Francis
257
Babies in 2024
+1%
10-year change
2019
Peak · 264
+21%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Francis
Francis appears in the official UK boys' name list for 2024, ranked #193 with 257 boys registered in England & Wales.
Francis reached its peak in 2019, when 264 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #196 for UK boys that year. Today's count is broadly in line with the peak.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 5,744 boys have been officially registered with the name Francis in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 2,662 boys were registered with the name, starting from 255 in 2014 and ending at 257 in 2024.