How Many People Are Named Franco?
An estimated 8,502 people in the United States have the first name Franco. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Franco peaked in popularity in 2016 with 353 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Franco as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Franco paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
8,502
About 1 in 40,315 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2016
353 births
Total Registered
8,758
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Franco
Franco is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 8,758 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Franco as a male name
Ranked #742 in 2024
345 male births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (353 births)
Franco: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Franco span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 2,648 babies were registered. While Franco is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Franco by Decade
How has Franco tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Franco by State
Birth registrations for Franco span all 25 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee. On average, about 263 Francos were registered per state.
Franco + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Franco as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Franco
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Franco: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Franco?
We estimate approximately 8,502 people named Franco are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 40,315 Americans share this first name.
Is Franco a common name?
Franco is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 8,758 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Franco most popular?
Franco reached peak popularity in 2016, when 353 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Franco is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Franco a male name?
Franco is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Franco Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Franco Smith, Franco Johnson, Franco Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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