Francina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Francina

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,626 babies named Francina between 1882 and 2016, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Francina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Francina performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Francina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 186 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Francina in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Francina 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 1,626 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.