Francine

#1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #4,039
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 1,083 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
36,470
since 1900

Francine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Francine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #216, 1946girls
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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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2025#1,844108—
2024#2,05394—
2023#2,26981—
2022#2,36478—
2021#2,36676—
2020#2,65963—
2019#2,59367—
2018#2,90557—
2017#2,07494—
2016#2,50272—
2015#3,05955—
2014#3,84839—
2013#3,77840—
2012#3,46446—
2011#3,45246—
2010#4,39733—
2009#4,01338—
2008#3,22252—
2007#4,67531—
2006#3,61743—
2005#2,90256—
2004#2,78158—
2003#2,57762—
2002#2,67357—
2001#2,48762—
2000#2,30667—
1999#2,50157—
1998#1,70993—
1997#1,68293—
1996#1,64193—
1995#1,64090—
1994#1,495105—
1993#1,325126—
1992#1,329126—
1991#1,205143—
1990#1,198142—
1989#1,110150—
1988#1,003163—
1987#980161—
1986#917175—
1985#776218—
1984#789203—
1983#816188—
1982#744225—
1981#671260—
1980#809200—
1979#721231—
1978#705224—
1977#714217—
1976#647240—
1975#572289—
1974#521323—
1973#526319—
1972#446422—
1971#415513—
1970#388604—
1969#401565—
1968#361615—
1967#361614—
1966#333712—
1965#350688—
1964#322846#4,0395
1963#332809—
1962#336785—
1961#301942—
1960#2861,020#3,6656
1959#288985—
1958#318842—
1957#308896—
1956#2681,027—
1955#2581,042—
1954#2611,004—
1953#2451,088—
1952#2441,052—
1951#2271,143—
1950#2241,124—
1949#2281,058—
1948#238975—
1947#2321,040—
1946#2161,083—
1945#245746—
1944#293530—
1943#302529—
1942#284575—
1941#333390—
1940#387299—
1939#403279—
1938#395287—
1937#415244—
1936#437218—
1935#419238—
1934#494169—
1933#446209—
1932#489183—
1931#526157—
1930#574141—
1929#651115—
1928#73194—
1927#643125—
1926#719103—
1925#721104—
1924#74798—
1923#92862—
1922#83577—
1921#79784—
1920#85771—
1919#1,02649—
1918#91062—
1917#1,02647—
1916#96450—
1915#1,09438—
1914#1,11929—
1913#1,15123—
1912#1,00326—
1911#1,9567—
1910#1,20714—
1909#1,7637—
1908#1,4399—
1907#1,28910—
1906#1,22910—
1905#1,16211—
1904#1,17010—
1903#1,7925—
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Francine! It came in at #1,431, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Francine is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMNIllinois: #314 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedWIMichigan: #458 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,006 girlsMINew York: #231 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,858 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Francine, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#231 · 1 in 1,858
  2. Illinois#314 · 1 in 3,356
  3. Michigan#458 · 1 in 7,006

Best ever in a state: #37 in Alaska, 1945.

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New York#231521 in 1,858
Illinois#314171 in 3,356
Michigan#45861 in 7,006
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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 Francine
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 209 spots since 2024 (#2,053 → #1,844)
  • 815 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #1,844)
  • 1,215 spots since 2015 (#3,059 → #1,844)
  • Biggest jump: 181 spots in 1924 (#928 → #747)
  • Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1986 (#776 → #917)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1946 at #216 (1,083 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1920–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,451
  • Highest: 1 in 1,451 girls born in 1946 were named Francine (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 28.0% of all girls named Francine (10,203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s75#1,162 (1905)#1,439
1910s345#910 (1918)#1,146
1920s933#643 (1927)#763
1930s2,125#395 (1938)#460
1940s7,225#216 (1946)#276
1950s10,203#224 (1950)#264
1960s7,596#286 (1960)#338
1970s3,382#388 (1970)#566
1980s1,943#671 (1981)#862
1990s1,068#1,198 (1990)#1,573
2000s526#2,306 (2000)#3,125
2010s549#2,074 (2017)#3,207
2020s500#1,844 (2025)#2,259

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.

Francine in 1929

girls
#651
115 births · 1 in 9,709 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #651Francine115
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 9,709 of them was named Francine, which outranked 87.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francine
  1. #648Dorcas116
  2. #648Ray116
  3. #648Vesta116
  4. #651Francine115
  5. #651Doretha115
  6. #653Gay114
  7. #654Albertha113
  8. #654Charmaine113

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

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,951Dorla#2,623 → #672
  2. ↑ 797Ingrid#1,738 → #941
  3. ↑ 534Sydell#1,502 → #968
  4. ↑ 521Elenor#1,502 → #981
  5. ↑ 406Jeanine#888 → #482
Fallers
  1. ↓ 937Joline#888 → #1,825
  2. ↓ 259Mafalda#936 → #1,195
  3. ↓ 250Lorelei#994 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 249Ardelle#888 → #1,137
  5. ↓ 234Charmaine#420 → #654

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

See the top 100 for 1929 →