Francene — girls' name
1,724 babies named Francene in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Francene was born in this single decade.
76 babies were named Francene in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Francene
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,724 babies named Francene between 1914 and 2003, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Francene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 76 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Francene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 533 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Francene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Francene in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Francene 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 1,724 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.
Francene at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Francene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1914
- Peak year (1950)
- 76
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
1,724 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 76 births in a single year.
Francene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 533 births that decade — 31% of Francene's all-time total
Francene decade highlights
- Peak decade 533 births
- Runner-up 415 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Francene's strongest decade
533 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Francene by state
Where Francene concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 102 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 82 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 43 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 40 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
102 of 1,724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.