MyNameRoots
Baby name
Frances
Girl
Origin of the name
Frances is the feminine of Francis, from the Latin Franciscus, “Frank,” then “French.”
Classic name
595,697births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 8rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Frances are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Frances is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Frances is most common in South Carolina (1.9 times), West Virginia (1.7) and Virginia (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.