Francesca
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning from France; Italian feminine form of Francis.
Babies a year
434
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#307
up from #314
UK popularity
#107
434 babies · down from #102
How Francesca has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #429 |
| 2016 | #425 |
| 2017 | #430 |
| 2018 | #467 |
| 2019 | #490 |
| 2020 | #456 |
| 2021 | #424 |
| 2022 | #387 |
| 2023 | #374 |
| 2024 | #314 |
| 2025 | #307 |
In 2025, 434 babies in England and Wales were named Francesca. In the US, 730 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Francesca was most common in 1995, when it went to 0.04% of American babies of that sex.
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