Francesca

What Francesca means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Francesca yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #429 in 2015 to #307 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Francesca?

US: Rising: up from #429 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #83 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 984 girls got the name (#307 that year). First in the US records in 1895.

How common

• About 1 in 1,633 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 584 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 852 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (4.49 per 1,000 girls), CT (2.43 per 1,000 girls), ME (2.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Francesca is #307 in the US and #107 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Francesca were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Francisca56 US
• Franceska7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Franchesca

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Francesca

Girls

• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Alessia#326Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 9 babies
• Emiliana#788Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 7 babies
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*

For a brother

• Santos#763Editor’s note Up from #913 in 2015 to #763 in 2025 in the US
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Vincenzo#674Italian form of Vincent, meaning “conquering”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Carlo#867Same root as Charles, meaning “free man”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Francesca’s. Rank is US 2025.