girl's name

Franchesca

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,782

Franchesca is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1992, when 172 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1955.

Franchesca over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,351
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Franchesca by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 14
1960s 107
1970s 334
1980s 824
1990s 1,351
2000s 1,166
2010s 456
2020s (to 2025) 142

How popular is Franchesca?

In 2025, Franchesca was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Franchesca is used

Canada #3,287 6 in 2024
United States #5,646 22 in 2025
France #7,152 5 in 2022
England & Wales #7,176 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Franchesca

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Franchesca also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Franchesca over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Franchesca

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Franchesca — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Franchesca

How popular is the name Franchesca?

In 2025, Franchesca was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Franchesca a girl's or a boy's name?

Franchesca is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Franchesca most popular?

Franchesca peaked in 1992, when 172 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Franchesca a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Franchesca currently ranks #3,287 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.