Francisca — #2713 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Francisca

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,525 babies named Francisca between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Francisca currently holds the #2713 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 198 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Francisca performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,654 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Francisca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,475 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Francisca in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Francisca 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 12,525 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.