Francisca

#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #6,816
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1902 · 43 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,582
since 1882

Francisca over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Francisca has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #478, 1902girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,95756—
2024#2,72263—
2023#2,93657—
2022#3,07353—
2021#3,03754—
2020#3,39945—
2019#3,13051—
2018#3,49744—
2017#3,69741—
2016#2,82960—
2015#3,59543—
2014#3,18451—
2013#3,16651—
2012#3,46446—
2011#4,15135—
2010#3,20351—
2009#2,89260—
2008#2,69068—
2007#2,75066—
2006#2,66967—
2005#2,55367—
2004#2,08787—
2003#2,18779—
2002#1,98488—
2001#1,92290—
2000#1,705103—
1999#1,68897—
1998#1,75190—
1997#1,530105—
1996#1,261138—
1995#1,401117—
1994#1,323128—
1993#1,279133#6,8167
1992#1,183148—
1991#1,233138—
1990#1,243133—
1989#1,132146—
1988#1,140134—
1987#1,227116#5,4597
1986#1,272106#6,7215
1985#998153—
1984#1,157117—
1983#1,106123—
1982#942158—
1981#906165#5,4686
1980#902167#5,5256
1979#1,006142—
1978#992139—
1977#1,052125—
1976#936137—
1975#963129—
1974#876148—
1973#947127—
1972#1,056109—
1971#967131#4,3756
1970#1,108106—
1969#994118—
1968#1,13389—
1967#1,08692—
1966#1,022102—
1965#1,12988—
1964#1,13594—
1963#1,08799—
1962#1,19285—
1961#1,16889—
1960#939129—
1959#1,08796—
1958#1,10491—
1957#970114—
1956#1,08690—
1955#1,13977—
1954#97899—
1953#899109—
1952#921101—
1951#914100—
1950#89598—
1949#862103—
1948#741130—
1947#861103—
1946#818102—
1945#701112—
1944#84681—
1943#82489—
1942#88777—
1941#87669—
1940#77283—
1939#76679—
1938#70196—
1937#68898—
1936#74880—
1935#67298—
1934#597120—
1933#624109—
1932#634111#3,7765
1931#572133—
1930#518169—
1929#486191—
1928#487198—
1927#527179#3,4517
1926#539167—
1925#556168—
1924#598154—
1923#636133—
1922#575157—
1921#573157—
1920#583150#3,8156
1919#666109—
1918#688109—
1917#665104#3,5456
1916#69597—
1915#80267—
1914#62485—
1913#70155—
1912#53982—
1911#61049—
1910#62046—
1909#61440—
1908#61738—
1907#53545—
1906#62233—
1905#53641—
1904#52939—
1903#60729—
1902#47843—
1901#55930—
1900#55638—
1899#70420—
1898#63126—
1897#58427—
1896#90313—
1895#89313—
1894#74416—
1893#95510—
1892#59022—
1891#52424—
1890#57820—
1889#80211—
1888#57219—
1887#73310—
1886#8977—
1885#7938—
1884#8517—
1883#6928—
1882#9085—
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Francisca! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Francisca is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Francisca
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 235 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #2,957)
  • 442 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #2,957)
  • 638 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #2,957)
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 1897 (#903 → #584)
  • Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1893 (#590 → #955)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1902 at #478 (43 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 86 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1882–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,825
  • Highest: 1 in 5,825 girls born in 1928 were named Francisca (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #478 in 1902, was only 1 in 6,141 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.1% of all girls named Francisca (1,654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s75#572 (1888)#781
1890s191#524 (1891)#711
1900s376#478 (1902)#565
1910s803#539 (1912)#661
1920s1,654#486 (1929)#556
1930s1,093#518 (1930)#652
1940s949#701 (1945)#819
1950s975#895 (1950)#999
1960s985#939 (1960)#1,089
1970s1,293#876 (1974)#990
1980s1,385#902 (1980)#1,078
1990s1,227#1,183 (1992)#1,389
2000s775#1,705 (2000)#2,344
2010s473#2,829 (2016)#3,392
2020s328#2,722 (2024)#3,021

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.

Francisca in 1886

girls
#897
7 births · 1 in 20,648 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #897Francisca7
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 20,648 of them was named Francisca, which outranked 30.0% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francisca
  1. #828Zelda8
  2. #828Zena8
  3. #828Zola8
  4. #897Francisca7
  5. #897Abby7
  6. #897Aileen7
  7. #897Allene7
  8. #993Aggie6
  9. #993Albert6
  10. #993Alwilda6

Tied with 95 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →