Franca — girls' name

What the Data Says About Franca

The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Franca between 1947 and 2021, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Franca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Franca performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Franca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Franca in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Franca in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 384 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.