FRANCIS is ranked as the 228th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 293,762.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 92.13 people named FRANCIS for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 77% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named FRANCIS is 140,890.
The SSA data also shows that FRANCIS is used as a boy's name 91% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
FRANCIS is
79.9% White,
6.3% Hispanic origin,
9.1% Black,
2.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name FRANCIS have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name FRANCIS is included in the following name categories:
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Spanish hypocoristics masculine given name
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
French masculine given name
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name FRANCIS
The state with the most people named
FRANCIS is
New York where
34,573 people have this name.
Pennsylvania is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named FRANCIS, as
252.2 in every 100,000
Pennsylvanians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Pennsylvania is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Utah
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name FRANCIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
12,420
96.43
99.6%
Indiana
4,934
74.8
99.1%
Iowa
2,935
94.45
99.1%
Kansas
3,256
112.12
98.8%
Michigan
7,959
80.32
99.6%
Minnesota
4,118
75.46
99.3%
Missouri
1,861
62.17
98.3%
Nebraska
2,050
108.95
98.2%
North Dakota
844
114.18
96.0%
Ohio
9,492
81.87
99.4%
South Dakota
1,203
140.96
97.2%
Wisconsin
5,255
91.27
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name FRANCIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
828
112.42
96.2%
Arizona
5,398
80.19
99.0%
California
23,799
61.33
99.8%
Colorado
3,971
74.14
99.0%
Hawaii
2,113
148.86
99.4%
Idaho
1,156
70.7
97.4%
Montana
863
84.3
96.5%
Nevada
2,394
84.31
98.7%
New Mexico
1,635
78.4
97.7%
Oregon
2,835
71.4
98.6%
Utah
1,358
46.15
97.7%
Washington
4,156
58.86
99.3%
Wyoming
485
83.01
94.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name FRANCIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
3,583
99.63
99.1%
Maine
723
54.37
95.8%
Massachusetts
8,441
125.14
99.5%
New Hampshire
972
73.24
96.9%
New Jersey
10,383
116.16
99.6%
New York
34,573
175.09
99.9%
Pennsylvania
32,249
252.2
99.8%
Rhode Island
1,094
103.65
97.8%
Vermont
1,446
230.86
98.9%
South States
State stats for the first name FRANCIS
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have FRANCIS as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named FRANCIS.
The most popular full name is FRANCIS Smith.
0.69% of all the people named FRANCIS
have this family name.
There are 27803 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name FRANCIS