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
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 1,083 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 36,470since 1900
Francine over time
Rank among girls' names. Francine has never cracked the top 200 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 | #1,844 | 108 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,053 | 94 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,269 | 81 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,366 | 76 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,905 | 57 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,074 | 94 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,502 | 72 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,059 | 55 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,452 | 46 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,222 | 52 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,673 | 57 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,487 | 62 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,501 | 57 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,709 | 93 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,682 | 93 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,641 | 93 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,640 | 90 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,495 | 105 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 126 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,329 | 126 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,205 | 143 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,198 | 142 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,110 | 150 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,003 | 163 | — | |
| 1987 | #980 | 161 | — | |
| 1986 | #917 | 175 | — | |
| 1985 | #776 | 218 | — | |
| 1984 | #789 | 203 | — | |
| 1983 | #816 | 188 | — | |
| 1982 | #744 | 225 | — | |
| 1981 | #671 | 260 | — | |
| 1980 | #809 | 200 | — | |
| 1979 | #721 | 231 | — | |
| 1978 | #705 | 224 | — | |
| 1977 | #714 | 217 | — | |
| 1976 | #647 | 240 | — | |
| 1975 | #572 | 289 | — | |
| 1974 | #521 | 323 | — | |
| 1973 | #526 | 319 | — | |
| 1972 | #446 | 422 | — | |
| 1971 | #415 | 513 | — | |
| 1970 | #388 | 604 | — | |
| 1969 | #401 | 565 | — | |
| 1968 | #361 | 615 | — | |
| 1967 | #361 | 614 | — | |
| 1966 | #333 | 712 | — | |
| 1965 | #350 | 688 | — | |
| 1964 | #322 | 846 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #332 | 809 | — | |
| 1962 | #336 | 785 | — | |
| 1961 | #301 | 942 | — | |
| 1960 | #286 | 1,020 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #288 | 985 | — | |
| 1958 | #318 | 842 | — | |
| 1957 | #308 | 896 | — | |
| 1956 | #268 | 1,027 | — | |
| 1955 | #258 | 1,042 | — | |
| 1954 | #261 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1953 | #245 | 1,088 | — | |
| 1952 | #244 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1951 | #227 | 1,143 | — | |
| 1950 | #224 | 1,124 | — | |
| 1949 | #228 | 1,058 | — | |
| 1948 | #238 | 975 | — | |
| 1947 | #232 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1946 | #216 | 1,083 | — | |
| 1945 | #245 | 746 | — | |
| 1944 | #293 | 530 | — | |
| 1943 | #302 | 529 | — | |
| 1942 | #284 | 575 | — | |
| 1941 | #333 | 390 | — | |
| 1940 | #387 | 299 | — | |
| 1939 | #403 | 279 | — | |
| 1938 | #395 | 287 | — | |
| 1937 | #415 | 244 | — | |
| 1936 | #437 | 218 | — | |
| 1935 | #419 | 238 | — | |
| 1934 | #494 | 169 | — | |
| 1933 | #446 | 209 | — | |
| 1932 | #489 | 183 | — | |
| 1931 | #526 | 157 | — | |
| 1930 | #574 | 141 | — | |
| 1929 | #651 | 115 | — | |
| 1928 | #731 | 94 | — | |
| 1927 | #643 | 125 | — | |
| 1926 | #719 | 103 | — | |
| 1925 | #721 | 104 | — | |
| 1924 | #747 | 98 | — | |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 | — | |
| 1922 | #835 | 77 | — | |
| 1921 | #797 | 84 | — | |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 | — | |
| 1918 | #910 | 62 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,026 | 47 | — | |
| 1916 | #964 | 50 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#371 · 1 in 1,864
- Arizona#501 · 1 in 3,148
- New York#530 · 1 in 3,802
- California#626 · 1 in 4,569
- New Jersey#786 · 1 in 7,548
Best ever in a state: #37 in Alaska, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #371 | 5 | 1 in 1,864 |
| Arizona | #501 | 8 | 1 in 3,148 |
| New York | #530 | 30 | 1 in 3,802 |
| California | #626 | 50 | 1 in 4,569 |
| New Jersey | #786 | 6 | 1 in 7,548 |
| Illinois | #1,049 | 7 | 1 in 10,529 |
| Ohio | #1,055 | 5 | 1 in 13,726 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1946 at #216 (1,083 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1920–1987
- 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%)
- 28.0% of all girls named Francine (10,203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 75 | #1,162 (1905) | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 345 | #910 (1918) | #1,146 |
| 1920s | 933 | #643 (1927) | #763 |
| 1930s | 2,125 | #395 (1938) | #460 |
| 1940s | 7,225 | #216 (1946) | #276 |
| 1950s | 10,203 | #224 (1950) | #264 |
| 1960s | 7,596 | #286 (1960) | #338 |
| 1970s | 3,382 | #388 (1970) | #566 |
| 1980s | 1,943 | #671 (1981) | #862 |
| 1990s | 1,068 | #1,198 (1990) | #1,573 |
| 2000s | 526 | #2,306 (2000) | #3,125 |
| 2010s | 549 | #2,074 (2017) | #3,207 |
| 2020s | 500 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 10,925 of them was named Francine, which outranked 92.8% 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).