Francine
Francine was given to 108 girls in 2025, #1,850 among girls’ names; 36,481 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 27,100 Americans named Francine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 55 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Francine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Francine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Francine is “a female given name from French.”
Borrowed from French Francine.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Francine?
#1,850 among girls’ names, 2025
Francine rose from #3,069 in 2015 to #1,850 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 30.8 to 67.2 per million.
1,143 babies in 1951, the peak
Francine peaked in 1951, when 1,143 girls were given it, #227 among girls’ names. The 108 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,850 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,057 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,276 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,369 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,370 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,667 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,610 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,919 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 94 | #2,078 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,507 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | #3,069 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,867 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,805 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,484 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,465 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,427 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,043 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,232 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,726 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,633 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,906 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,781 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,589 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,680 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,489 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,314 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,508 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,712 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,686 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,644 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,638 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,494 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 126 | #1,326 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 126 | #1,327 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 143 | #1,205 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 142 | #1,195 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 150 | #1,107 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 163 | #1,004 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 161 | #980 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 175 | #920 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 218 | #777 | 0.13 |
| 1984 | 203 | #789 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 188 | #816 | 0.11 |
| 1982 | 225 | #744 | 0.13 |
| 1981 | 260 | #671 | 0.16 |
| 1980 | 200 | #809 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 231 | #721 | 0.14 |
| 1978 | 224 | #705 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 217 | #714 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 240 | #647 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 289 | #573 | 0.20 |
| 1974 | 323 | #521 | 0.22 |
| 1973 | 319 | #527 | 0.22 |
| 1972 | 422 | #446 | 0.28 |
| 1971 | 513 | #415 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 604 | #388 | 0.35 |
| 1969 | 565 | #401 | 0.33 |
| 1968 | 615 | #361 | 0.37 |
| 1967 | 614 | #361 | 0.37 |
| 1966 | 712 | #333 | 0.42 |
| 1965 | 688 | #350 | 0.39 |
| 1964 | 846 | #322 | 0.45 |
| 1963 | 809 | #332 | 0.42 |
| 1962 | 785 | #336 | 0.40 |
| 1961 | 942 | #301 | 0.47 |
| 1960 | 1,020 | #286 | 0.50 |
| 1959 | 985 | #288 | 0.49 |
| 1958 | 842 | #318 | 0.42 |
| 1957 | 896 | #308 | 0.44 |
| 1956 | 1,027 | #268 | 0.51 |
| 1955 | 1,042 | #258 | 0.53 |
| 1954 | 1,004 | #261 | 0.52 |
| 1953 | 1,088 | #246 | 0.58 |
| 1952 | 1,052 | #244 | 0.57 |
| 1951 | 1,143 | #227 | 0.63 |
| 1950 | 1,124 | #224 | 0.66 |
| 1949 | 1,058 | #228 | 0.62 |
| 1948 | 975 | #238 | 0.57 |
| 1947 | 1,040 | #232 | 0.59 |
| 1946 | 1,083 | #216 | 0.69 |
| 1945 | 746 | #245 | 0.57 |
| 1944 | 530 | #293 | 0.40 |
| 1943 | 529 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1942 | 575 | #284 | 0.43 |
| 1941 | 390 | #334 | 0.32 |
| 1940 | 299 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1939 | 279 | #403 | 0.25 |
| 1938 | 287 | #396 | 0.26 |
| 1937 | 244 | #415 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 218 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1935 | 238 | #420 | 0.23 |
| 1934 | 169 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1933 | 209 | #448 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 183 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 157 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 141 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 115 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 94 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 125 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 103 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 104 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 98 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 62 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 77 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 84 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 71 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 62 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 47 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 50 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,134 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,045 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,236 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,471 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,329 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,255 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,200 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,196 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,901 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,773 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,487 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Francine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Francine has been given almost only to girls: 11 boys in 125 years of records.
Girls and boys named Francine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Francine, and how old are they?
27,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 36,481 Americans ever recorded as Francine. The median Francine alive today is 66 years old; half are between 55 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 29,531 people named Francine (29,488 women and girls, 43 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 29,090 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,220 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,490 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 884 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 919 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Francine born?
The states with the most babies named Francine are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 9,094 | #2,205 | 2.9× |
| California | 3,861 | #2,158 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,547 | #1,468 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 2,144 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 2,060 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Ohio | 1,301 | #1,331 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 1,016 | #1,115 | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 990 | #802 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 872 | #2,096 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 578 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Francine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Francine is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Francine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 40,576 babies since 1880, Francine is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 108 of their 108 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Francine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Francine and names like it
- Compare Francine and FranceneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sFrancine peaked in 1951.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Francine since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Francine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1951The year the most babies were named Francine.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Francine alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.