Francisc

Boys' name

English equivalent of Francis

Francisc has been given to 8 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 8 recorded.

Babies named Francisc, 1989

1 in 480,000

Francisc over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Francisc: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Francis

Latin

What Francisc means

Francisc is a English equivalent of Francis.

Origin, language, and formation

Francisc is used in Romanian. Its origins include Latin.

Francisc comes through Latin Franciscus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Francis.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8 boys were recorded with the name Francisc between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1989; its best national rank was #5,820 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.

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How common is Francisc?

Francisc 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 480,000; 8 of 3,842,268 births
Among boys only: 1 in 250,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1989: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 332,908 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Francisc sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 332,908 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Francisc. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Franciscs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Francisc was born before 1989 — so the typical Francisc 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: 8; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Francisc 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 (8)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,820; 1989

Spellings of Francisc

Francisc is not the most common spelling — Francis is, with 64.4% against Francisc's <0.01%.

Francis64.4%290,490
Francisco31.5%142,192
Francesco1.9%8,446
Frances1.1%5,024
Fransisco0.68%3,065
Francois0.40%1,818
Francisc<0.01%8

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 Francisc is used

Across 1910–2025, Francisc was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,903,406 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 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. Francisc has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Francisc by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,820; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 8 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 8
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Francisc

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

Franyer Frander Fracisco Francesc Francine Frampton Francell Franclin Franciel Francies Franics Francky Frantzley Francie Frankel Frankye Francklin Franyel Francico Franisco Frankline Francsico Frantisek Frankly

Sibling names for Francisc

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

Stephani Ashli Jalisa Britany Chantelle Leandra Lissette Kala

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron

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