Francesca
#307 for girls in 2025, 984 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 984 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 35,331since 1895
Francesca over time
Rank among girls' names. Francesca has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #307 | 984 | — | |
| 2024 | #315 | 976 | — | |
| 2023 | #374 | 822 | — | |
| 2022 | #387 | 812 | — | |
| 2021 | #424 | 742 | — | |
| 2020 | #455 | 679 | — | |
| 2019 | #489 | 641 | — | |
| 2018 | #467 | 674 | — | |
| 2017 | #432 | 740 | — | |
| 2016 | #425 | 767 | — | |
| 2015 | #429 | 744 | — | |
| 2014 | #425 | 753 | — | |
| 2013 | #422 | 721 | — | |
| 2012 | #483 | 635 | — | |
| 2011 | #497 | 594 | — | |
| 2010 | #494 | 606 | — | |
| 2009 | #465 | 666 | — | |
| 2008 | #488 | 646 | — | |
| 2007 | #472 | 680 | — | |
| 2006 | #423 | 747 | — | |
| 2005 | #432 | 714 | — | |
| 2004 | #426 | 711 | — | |
| 2003 | #420 | 715 | — | |
| 2002 | #408 | 716 | — | |
| 2001 | #402 | 723 | — | |
| 2000 | #405 | 701 | — | |
| 1999 | #380 | 755 | — | |
| 1998 | #375 | 755 | — | |
| 1997 | #359 | 770 | — | |
| 1996 | #353 | 786 | — | |
| 1995 | #361 | 725 | — | |
| 1994 | #365 | 709 | — | |
| 1993 | #397 | 635 | — | |
| 1992 | #377 | 683 | — | |
| 1991 | #451 | 562 | — | |
| 1990 | #461 | 529 | — | |
| 1989 | #510 | 458 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #402 | 600 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #399 | 570 | — | |
| 1986 | #383 | 604 | — | |
| 1985 | #497 | 408 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #541 | 353 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #590 | 302 | — | |
| 1982 | #641 | 279 | — | |
| 1981 | #659 | 269 | — | |
| 1980 | #685 | 252 | — | |
| 1979 | #615 | 287 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #619 | 273 | — | |
| 1977 | #633 | 264 | — | |
| 1976 | #662 | 231 | — | |
| 1975 | #741 | 194 | — | |
| 1974 | #662 | 230 | — | |
| 1973 | #704 | 211 | — | |
| 1972 | #717 | 200 | — | |
| 1971 | #757 | 193 | — | |
| 1970 | #823 | 167 | — | |
| 1969 | #826 | 155 | — | |
| 1968 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1967 | #820 | 148 | — | |
| 1966 | #838 | 142 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,004 | 108 | — | |
| 1964 | #858 | 147 | — | |
| 1963 | #934 | 128 | — | |
| 1962 | #931 | 130 | — | |
| 1961 | #997 | 118 | — | |
| 1960 | #892 | 138 | — | |
| 1959 | #823 | 155 | — | |
| 1958 | #916 | 126 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,049 | 99 | — | |
| 1956 | #826 | 143 | — | |
| 1955 | #953 | 107 | — | |
| 1954 | #994 | 96 | — | |
| 1953 | #968 | 97 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,022 | 84 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,339 | 48 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Francesca! It came in at #1,299, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Francesca is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#325 · 1 in 1,911
- Missouri#544 · 1 in 5,213
- Illinois#560 · 1 in 4,973
- Massachusetts#565 · 1 in 6,845
- Florida#567 · 1 in 4,448
Best ever in a state: #64 in Rhode Island, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #325 | 58 | 1 in 1,911 |
| Missouri | #544 | 6 | 1 in 5,213 |
| Illinois | #560 | 15 | 1 in 4,973 |
| Massachusetts | #565 | 5 | 1 in 6,845 |
| Florida | #567 | 10 | 1 in 4,448 |
| New Jersey | #577 | 8 | 1 in 5,092 |
| Michigan | #600 | 10 | 1 in 6,189 |
| California | #663 | 25 | 1 in 5,483 |
| North Carolina | #666 | 5 | 1 in 7,339 |
| Texas | #1,424 | 5 | 1 in 19,274 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Francesca
- 8 spots since 2024 (#315 → #307)
- 148 spots since 2020 (#455 → #307)
- 122 spots since 2015 (#429 → #307)
- Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1966 (#1,004 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 1957 (#826 → #1,049)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 2025 at #307 (984 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1966–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,633 girls born in 2025 were named Francesca (0.06%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Francesca (7,019) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,299 (1895) | #1,342 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,318 (1903) | #1,642 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,231 (1915) | #1,801 |
| 1920s | 171 | #1,341 (1921) | #2,278 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,873 (1938) | #2,659 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,121 (1949) | #1,759 |
| 1950s | 989 | #823 (1959) | #1,049 |
| 1960s | 1,380 | #776 (1968) | #888 |
| 1970s | 2,250 | #615 (1979) | #693 |
| 1980s | 4,095 | #383 (1986) | #531 |
| 1990s | 6,909 | #353 (1996) | #388 |
| 2000s | 7,019 | #402 (2001) | #434 |
| 2010s | 6,875 | #422 (2013) | #456 |
| 2020s | 5,015 | #307 (2025) | #377 |
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.
Francesca in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 7,606 of them was named Francesca, which outranked 92.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.