Francisca
Francisca is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. Its best rank was 482nd, in 1902.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1928198 births
- Best rank
- #482in 1902
- Since 1882
- 12,525people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,525 girls have been named Francisca in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 198 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Francisca | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 75 | |
| 1890s | 191 | |
| 1900s | 376 | |
| 1910s | 803 | |
| 1920s | 1,654 | |
| 1930s | 1,093 | |
| 1940s | 949 | |
| 1950s | 975 | |
| 1960s | 985 | |
| 1970s | 1,293 | |
| 1980s | 1,384 | |
| 1990s | 1,227 | |
| 2000s | 775 | |
| 2010s | 473 | |
| 2020s | 272 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Francisca was the 487th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1928 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Francisca
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Corrinnepeak 1924
- Corinnepeak 1978
- Corrinepeak 1926
- Concepcionpeak 1925
- Petrapeak 1927
- Leonorpeak 2024
- Matildepeak 1927
- Manuelapeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.