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Francesco

Boy's name · #1329 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Francesco reached its best rank, #760, in 1908 and ranked #1329 in 2025. About 8,400 boys have carried it since 1906.

Across the states

In recent years, Francesco ran 3–4× its national rate in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Francesco is especially popular in Italy.

#6 in Italy (2024) · #291 in Switzerland (2025) · #381 in Poland (2025) · #420 in Ecuador (2025) · #596 in Belgium (2025) · #651 in Canada (2025) · #873 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,530 in France (2025) · #765 in Austria (2024) · #770 in Ireland (2023) · #703 in Scotland (2022) and 2 more.

Famous Francescos

• Francesco Totti — Italian footballer (born 1976)
• Francesco Cossiga — President of Italy from 1985 to 1992 (1928–2010)
• Francesco Borromini — Italian Baroque architect (1599–1667)
• Francesco Guicciardini — Italian writer, historian, and politician (1483–1540)
• Frančesco Redi — Italian naturalist and poet (1626–1697)
• Francesco Acerbi — Italian footballer (born 1988)
• Francesco Toldo — Italian footballer (born 1971)
• Francesco Bagnaia — Italian motorcycle racer (born 1997)
• Francesco I Sforza — Italian condottiero and Sforza dynasty founder (1401–1466)
• Francesco Hayez — Italian painter (1791–1882)

In stories & tradition

• Francesco Binomi^de — Fictional mathematician
• Francesco Dellamorte^it — Dellamorte Dellamore (Italian-language novel)
• Francesco Bernoulli — Cars 2 (video game)

What Francescos become

Among 6,751 notable people named Francesco:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Francesco Mario Pagano, Italian jurist (1748–1799).

Similar names: Frankie · Marcellus · Franco · Henri · Domenico · Lucio

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