Recorded 1963–2018 Girls' name Peak 2006 200 births

Franziska — girls' name

200 babies named Franziska in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s111970s121980s291990s572000s542010s37
1990s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Franziska was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

12 babies were named Franziska in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Franziska

The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Franziska between 1963 and 2018, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Franziska currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Franziska performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Franziska shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Franziska 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 200 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.

Franziska at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

200

Since 1963

56 years of records

Peak year

2006

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1963

Recorded for 56 years

Last year on file: 2018

Franziska popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1963

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2006)
12
Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
468101214 20182012200519991994198819701963 6

Franziska by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
57 births that decade — 28% of Franziska's all-time total
1960s111970s121980s291990s572000s542010s37

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Franziska?
200 babies have been named Franziska since 1963. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2006 with 12 births.
When was Franziska most popular?
Franziska was most popular in the 1990s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Franziska been used?
Franziska has been recorded in Social Security data since 1963, spanning 56 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Franziska?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Frances, Frankie, Francine, Francesca, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1963–2018 (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.