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
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,582since 1882
Francisca over time
Rank among girls' names. Francisca has never cracked the top 400 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 | #2,957 | 56 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,037 | 54 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,829 | 60 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,892 | 60 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,087 | 87 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,187 | 79 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,984 | 88 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,922 | 90 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,705 | 103 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,751 | 90 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,530 | 105 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,261 | 138 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,401 | 117 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,323 | 128 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,279 | 133 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #1,183 | 148 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,233 | 138 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,243 | 133 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,132 | 146 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,140 | 134 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,227 | 116 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #1,272 | 106 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #998 | 153 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,106 | 123 | — | |
| 1982 | #942 | 158 | — | |
| 1981 | #906 | 165 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #902 | 167 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #1,006 | 142 | — | |
| 1978 | #992 | 139 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,052 | 125 | — | |
| 1976 | #936 | 137 | — | |
| 1975 | #963 | 129 | — | |
| 1974 | #876 | 148 | — | |
| 1973 | #947 | 127 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,056 | 109 | — | |
| 1971 | #967 | 131 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,108 | 106 | — | |
| 1969 | #994 | 118 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,086 | 92 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,129 | 88 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,135 | 94 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,168 | 89 | — | |
| 1960 | #939 | 129 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,087 | 96 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,104 | 91 | — | |
| 1957 | #970 | 114 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,139 | 77 | — | |
| 1954 | #978 | 99 | — | |
| 1953 | #899 | 109 | — | |
| 1952 | #921 | 101 | — | |
| 1951 | #914 | 100 | — | |
| 1950 | #895 | 98 | — | |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 | — | |
| 1948 | #741 | 130 | — | |
| 1947 | #861 | 103 | — | |
| 1946 | #818 | 102 | — | |
| 1945 | #701 | 112 | — | |
| 1944 | #846 | 81 | — | |
| 1943 | #824 | 89 | — | |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | — | |
| 1941 | #876 | 69 | — | |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 | — | |
| 1939 | #766 | 79 | — | |
| 1938 | #701 | 96 | — | |
| 1937 | #688 | 98 | — | |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | — | |
| 1935 | #672 | 98 | — | |
| 1934 | #597 | 120 | — | |
| 1933 | #624 | 109 | — | |
| 1932 | #634 | 111 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #572 | 133 | — | |
| 1930 | #518 | 169 | — | |
| 1929 | #486 | 191 | — | |
| 1928 | #487 | 198 | — | |
| 1927 | #527 | 179 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #539 | 167 | — | |
| 1925 | #556 | 168 | — | |
| 1924 | #598 | 154 | — | |
| 1923 | #636 | 133 | — | |
| 1922 | #575 | 157 | — | |
| 1921 | #573 | 157 | — | |
| 1920 | #583 | 150 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #666 | 109 | — | |
| 1918 | #688 | 109 | — | |
| 1917 | #665 | 104 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #695 | 97 | — | |
| 1915 | #802 | 67 | — | |
| 1914 | #624 | 85 | — | |
| 1913 | #701 | 55 | — | |
| 1912 | #539 | 82 | — | |
| 1911 | #610 | 49 | — | |
| 1910 | #620 | 46 | — | |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 | — | |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 | — | |
| 1907 | #535 | 45 | — | |
| 1906 | #622 | 33 | — | |
| 1905 | #536 | 41 | — | |
| 1904 | #529 | 39 | — | |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 | — | |
| 1902 | #478 | 43 | — | |
| 1901 | #559 | 30 | — | |
| 1900 | #556 | 38 | — | |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | — | |
| 1897 | #584 | 27 | — | |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | — | |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 | — | |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#338 · 1 in 1,563
- Arizona#452 · 1 in 2,580
- Texas#603 · 1 in 4,263
- California#720 · 1 in 5,564
- Florida#1,036 · 1 in 9,545
Best ever in a state: #43 in Arizona, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #338 | 6 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Arizona | #452 | 10 | 1 in 2,580 |
| Texas | #603 | 32 | 1 in 4,263 |
| California | #720 | 47 | 1 in 5,564 |
| Florida | #1,036 | 8 | 1 in 9,545 |
| Illinois | #1,433 | 5 | 1 in 15,507 |
| New York | #1,566 | 7 | 1 in 17,002 |
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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 Francisca
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1902 at #478 (43 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1882–1954
- 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
- 13.1% of all girls named Francisca (1,654) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 75 | #572 (1888) | #781 |
| 1890s | 191 | #524 (1891) | #711 |
| 1900s | 376 | #478 (1902) | #565 |
| 1910s | 803 | #539 (1912) | #661 |
| 1920s | 1,654 | #486 (1929) | #556 |
| 1930s | 1,093 | #518 (1930) | #652 |
| 1940s | 949 | #701 (1945) | #819 |
| 1950s | 975 | #895 (1950) | #999 |
| 1960s | 985 | #939 (1960) | #1,089 |
| 1970s | 1,293 | #876 (1974) | #990 |
| 1980s | 1,385 | #902 (1980) | #1,078 |
| 1990s | 1,227 | #1,183 (1992) | #1,389 |
| 2000s | 775 | #1,705 (2000) | #2,344 |
| 2010s | 473 | #2,829 (2016) | #3,392 |
| 2020s | 328 | #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 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 13,587 of them was named Francisca, which outranked 92.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,229Kayleen139
- #1,229Lynda139
- #1,229Shae139
- #1,233Francisca138
- #1,233Alivia138
- #1,233Colette138
- #1,233Frankie138
- #1,240Alia137
- #1,240Cinnamon137
- #1,240Jamesha137
Tied with 6 names at #1,233; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.