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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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.

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 1932

girls
#634
111 births · 1 in 9,614 girls
boys
#3,776
5 births · 1 in 208,831 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #634Francisca111

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #3,776Francisca5
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 9,614 of them was named Francisca, which outranked 87.6% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francisca
  1. #629Magdalene113
  2. #629Oleta113
  3. #633Carolina112
  4. #634Francisca111
  5. #634Florene111
  6. #634Marianna111
  7. #634Myrtis111
  8. #638Jeannie110
  9. #639Caryl109
  10. #639Darleen109

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

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 208,831 of them was named Francisca, which outranked 11.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Francisca
  1. #3,361Wyndell6
  2. #3,361Yoshiharu6
  3. #3,361Yvon6
  4. #3,776Francisca5
  5. #3,776Abdon5
  6. #3,776Adel5
  7. #3,776Adelino5

Tied with 508 names at #3,776; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932