Francie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRAN-see
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Francie is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Frenchman”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Francie mean?
Latin: pet form of Frances or Francis, from Latin Franciscus
“Frenchman”
Francie Nolan is the young heroine of Betty Smith's 1943 novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Is Francie a girl's or a boy's name?
Francie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 8 boys in the UK and 9 girls in the US.
How popular is Francie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Francie, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys. 3 girls were also named Francie in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Francie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Francie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Francie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Francie, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the girls named Francie in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Francie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,802 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,665 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,636 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,719 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,678 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,906 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,622 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,419 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,414 |
| 1950 | 60 | #1,191 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,422 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,408 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,336 |
| 1946 | 49 | #1,228 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,355 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,400 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
Names like Francie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Francie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/francie, updated 20 October 2026.