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How popular is the name Francesca?
Births per year, rank history and how many Francescas are alive today.
Francesca (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 107th in 2025 with 434 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1998, when 1,052 babies were given the name, the 53rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 41% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 21,000 babies have been named Francesca in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Francesca include Frankie and Fanny.
The Francesca you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Francescas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 32, and there are at least 27,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 8.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Francesca.
How many babies are named Francesca each year?
Where does Francesca rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Francesca most popular?
Francesca peaked in 1998, when 1,052 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Francesca?
At least 27,000 people named Francesca born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Francesca?
Most living Francescas are between 13 and 32; the most common age is about 29.
Is Francesca becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.