Over the past 110 years, 268 802 boys and 21 371 girls have been named Francis. The name Francis ranks 126th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Francis in 1910. The peak of popularity of the name Francis came in the 1910s and 1920s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.