Franco: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced FRANG-koh · 2 syllables

A given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Frank or Francis.

How popular is Franco?

Franco was the #746 name in the US in 2025, given to 348 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Franco in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Franco are older than 33; most are between 18 and 61. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Franco have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Franco is pronounced FRANG-koh.

Franco was the #746 name in the US in 2025, given to 348 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Franco are older than 33. Most are between 18 and 61.