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.
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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 14,988 of them was named Francisca, which outranked 90.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,222Kenyatta117
- #1,222Shavonne117
- #1,222Tamera117
- #1,227Francisca116
- #1,227Bethanie116
- #1,227Greta116
- #1,227Jaleesa116
- #1,234Aleisha115
- #1,234Anabel115
- #1,234Anastacia115
Tied with 6 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 266,712 of them was named Francisca, which outranked 33.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,968Zamir8
- #4,968Zeshan8
- #4,968Zoltan8
- #5,459Francisca7
- #5,459Abdur7
- #5,459Acey7
- #5,459Adama7
- #6,089Aamir6
- #6,089Aaryn6
- #6,089Abayomi6
Tied with 629 names at #5,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.