girl's name

Francisca

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 15,144

Francisca is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 56 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1928, when 198 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 59,203 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1882.

Francisca over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,667
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Francisca by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 75
1890s 191
1900s 376
1910s 809
1920s 1,667
1930s 1,098
1940s 949
1950s 975
1960s 985
1970s 1,299
1980s 1,409
1990s 1,234
2000s 775
2010s 473
2020s (to 2025) 328

How popular is Francisca?

In 2025, Francisca was given to 56 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Francisca is used

United States #2,991 56 in 2025
Canada #3,331 6 in 2019
England & Wales #3,663 7 in 2024
France #7,247 5 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 Francisca

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

Parents who like Francisca also like

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

Sibling names for Francisca

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

Common questions about Francisca

How popular is the name Francisca?

In 2025, Francisca was given to 56 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Francisca is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Francisca most popular?

Francisca peaked in 1928, when 198 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Francisca a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Francisca currently ranks #2,991 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.