Francesc

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Javelin, through Francesco

Francesc has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 1989. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.

Babies named Francesc, 1989

1 in 202,000

Francesc over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Francesc over time

In 2012, Francesc went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19892012

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Francesc: meaning, origin, and history

Javelin, through Francesco

Italian

What Francesc means

Francesc belongs to the name family reached through Francesc → Francesco. Its meaning is “javelin”.

Origin, language, and formation

Francesc is used in Catalan. Its origins include Italian.

Francesc comes through Latin Franciscus and Italian Francesco.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Francis and Francesco.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Francesc is pronounced [fɾənˈse̞sk].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 19 girls were recorded with the name Francesc between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1989; its best national rank was #4,720 in 1989.

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Francesc between 1989 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1989; its best national rank was #8,309 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Francesc?

Francesc had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1989, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1989: 1 in 202,000; 19 of 3,842,268 births
Among girls only: 1 in 97,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1989: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 140,173 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Francesc sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1989 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 140,173 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Francesc. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Francescs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Francesc was born before 1989 — so the typical Francesc is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 19; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Francesc rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1989 (19)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,720; 1989

Spellings of Francesc

Francesc is not the most common spelling — Frances is, with 87.2% against Francesc's <0.01%.

Frances87.2%595,697
Francesca5.2%35,331
Francis4.4%29,832
Francisca1.8%12,582
Franchesca0.64%4,394
Francene0.25%1,724
France0.17%1,159
Francisco0.14%954

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Francesc is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Francesc was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 658,231 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Francesc has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Francesc is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Francesc was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Francesc has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Francesc around the world

Where Francesc ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1956–1956
#408
in 1956

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Francesc by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,720; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 19 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 19
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,309; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 5 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Francesc

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Francesc

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron

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