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Frances name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Frances ranks #318 in female records (960 reported) and #11,112 in male records (6 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

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Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#318 · 960 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 131 female records (829 to 960); rank moved from #375 to #318.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 159 female records (801 to 960); rank moved from #393 to #318.
2025 male rank and count
#11,112 · 6 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 3 male records (9 to 6); rank moved from #8,547 to #11,112.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 3 male records (9 to 6); rank moved from #8,388 to #11,112.
Peak year in available data
2025: 960 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Frances becoming more popular?

Frances's reported female count increased by 131 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #375 to #318. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Frances in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for FrancesFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.9600201620252016: 721 female records2017: 730 female records2018: 723 female records2019: 718 female records2020: 744 female records2021: 801 female records2022: 755 female records2023: 760 female records2024: 829 female records2025: 960 female records2016: 5 male records2017: 5 male records2019: 5 male records2020: 10 male records2021: 9 male records2024: 9 male records2025: 6 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025960318611,112
202482937598,547
2023760405——
2022755419——
202180139398,388
2020744418107,700
2019718438512,775
2018723442——
2017730437512,900
2016721447512,843

Questions about Frances’s popularity

How common is Frances in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Frances ranks #318 in female records (960 reported) and #11,112 in male records (6 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Frances?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Frances only.

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