Meaning and history
Franco is the Italian form of Frank and is also used as a short form of the related name Francesco.
20062006: 203 births, rank #930
2007: 178 births, rank #1,053
2008: 264 births, rank #829
2009: 307 births, rank #748
2010: 254 births, rank #839
20112011: 206 births, rank #961
2012: 204 births, rank #979
2013: 234 births, rank #889
2014: 275 births, rank #825
2015: 254 births, rank #873
20162016: 353 births, rank #702
2017: 328 births, rank #727
2018: 279 births, rank #808
2019: 262 births, rank #853
2020: 233 births, rank #944
20212021: 268 births, rank #866
2022: 291 births, rank #837
2023: 325 births, rank #779
2024: 345 births, rank #745
20252025: 348 births, rank #746
Franco moved from #745 to #747 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 353 births.