Franco

What Franco means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Franco yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #873 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Franco?

US: Rising: up from #873 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #888 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 348 boys got the name (#746 that year). First in the US records in 1923.

How common

• About 1 in 4,908 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,180 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (0.48 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.45 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.36 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Franco is #746 in the US and #763 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Franco were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Franky37 US · 21 E&W
• Franko5 US
• Franek0 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Franco

Boys

• Maximo#580Editor’s note Up from #853 in 2015 to #580 in 2025 in the US
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Rocco#459Editor’s note Up from #463 in 2015 to #459 in 2025 in the US
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*

For a sister

• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Alessandra#443Italian form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Franco’s. Rank is US 2025.