Girls' name · since 1963
Franziska
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 200 babies named Franziska, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Franziska is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 200 have been recorded since 1963.
Franziska has 200 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2018.
- #19,806 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 200 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franziska ranks #19,806 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,806 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Franziska's 200 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Franziska's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Franziska's full recorded timeline at 1998, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Franziska popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2018
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Franziska by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (57 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Franziska's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Franziska births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 57 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Franziska's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2010s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Franziska: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Franziska draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.