Girls' name · since 1955
Franchesca
4,394 babies named Franchesca in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,805 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,592 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,394
- born since 1955
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Franchesca is the #5592 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,394 recorded since 1955.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franchesca has been recorded 4,394 times among girls since 1955, currently ranked #5592 nationally and more common than 68% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #2,805 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,592 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,394 born since 1955
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franchesca ranks #2,805 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,592 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,394 born since 1955, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,805 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,592 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,394
- born since 1955
- 1990s
- peak decade
Franchesca's 4,394 recorded births place it above 96.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Franchesca compares
4,394 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Franchesca's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Franchesca | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,394 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 172 | 21 | 19,840 |
Franchesca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Franchesca's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 172, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Franchesca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 172
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Franchesca by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,351 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Franchesca's strongest decade.
1,351 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Franchesca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 107
1960s
107 births
- 1970s 334
1970s
334 births
- 1980s
1980s
824 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,351 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,166 births
- 2010s 456
2010s
456 births
- 2020s 142
2020s
142 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,351 births (31% of all-time use).
How Franchesca compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Franchesca's total volume
Franchesca by state
Where Franchesca concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 720 | 16.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 530 | 12.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 347 | 7.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 340 | 7.7% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 192 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 79 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 74 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 66 | 1.5% |
720 of 4,394 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Franchesca appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Franchesca's data
- Franchesca's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,351 total births); usage has since declined to 142 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Franchescas (720 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Franchesca
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Franchesca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~70 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Franchesca draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.