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 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 2,968 of them was named Francesca, which outranked 97.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 319,047 of them was named Francesca, which outranked 24.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,751Zaine7
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- #5,751Ziyad7
- #6,426Francesca6
- #6,426Abdon6
- #6,426Abdrew6
- #6,426Abed6
- #7,270Aadam5
- #7,270Aarin5
- #7,270Aarion5
Tied with 843 names at #6,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.