Franchelle — girls' name
102 babies named Franchelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Franchelle was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Franchelle in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Franchelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Franchelle between 1958 and 1993, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Franchelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Franchelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Franchelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Franchelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Franchelle 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 102 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.
Franchelle at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Franchelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1958
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
102 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 9 births in a single year.
Franchelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 33 births that decade — 32% of Franchelle's all-time total
Franchelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Franchelle's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Franchelle by state
Where Franchelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 5.9% |
6 of 102 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas 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, 1958–1993 (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.