Franca
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 384since 1947
Franca over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Franca has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
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| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Franca! It came in at #4,764, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Franca is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Franca in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Franca
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1967 at #2,632 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69,326
- Highest: 1 in 69,326 girls born in 1971 were named Franca (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,632 in 1967, was only 1 in 75,047 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 39.1% of all girls named Franca (150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,764 (1947) | #4,764 |
| 1950s | 29 | #4,161 (1956) | #4,906 |
| 1960s | 149 | #2,632 (1967) | #3,616 |
| 1970s | 150 | #2,874 (1971) | #4,485 |
| 1980s | 25 | #6,804 (1981) | #9,272 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,138 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,432 (2002) | #15,432 |
| 2010s | 5 | #15,539 (2019) | #15,539 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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