Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Francesca

#749 most common girls' name of all time · #1,359 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1895–2025

Rank among girls
#749
Rank overall
#1,359 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
35,364
Since 2016
7,837
Peak year
2025 #307
Best rank
#307 2025
Girls Boys peak 984/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Francesca first appears in 1895. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 984 — 984 #307
2024 976 — 976 #315
2023 822 — 822 #374
2022 812 — 812 #387
2021 742 — 742 #424
2020 679 — 679 #455
2019 641 — 641 #489
2018 674 — 674 #467
2017 740 — 740 #432
2016 767 — 767 #425
2015 744 — 744 #429
2014 753 — 753 #425
2013 721 — 721 #423
2012 635 — 635 #483
2011 594 — 594 #497
2010 606 — 606 #494
2009 666 — 666 #465
2008 646 — 646 #488
2007 680 — 680 #472
2006 747 — 747 #423
2005 714 — 714 #432
2004 711 — 711 #426
2003 715 — 715 #420
2002 716 — 716 #408
2001 723 — 723 #402
2000 701 — 701 #405
1999 755 — 755 #380
1998 755 — 755 #375
1997 770 — 770 #359
1996 786 — 786 #353
1995 725 — 725 #362
1994 709 — 709 #365
1993 635 — 635 #397
1992 683 — 683 #377
1991 562 — 562 #451
1990 529 — 529 #462
1989 458 8 466 #510
1988 600 6 606 #402
1987 570 — 570 #399
1986 604 — 604 #385
1985 408 6 414 #498
1984 353 7 360 #541
1983 302 — 302 #592
1982 279 — 279 #641
1981 269 — 269 #659
1980 252 — 252 #686
1979 287 6 293 #615
1978 273 — 273 #620
1977 264 — 264 #634
1976 231 — 231 #664
1975 194 — 194 #743
1974 230 — 230 #662
1973 211 — 211 #704
1972 200 — 200 #717
1971 193 — 193 #759
1970 167 — 167 #824
1969 155 — 155 #830
1968 166 — 166 #778
1967 148 — 148 #823
1966 142 — 142 #839
1965 108 — 108 #1,008
1964 147 — 147 #858
1963 128 — 128 #935
1962 130 — 130 #931
1961 118 — 118 #997
1960 138 — 138 #894
1959 155 — 155 #825
1958 126 — 126 #917
1957 99 — 99 #1,049
1956 143 — 143 #828
1955 107 — 107 #958
1954 96 — 96 #998
1953 97 — 97 #972
1952 84 — 84 #1,024
1951 48 — 48 #1,345
1950 34 — 34 #1,612
1949 65 — 65 #1,129
1948 45 — 45 #1,378
1947 45 — 45 #1,384
1946 35 — 35 #1,496
1945 21 — 21 #1,851
1944 14 — 14 #2,436
1943 21 — 21 #1,923
1942 17 — 17 #2,149
1941 16 — 16 #2,128
1940 18 — 18 #1,935
1939 15 — 15 #2,152
1938 18 — 18 #1,907
1937 10 — 10 #2,797
1936 13 — 13 #2,326
1934 12 — 12 #2,482
1933 10 — 10 #2,750
1932 6 — 6 #4,018
1931 18 — 18 #1,907
1930 6 — 6 #4,142
1929 11 — 11 #2,799
1928 13 — 13 #2,540
1927 13 — 13 #2,610
1926 19 — 19 #2,034
1925 15 — 15 #2,427
1924 15 — 15 #2,453
1923 12 — 12 #2,803
1922 15 — 15 #2,433
1921 35 — 35 #1,366
1920 23 — 23 #1,786
1919 8 — 8 #3,543
1918 17 — 17 #2,165
1917 22 — 22 #1,688
1916 17 — 17 #1,996
1915 32 — 32 #1,248
1914 20 — 20 #1,470
1913 18 — 18 #1,390
1912 18 — 18 #1,288
1911 8 — 8 #1,888
1910 8 — 8 #1,878
1909 6 — 6 #2,086
1908 5 — 5 #2,257
1907 7 — 7 #1,760
1906 8 — 8 #1,519
1905 8 — 8 #1,507
1903 8 — 8 #1,416
1897 6 — 6 #1,519
1895 7 — 7 #1,417