Spanish YouTuber
- Francisco "Chicão" Eller (b. 1993)
son of Brazilian singer Cassia Eller
- Francisco Müller
son of Brazilian actor Otávio
- Francisco Lindor
Puerto Rican baseball player
- Francisco Miranda
son of Lin,Manuel Miranda and Vanessa Nadal.
Francisco in pop culture
- Francisco "Cisco" Ramon aka the Vibe
superhero in DC comics and TV's "The Flash" and "Arrow"
- Francisco
character on TV's "Elena of Avalor"
- "Save Me
San Francisco", song by Train
- San Francisco
city in the State of California