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Is Francis a Male or Female Name?

Francis is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Francis globally is 87.5% males and 12.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Niger with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Venezuela with 92.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Francis in percentages: Globally: 87.5% males, 12.5% females, France: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, United States: 71.7% males, 28.3% females, Nigeria: 95.1% males, 4.9% females, Philippines: 95.9% males, 4.1% females, Ghana: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, Canada: 97.8% males, 2.2% females, United Kingdom: 95.8% males, 4.2% females, Spain: 82.4% males, 17.6% females, Belgium: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, Kenya: 99.4% males, 0.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Francis are 65+ years old, making up 44.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Francis in each age group: 18-24: 1.9%, 25-34: 5.8%, 35-44: 10.0%, 45-54: 13.0%, 55-64: 24.4%, 65+: 44.9%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Francis is Ghana with 0.6308% of the population. Following is Malawi and Zambia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Francis measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Francis year over year: 1956: 0.1208‰, 1957: 0.1163‰, 1958: 0.1‰, 1959: 0.091‰, 1960: 0.0842‰, 1961: 0.0774‰, 1962: 0.0818‰, 1963: 0.078‰, 1964: 0.0625‰, 1965: 0.0553‰, 1966: 0.0614‰, 1967: 0.0586‰, 1968: 0.054‰, 1969: 0.0497‰, 1970: 0.0463‰, 1971: 0.0389‰, 1972: 0.0358‰, 1973: 0.0345‰, 1974: 0.0329‰, 1975: 0.0351‰, 1976: 0.0313‰, 1977: 0.0305‰, 1978: 0.0293‰, 1979: 0.0314‰, 1980: 0.0291‰, 1981: 0.0274‰, 1982: 0.0297‰, 1983: 0.0274‰, 1984: 0.0274‰, 1985: 0.0275‰, 1986: 0.0272‰, 1987: 0.0244‰, 1988: 0.0222‰, 1989: 0.0212‰, 1990: 0.0201‰, 1991: 0.0158‰, 1992: 0.0164‰, 1993: 0.0131‰, 1994: 0.0121‰, 1995: 0.0088‰, 1996: 0.006‰, 1997: 0.0063‰, 1998: 0.0099‰, 1999: 0.0036‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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