Meaning and history
Italian form of Franciscus (see Francis). Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) was an Italian Renaissance poet, known in English as Petrarch.
20062006: 166 births, rank #1,073
2007: 153 births, rank #1,157
2008: 127 births, rank #1,348
2009: 151 births, rank #1,191
2010: 117 births, rank #1,415
20112011: 138 births, rank #1,250
2012: 119 births, rank #1,398
2013: 121 births, rank #1,387
2014: 144 births, rank #1,251
2015: 131 births, rank #1,340
20162016: 137 births, rank #1,313
2017: 120 births, rank #1,433
2018: 122 births, rank #1,431
2019: 107 births, rank #1,564
2020: 134 births, rank #1,335
20212021: 130 births, rank #1,407
2022: 128 births, rank #1,425
2023: 147 births, rank #1,300
2024: 160 births, rank #1,241
20252025: 145 births, rank #1,328
Francesco moved from #983 to #999 for boys between 1999 and 2000. Its highest annual birth count came in 1990, with 151 births.