Franchesca — #5988 US girls' name
4,372 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.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Franchesca was born in this single decade.
172 babies were named Franchesca in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Franchesca
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,372 babies named Franchesca between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Franchesca currently holds the #5988 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 172 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Franchesca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,351 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Franchesca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 720 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Franchesca in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Franchesca 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 4,372 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.
Franchesca at a glance
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Current rank
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Franchesca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (1992)
- 172
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #5988 among girls.
4,372 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 172 births in a single year.
Franchesca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,351 births that decade — 31% of Franchesca's all-time total
Franchesca decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,351 births
- Runner-up 1,166 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Franchesca's strongest decade
1,351 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Franchesca by state
Where Franchesca concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 720 | 16.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 530 | 12.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 342 | 7.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 340 | 7.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 192 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 79 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 74 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 66 | 1.5% |
720 of 4,372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.5% of nationwide
- New York 12.1% of nationwide
- Florida 7.8% of nationwide
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Franchesca appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1955–2024 (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.