first name
FRANCISCA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 36,984 people named Francisca, 90.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% as Black and 3.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Francisca peaked in 1928, when 198 babies got the name.
At least 12,643 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Francisca by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #902. The largest share of babies named Francisca, 19.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Francisca is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Francisca has been most common in Texas (7.5×), Arizona (6.1×), and California (2.5×), and least common in Illinois (0.35×).
9,534 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Francisca, most common first.
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