Francisca

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Francisca: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,934 in 2005, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1934highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2003	#2436
2004	#3197
2005	#1934
2006	#1983
2007	#2627
2008	#3397
2009	#2759
2010	#3156
2011	#2636
2012	#4838
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#2705
2016	#2757
2017	#2502
2018	#2674
2019	#2869
2020	#3117
2021	#2073
2022	#2673
2023	#2504
2024	#3318

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1934 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Francisca by decade in England and Wales · 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 Francisca in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	71	10 of 10	7
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Francisca appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1934 in England and Wales in 2005.

Francisca'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,934, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

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.

Francine · #492, 29y
Francis · #16, 73y
Francisco · #253, 66y
Franciszek · #182, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Amel · #1939, 28y
Aurelie · #1939, 22y
Devorah · #1939, 29y
Abdur-Raheem · #1923, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Flint · #1935, 20y
Oak · #1935, 18y
Amel · #1939, 28y
Aurelie · #1939, 22y

Francisca 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Francisca without appearing here.

Francisca moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Francisca

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1893.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1836.

Moved the opposite way to Francisca

Dylan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Francisca went from #2167 to #3318 while Dylan went from #3912 to #1743.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Francisca went from #2167 to #3318 while Marilyn went from #3247 to #1541.

Moved the same way as Francisca

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Francisca went from #2167 to #3318 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1934 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Francisca

Francisca at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Francisca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Francisca appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Francisca at a glance

Francisca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Francisca appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Francisca and the names beside it

Francisca moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Francisca

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Moved the same way as Francisca