Francine
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,844 for girls
Francine is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).
What does Francine mean?
French
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Francine a girl's or a boy's name?
Francine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Francine in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Francine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Francine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Francine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,844among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Francine, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 1,143 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Francine than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Francine in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Francine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,844 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,366 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,904 |
| 2017 | 94 | #2,074 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,502 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,707 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,680 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,639 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,636 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,491 |
| 1993 | 126 | #1,323 |
| 1992 | 126 | #1,326 |
| 1991 | 143 | #1,201 |
| 1990 | 142 | #1,194 |
| 1989 | 150 | #1,107 |
| 1988 | 163 | #1,003 |
| 1987 | 161 | #980 |
| 1986 | 175 | #917 |
| 1985 | 218 | #776 |
| 1984 | 203 | #789 |
| 1983 | 188 | #816 |
| 1982 | 225 | #744 |
| 1981 | 260 | #671 |
| 1980 | 200 | #809 |
| 1979 | 231 | #721 |
| 1978 | 224 | #705 |
| 1977 | 217 | #714 |
| 1976 | 240 | #647 |
| 1975 | 289 | #572 |
| 1974 | 323 | #521 |
| 1973 | 319 | #526 |
| 1972 | 422 | #446 |
| 1971 | 513 | #415 |
| 1970 | 604 | #388 |
| 1969 | 565 | #401 |
| 1968 | 615 | #361 |
| 1967 | 614 | #361 |
| 1966 | 712 | #333 |
| 1965 | 688 | #350 |
| 1964 | 846 | #322 |
| 1963 | 809 | #332 |
| 1962 | 785 | #336 |
| 1961 | 942 | #301 |
| 1960 | 1,020 | #286 |
| 1959 | 985 | #288 |
| 1958 | 842 | #318 |
| 1957 | 896 | #308 |
| 1956 | 1,027 | #268 |
| 1955 | 1,042 | #258 |
| 1954 | 1,004 | #261 |
| 1953 | 1,088 | #245 |
| 1952 | 1,052 | #244 |
| 1951 | 1,143 | #227 |
| 1950 | 1,124 | #224 |
| 1949 | 1,058 | #228 |
| 1948 | 975 | #238 |
| 1947 | 1,040 | #232 |
| 1946 | 1,083 | #216 |
| 1945 | 746 | #245 |
| 1944 | 530 | #293 |
| 1943 | 529 | #302 |
| 1942 | 575 | #284 |
| 1941 | 390 | #333 |
| 1940 | 299 | #387 |
| 1939 | 279 | #403 |
| 1938 | 287 | #395 |
| 1937 | 244 | #415 |
| 1936 | 218 | #437 |
| 1935 | 238 | #419 |
| 1934 | 169 | #494 |
| 1933 | 209 | #446 |
| 1932 | 183 | #489 |
| 1931 | 157 | #526 |
| 1930 | 141 | #574 |
| 1929 | 115 | #651 |
| 1928 | 94 | #731 |
| 1927 | 125 | #643 |
| 1926 | 103 | #719 |
| 1925 | 104 | #721 |
| 1924 | 98 | #747 |
| 1923 | 62 | #928 |
| 1922 | 77 | #835 |
| 1921 | 84 | #797 |
| 1920 | 71 | #857 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 62 | #910 |
| 1917 | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1916 | 50 | #964 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,094 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,151 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,003 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
Names like Francine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Francine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/francine, updated 20 October 2026.