Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Francois” in the USA?

Number of people named “Francois” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Francois” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Francois” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Francois” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Francois” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Francois” by birth year

This chart shows how “Francois” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 16 0.000004019 16 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 -100%
1959 24 0.000005772 24 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 28 0.000007202 28 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 -100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 -100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 -100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 -100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 25 0.000007514 25 -100%
1980 25 0.000007258 25 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 29 0.000008373 29 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 -100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 5 23 -64%
1989 31 0.000008064 31 -100%
1990 32 0.000008096 32 -100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 -100%
1992 43 0.000011194 43 -100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 -100%
1994 28 0.000007532 28 -100%
1995 23 0.00000628 23 -100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 14 0.00000374 14 -100%
2002 24 0.00000642 24 -100%
2003 19 0.000004997 19 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 16 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

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