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

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Peak · girls
2025 · 984 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,331
since 1895

Francesca over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Francesca has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2020#455679—
2019#489641—
2018#467674—
2017#432740—
2016#425767—
2015#429744—
2014#425753—
2013#422721—
2012#483635—
2011#497594—
2010#494606—
2009#465666—
2008#488646—
2007#472680—
2006#423747—
2005#432714—
2004#426711—
2003#420715—
2002#408716—
2001#402723—
2000#405701—
1999#380755—
1998#375755—
1997#359770—
1996#353786—
1995#361725—
1994#365709—
1993#397635—
1992#377683—
1991#451562—
1990#461529—
1989#510458#5,6158
1988#402600#6,4266
1987#399570—
1986#383604—
1985#497408#5,7856
1984#541353#4,9737
1983#590302—
1982#641279—
1981#659269—
1980#685252—
1979#615287#5,3556
1978#619273—
1977#633264—
1976#662231—
1975#741194—
1974#662230—
1973#704211—
1972#717200—
1971#757193—
1970#823167—
1969#826155—
1968#776166—
1967#820148—
1966#838142—
1965#1,004108—
1964#858147—
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1962#931130—
1961#997118—
1960#892138—
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1958#916126—
1957#1,04999—
1956#826143—
1955#953107—
1954#99496—
1953#96897—
1952#1,02284—
1951#1,33948—
1950#1,60234—
1949#1,12165—
1948#1,37045—
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1946#1,48135—
1945#1,82521—
1944#2,40114—
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1938#1,87318—
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1936#2,26313—
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1920#1,75123—
1919#3,4528—
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1911#1,7928—
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First appearance
1895

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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedNHWashington: #414 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,720 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #544 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,534 girlsMNIllinois: #399 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,837 girlsILWisconsin: #414 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,710 girlsWIMichigan: #389 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,140 girlsMINew York: #185 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsNYMassachusetts: #249 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,595 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedIAIndiana: #575 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,477 girlsINOhio: #697 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,549 girlsOHPennsylvania: #447 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,818 girlsPANew Jersey: #182 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,050 girlsNJConnecticut: #231 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,444 girlsCTCalifornia: #321 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 1,822 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedUTColorado: #554 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,366 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedNEMissouri: #472 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,925 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedWVVirginia: #363 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,595 girlsVAMaryland: #413 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,065 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedDEArizona: #470 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,928 girlsAZNew Mexico: #384 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,895 girlsNMKansas: #409 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,899 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedARTennessee: #400 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,061 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #753 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,112 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #217 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 941 girlsDCOklahoma: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,756 girlsOKLouisiana: #441 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,820 girlsLAMississippi: #392 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedALGeorgia: #796 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,536 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Francesca, so not publishedHITexas: #506 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 3,465 girlsTXFlorida: #307 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,076 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#182 · 1 in 1,050
  2. New York#185 · 1 in 1,064
  3. District of Columbia#217 · 1 in 941
  4. Connecticut#231 · 1 in 1,444
  5. Massachusetts#249 · 1 in 1,595

Best ever in a state: #64 in Rhode Island, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#182401 in 1,050
New York#1851021 in 1,064
District of Columbia#21761 in 941
Connecticut#231121 in 1,444
Massachusetts#249221 in 1,595
Florida#307321 in 2,076
California#3211141 in 1,822
Virginia#363131 in 2,595
South Carolina#37971 in 2,530
New Mexico#38451 in 1,895
Michigan#389181 in 3,140
Mississippi#39261 in 2,292
Illinois#399251 in 2,837
Tennessee#40091 in 3,061
Kansas#40951 in 2,899
Maryland#41381 in 3,065
Washington#414101 in 2,720
Wisconsin#41481 in 3,710
Louisiana#441101 in 2,820
Pennsylvania#447181 in 3,818
Arizona#47081 in 2,928
Missouri#47281 in 3,925
Oklahoma#50651 in 3,756
Texas#506381 in 3,465
Minnesota#54451 in 5,534
Colorado#55451 in 4,366
Indiana#57561 in 5,477
Ohio#69791 in 7,549
North Carolina#75351 in 7,112
Georgia#79651 in 7,536
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
130 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 2025 at #307 (984 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1966–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,633
  • Highest: 1 in 1,633 girls born in 2025 were named Francesca (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 19.9% of all girls named Francesca (7,019) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#1,299 (1895)#1,342
1900s42#1,318 (1903)#1,642
1910s168#1,231 (1915)#1,801
1920s171#1,341 (1921)#2,278
1930s108#1,873 (1938)#2,659
1940s297#1,121 (1949)#1,759
1950s989#823 (1959)#1,049
1960s1,380#776 (1968)#888
1970s2,250#615 (1979)#693
1980s4,095#383 (1986)#531
1990s6,909#353 (1996)#388
2000s7,019#402 (2001)#434
2010s6,875#422 (2013)#456
2020s5,015#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 1986

girls
#383
604 births · 1 in 2,840 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #383Francesca604
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,840 of them was named Francesca, which outranked 97.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francesca
  1. #380Annette607
  2. #380Guadalupe607
  3. #382Destiny606
  4. #383Francesca604
  5. #383Constance604
  6. #383India604
  7. #386Julianne597
  8. #387Irene596
  9. #388Callie593

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →