Francesca

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Francesca: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Francesca: Recorded since 1972, it reached #53 in 1998, and it stood at #107 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
107times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#53highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Francesca's record

England and Wales registered 1,052 births with the name in 1998, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 23 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#62
1997	#60
1998	#53
1999	#56
2000	#67
2001	#76
2002	#88
2003	#80
2004	#79
2005	#75
2006	#85
2007	#89
2008	#92
2009	#98
2010	#102
2011	#99
2012	#90
2013	#81
2014	#87
2015	#83
2016	#88
2017	#89
2018	#93
2019	#106
2020	#112
2021	#110
2022	#118
2023	#117
2024	#102
2025	#107

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 49 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2025: #107 among girls in England and Wales, #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1972–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #53 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #107 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Francesca appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 49 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 418 births with the name.

Francesca across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Francesca's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1972)	#238 (2001)	#443 (2025)	49 of 54	418 (1972–2025)	17 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#62 (1996)	#53 (1998)	#107 (2025)	30 of 30	19,186 (1996–2025)	1,052 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#172 (1997)	#155 (1998)	#227 (2024)	27 of 28	173 (1997–2024)	12 (1998)

Francesca by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Francesca in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	19	4 of 10	5
1980s	63	9 of 10	7
1990s	67	10 of 10	7
2000s	98	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	111	10 of 10	11
2020s	60	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Francesca appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in England and Wales in 1998.

Francesca's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#107	434	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#102	455	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#117	419	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#118	441	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#110	466	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#112	459	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#106	491	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#93	567	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#89	600	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#88	611	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#83	661	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#87	646	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#81	679	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#90	622	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#99	602	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#102	580	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#98	598	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#92	613	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#89	620	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#85	677	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#75	700	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#79	647	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#80	633	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#88	599	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#76	695	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#67	757	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#56	921	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#53	1,052	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#60	975	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#62	966	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#258	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#155	12	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#375	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	9	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	13	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#152	28	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Francesca is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Francesca, between 1972 and 2025, in 49 of those 54 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1972–2025	49	#238 in 2001
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#53 in 1998
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	27	#155 in 1998
Scotland	2024	1	#152 in 2024

Its high point came 26 years earlier in England and Wales (1998) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1972; it appears again in 1976.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1972 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #53, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,052 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Fox · #418, 28y
Frances · #38, 74y
Francesco · #258, 32y
Francie · #301, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aodhan · #52, 45y
Aron · #52, 53y
Dion · #50, 46y
Lynne · #49, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodhan · #52, 45y
Carly · #52, 47y
Charlene · #52, 50y
Arran · #51, 41y

Francesca was ranked #53 in England and Wales · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Francesca and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Francesca without appearing here.

Francesca moved ahead of

Melanie
In 2022 they stood at #634 and #389 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #316 and #856.
Pamela
In 2004 they stood at #476 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #245 and #689.
Aimee
In 2024 they stood at #342 and #275 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #443 and #885.
Marianne
In 2008 they stood at #501 and #469 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #467 and #893.

Moved ahead of Francesca

Riley
In 2013 they stood at #286 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #536 and #264.
Ellie
In 1995 they stood at #296 and #384 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #534 and #273.
Madison
In 2000 they stood at #198 and #248 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #343 and #103.
Kayla
In 1995 they stood at #385 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #534 and #295.

Moved the opposite way to Francesca

Ashleigh
Between 1978 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Francesca went from #522 to #299 while Ashleigh went from #522 to #764.
Madison
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Francesca went from #296 to #443 while Madison went from #516 to #148.
Ada
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Francesca went from #62 to #107 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Francesca went from #62 to #107 while Alma went from #2096 to #211.

Moved the same way as Francesca

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Francesca went from #62 to #107 and Abigail from #21 to #171.
Aimee
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Francesca went from #62 to #107 and Aimee from #70 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Francesca went from #62 to #107 and Aisling from #440 to #1892.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Francesca went from #62 to #107 and Alex from #161 to #2605.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Francesca

Francesca at a glance

What stands out in Francesca's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Francesca across 3 official records

Francesca by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Francesca appears in

Popularity data

Where Francesca is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Francesca

Francesca and the names beside it

Francesca moved ahead of

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Francesca at a glance

What stands out in Francesca's record

Francesca across 3 official records

Francesca by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Francesca appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Francesca

Francesca and the names beside it

Francesca moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Francesca

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Moved the same way as Francesca