How Many People Are Named Francesca?
An estimated 32,367 people in the United States have the first name Francesca. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Francesca peaked in popularity in 2024 with 975 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Francesca as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Francesca paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
32,367
About 1 in 10,590 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.9% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2024
975 births
Total Registered
34,370
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Francesca
Francesca is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 34,370 total births registered, 99.9% were female.
Francesca as a male name
Ranked #5,825 in 1989
8 male births in 1989
Peak: 1989 (8 births)
Francesca as a female name
Ranked #314 in 2024
975 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (975 births)
Francesca: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Francesca span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 7,019 babies were registered. While Francesca is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Francesca by Decade
How has Francesca tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Francesca by State
Birth registrations for Francesca span all 46 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, New Jersey. The lowest are in Vermont, Maine, West Virginia. On average, about 666 Francescas were registered per state.
Francesca + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Francesca as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Francesca
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Francesca: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Francesca?
We estimate approximately 32,367 people named Francesca are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 10,590 Americans share this first name.
Is Francesca a common name?
Francesca is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 34,370 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Francesca most popular?
Francesca reached peak popularity in 2024, when 975 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Francesca is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Francesca a female name?
Francesca is predominantly female. 99.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Francesca Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Francesca Smith, Francesca Johnson, Francesca Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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