Francisca
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Francisca is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Francisca mean?
Latin
A female given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Frances.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Francisca a girl's or a boy's name?
Francisca is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Francisca in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Francisca in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Francisca in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Francisca in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Francisca, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 198 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Francisca in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Francisca in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,595 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,690 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | 87 | #2,085 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,184 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,918 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,701 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,686 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,749 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,528 |
| 1996 | 138 | #1,259 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,398 |
| 1994 | 128 | #1,320 |
| 1993 | 133 | #1,277 |
| 1992 | 148 | #1,181 |
| 1991 | 138 | #1,229 |
| 1990 | 133 | #1,239 |
| 1989 | 146 | #1,129 |
| 1988 | 134 | #1,139 |
| 1987 | 116 | #1,227 |
| 1986 | 106 | #1,272 |
| 1985 | 153 | #998 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 123 | #1,106 |
| 1982 | 158 | #942 |
| 1981 | 165 | #906 |
| 1980 | 167 | #902 |
| 1979 | 142 | #1,006 |
| 1978 | 139 | #992 |
| 1977 | 125 | #1,052 |
| 1976 | 137 | #936 |
| 1975 | 129 | #963 |
| 1974 | 148 | #876 |
| 1973 | 127 | #947 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,056 |
| 1971 | 131 | #967 |
| 1970 | 106 | #1,108 |
| 1969 | 118 | #994 |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,133 |
| 1967 | 92 | #1,086 |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,022 |
| 1965 | 88 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 94 | #1,135 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,087 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,192 |
| 1961 | 89 | #1,167 |
| 1960 | 129 | #938 |
| 1959 | 96 | #1,086 |
| 1958 | 91 | #1,103 |
| 1957 | 114 | #969 |
| 1956 | 90 | #1,085 |
| 1955 | 77 | #1,138 |
| 1954 | 99 | #977 |
| 1953 | 109 | #898 |
| 1952 | 101 | #920 |
| 1951 | 100 | #913 |
| 1950 | 98 | #894 |
| 1949 | 103 | #861 |
| 1948 | 130 | #740 |
| 1947 | 103 | #860 |
| 1946 | 102 | #817 |
| 1945 | 112 | #701 |
| 1944 | 81 | #846 |
| 1943 | 89 | #824 |
| 1942 | 77 | #887 |
| 1941 | 69 | #876 |
| 1940 | 83 | #772 |
| 1939 | 79 | #766 |
| 1938 | 96 | #701 |
| 1937 | 98 | #688 |
| 1936 | 80 | #748 |
| 1935 | 98 | #672 |
| 1934 | 120 | #597 |
| 1933 | 109 | #624 |
| 1932 | 111 | #634 |
| 1931 | 133 | #572 |
| 1930 | 169 | #518 |
| 1929 | 191 | #486 |
| 1928 | 198 | #487 |
| 1927 | 179 | #527 |
| 1926 | 167 | #539 |
| 1925 | 168 | #556 |
| 1924 | 154 | #598 |
| 1923 | 133 | #636 |
| 1922 | 157 | #575 |
| 1921 | 157 | #573 |
| 1920 | 150 | #583 |
| 1919 | 109 | #666 |
| 1918 | 109 | #688 |
| 1917 | 104 | #665 |
| 1916 | 97 | #695 |
| 1915 | 67 | #802 |
| 1914 | 85 | #624 |
| 1913 | 55 | #701 |
| 1912 | 82 | #539 |
| 1911 | 49 | #610 |
| 1910 | 46 | #620 |
| 1909 | 40 | #614 |
| 1908 | 38 | #617 |
| 1907 | 45 | #535 |
| 1906 | 33 | #622 |
| 1905 | 41 | #536 |
| 1904 | 39 | #529 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 43 | #478 |
| 1901 | 30 | #559 |
| 1900 | 38 | #556 |
| 1899 | 20 | #704 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 |
| 1897 | 27 | #584 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 13 | #893 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 22 | #590 |
| 1891 | 24 | #524 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Francisca
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa, Florence, Clara, Matilda, Beatrice, Alma, Flora, Eva, Martha, Ada, Eliza, Nora
Names related to Francisca
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Mabel, Luna, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin
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, “Francisca: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/francisca, updated 20 October 2026.