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Francisca

#2,969 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Franciscus

Francisca has been given to 12,643 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #2,969 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1928, with 198 recorded.

Babies named Francisca, 2025

1 in 59,200

Francisca over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Francisca: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Franciscus

Latin, Portuguese and Spanish

What Francisca means

Francisca is a feminine form of Franciscus.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Portuguese and Spanish Francisca, from Latin Francisca. Doublet of Frances.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Francisca (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Francisca is used in English, Cebuano, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish and Tagalog. Its origins include Latin, Portuguese and Spanish.

Francisca comes through pt,es Francisca and Latin Francisca.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Franciscus and Frances.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Francisca is pronounced [fraŋˈkɪs.ka].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,582 girls were recorded with the name Francisca between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 198 in 1928; its best national rank was #482 in 1902.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,416 in 2020 to #2,969 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,618 in 2015 to #2,969 in 2025.

In the United States, 61 boys were recorded with the name Francisca between 1917 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1927; its best national rank was #3,577 in 1927.

How common is Francisca?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 59,200
56 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 28,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,969
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
41,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Francisca sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 41,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Francisca. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Franciscas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Francisca was born before 1961 — so the typical Francisca is around 64 today.

Median birth year
1961
About 64 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
13.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
11.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,441
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 13.1% of all recorded uses (1,654).

Is Francisca rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−239
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+447
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+649
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.30×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.3%
Peak was 1928 (198)
Years since peak
97
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#482
1902

Spellings of Francisca

Francisca is not the most common spelling — Francesca is, with 41.3% against Francisca's 14.7%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Francisca is used

Across 1910–2025, Francisca was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 2,222 girls, against 1 in 8,341 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

045 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 2,222
  2. 2Arizona1 in 2,632
  3. 3California1 in 6,667
  4. 4New Mexico1 in 9,091
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6New York1 in 33,333
  7. 7Hawaii1 in 50,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Francisca has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Francisca around the world

Where Francisca ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #3,319
    in 2024
  • France
    1900–2025
    #3,545
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2019
    #2,941
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1956–1990
    #691
    in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Francisca

People whose public names include Francisca, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Francisca in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Francisca. Linked forms have their own page here.

FranFrancaPaquitaPanchitaFrancescaFranciskaFranziskaFranciszkaPacaCurraPanchaSoizicCurritaFranckaFrantiškaFrançoiseFrančiška

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Francisca by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,969
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 447
Best rank ever
#482
1902
Peak year
1928
198 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,582
Count in 2025
56

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,577
1927
Peak year
1927
7 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
61
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Francisca

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

FrancescaFranchescaFransiscaFrancineFrancisFrankieFrancheskaFrancesscaFrancieFranshescaFranceskaFranciscoFranceneFrancinaFranciaFrancoiseFranciesFrankiFraidyFranklinFrancellaFranceliaFrancenaFrancely

Names with a curve like Francisca

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Francisca, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JosefinaKatherynCorrineWilliamAngelitaJosephJuanaPetraAntonetteLeonorConsueloManuela

Sibling names for Francisca

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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