Meaning and history
Frances is the feminine form of Francis, and the distinction between the masculine Francis and the feminine Frances did not develop until the 17th century. A notable bearer was Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917), a social worker and the first American to be canonized.
20062006: 360 births, rank #762
2007: 347 births, rank #826
2008: 368 births, rank #793
2009: 355 births, rank #797
2010: 356 births, rank #769
20112011: 348 births, rank #782
2012: 364 births, rank #763
2013: 409 births, rank #690
2014: 484 births, rank #603
2015: 614 births, rank #513
20162016: 721 births, rank #446
2017: 730 births, rank #437
2018: 723 births, rank #441
2019: 718 births, rank #438
2020: 744 births, rank #418
20212021: 801 births, rank #392
2022: 755 births, rank #419
2023: 760 births, rank #403
2024: 829 births, rank #375
20252025: 960 births, rank #318
Frances rose from #375 to #318 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 16,132 births.