Franchesca

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births

Peak · girls
1992 · 172 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,394
since 1955

Franchesca over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Franchesca has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #1,059, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,55422
2024#5,96220
2023#4,19134
2022#6,22919
2021#4,96426
2020#5,66721
2019#4,65329
2018#5,15225
2017#4,30433
2016#3,58843
2015#4,58430
2014#3,58543
2013#3,04254
2012#2,83261
2011#2,66466
2010#2,53872
2009#2,19090
2008#2,10696
2007#1,971104
2006#1,798115
2005#1,778110
2004#1,643118
2003#1,676114
2002#1,510125
2001#1,238162
2000#1,402132
1999#1,398126
1998#1,213151
1997#1,261141
1996#1,337127
1995#1,337123
1994#1,394116
1993#1,284132
1992#1,059172
1991#1,229139
1990#1,307124
1989#1,354113
1988#1,249118
1987#1,109135
1986#1,177120
1985#1,53679
1984#1,70364
1983#1,56571
1982#2,49238
1981#2,15847
1980#2,44039
1979#2,02050
1978#2,35038
1977#1,87753
1976#2,38734
1975#2,56530
1974#2,55629
1973#2,17136
1972#2,74725
1971#2,73626
1970#4,24613
1969#3,46116
1968#3,16917
1967#3,48414
1966#3,55813
1965#3,73312
1964#6,0096
1963#5,2967
1962#5,8606
1961#5,3097
1960#4,4379
1959#5,5666
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Franchesca! It came in at #4,376, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Franchesca is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,124 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,076 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMINew York: #608 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,577 girlsNYMassachusetts: #632 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,052 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,172 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,202 girlsPANew Jersey: #953 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,337 girlsNJConnecticut: #430 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,195 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 11,888 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #852 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,970 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Franchesca, so not publishedHITexas: #1,351 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,640 girlsTXFlorida: #722 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,874 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#430 · 1 in 3,089
  2. New York#608 · 1 in 4,577
  3. Massachusetts#632 · 1 in 6,052
  4. Florida#722 · 1 in 5,874
  5. North Carolina#852 · 1 in 7,970

Best ever in a state: #297 in New Mexico, 1992.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#43061 in 3,089
New York#608261 in 4,577
Massachusetts#63261 in 6,052
Florida#722131 in 5,874
North Carolina#85251 in 7,970
New Jersey#95351 in 9,337
Illinois#1,12471 in 11,076
Pennsylvania#1,17251 in 14,202
California#1,195221 in 11,888
Texas#1,351101 in 13,640
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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 Franchesca
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 408 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,554)
  • 113 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #5,554)
  • 970 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #5,554)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1992 at #1,059 (172 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,721
  • Highest: 1 in 10,721 girls born in 1992 were named Franchesca (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Franchesca (1,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s14#4,376 (1955)#4,971
1960s107#3,169 (1968)#4,432
1970s334#1,877 (1977)#2,566
1980s824#1,109 (1987)#1,678
1990s1,351#1,059 (1992)#1,282
2000s1,166#1,238 (2001)#1,731
2010s456#2,538 (2010)#3,694
2020s142#4,191 (2023)#5,428

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.

Franchesca in 1991

girls
#1,229
139 births · 1 in 13,489 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,229Franchesca139
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 13,489 of them was named Franchesca, which outranked 92.1% 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).

Ranked beside Franchesca
  1. #1,224Jourdan140
  2. #1,224Kelci140
  3. #1,224Tierney140
  4. #1,229Franchesca139
  5. #1,229Kayleen139
  6. #1,229Lynda139
  7. #1,229Shae139
  8. #1,233Alivia138
  9. #1,233Colette138
  10. #1,233Francisca138

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →