Francesca Girl
How popular is Francesca?
#307 girl name in 2025
984 baby girls were named Francesca in the US in 2025, making it the 307th most popular girl name.
Francesca popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #307 for girls (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 984 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #429 in 2015, #455 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (984 girls) |
| Highest rank | #307 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1895 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Francesca counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Francesca family of names ranked #329 for girls in 2025 (#330 the year before), with 991 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Francesca | 984 | 99% |
| Franceska | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Francesca is most popular
Babies named Francesca per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 3.3 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- New Jersey: 2.1 per 1,000 (377 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.9 per 1,000 (109 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.5 per 1,000 (184 girls)
- Illinois: 1.3 per 1,000 (308 girls)
Francesca by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,299 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,318 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,231 |
| 1920s | 171 | #1,341 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,873 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,120 |
| 1950s | 989 | #823 |
| 1960s | 1,380 | #776 |
| 1970s | 2,250 | #615 |
| 1980s | 4,095 | #383 |
| 1990s | 6,909 | #353 |
| 2000s | 7,019 | #402 |
| 2010s | 6,875 | #422 |
| 2020s | 5,015 | #307 |
Girl names about as popular as Francesca
Questions
- Is Francesca a boy or girl name?
- Francesca is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Francesca were girls.
- How popular is the name Francesca?
- 984 baby girls were named Francesca in the US in 2025, making it the 307th most popular girl name.
- When was Francesca most popular?
- Francesca peaked in 2025, when 984 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #307 in 2025.
- How many people are named Francesca?
- 35,364 babies have been named Francesca in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,021 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Francesca most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Francesca was most common in Rhode Island, at 3.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.