# Frances name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/frances
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Frances ranked #318 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #329.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #318
- Birth count: 960
- Rate per 10,000: 5.97

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Frances
- Rank: #329
- Birth count: 960
- Rate per 10,000: 5.97
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.09
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.8%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1918
- Best rank year: 1918
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 4.3%

## Spelling components
- Frances: 960 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology