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Franciszek

#12,638 in 2025Boys' name

Javelin, through Francesco

Franciszek has been given to 138 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #12,638 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Franciszek, 2025

1 in 663,000

Franciszek over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Franciszek: meaning, origin, and history

Javelin, through Francesco

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Franciszek means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Franciszek is used in Polish.

Franciszek comes through Italian Francesco.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Francis and Francesco.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Franciszek is pronounced /franˈt͡ɕi.ʂɛk/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 138 boys were recorded with the name Franciszek between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2017; its best national rank was #4,199 in 1917.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,893 in 2020 to #12,638 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,684 in 2015 to #12,638 in 2025.

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 Franciszek?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,638
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Franciszek 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 2025 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Franciszek. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Franciszeks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Franciszek was born before 2017 — so the typical Franciszek is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
60.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
133
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Choose a decade

2010s — 60.9% of all recorded uses (84).

Is Franciszek 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
−2,421
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,745
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+46
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.3%
Peak was 2017 (15)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,199
1917

Where Franciszek is used

Across 1910–2025, Franciszek was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,285,783 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2New 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. Franciszek has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Franciszek around the world

Where Franciszek 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.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #1,007
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2007–2022
    #352
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2007–2025
    #432
    in 2025
  • France
    1923–2022
    #6,296
    in 2022
  • Norway
    1900–2025
    #448
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1950–1968
    #520
    in 1968

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Franciszek by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,638
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,745
Best rank ever
#4,199
1917
Peak year
2017
15 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
138
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Franciszek

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

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Sibling names for Franciszek

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

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