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How popular is “Francesca” in the USA?

Number of people named “Francesca” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Francesca” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Francesca” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Francesca” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Francesca” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Francesca” by birth year

This chart shows how “Francesca” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 18 0.000018217 18 100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 100%
1915 32 0.000017463 32 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 100%
1946 35 0.000010954 35 100%
1947 45 0.000012492 45 100%
1948 45 0.000013034 45 100%
1949 65 0.000018653 65 100%
1950 34 0.000009705 34 100%
1951 47 0.000012759 47 100%
1952 84 0.000022117 84 100%
1953 97 0.000025171 97 100%
1954 96 0.000024116 96 100%
1955 107 0.00002665 107 100%
1956 143 0.000034683 143 100%
1957 98 0.000023321 98 100%
1958 126 0.00003048 126 100%
1959 154 0.000037037 154 100%
1960 138 0.000033222 138 100%
1961 118 0.000028487 118 100%
1962 130 0.000032215 130 100%
1963 128 0.000032338 128 100%
1964 147 0.000037812 147 100%
1965 107 0.000029514 107 100%
1966 141 0.000040568 141 100%
1967 147 0.0000433 147 100%
1968 166 0.000049135 166 100%
1969 155 0.0000446 155 100%
1970 167 0.000046305 167 100%
1971 193 0.00005623 193 100%
1972 200 0.000063634 200 100%
1973 211 0.00006994 211 100%
1974 230 0.000075658 230 100%
1975 194 0.000064251 194 100%
1976 231 0.00007613 231 100%
1977 264 0.00008311 264 100%
1978 273 0.000086015 273 100%
1979 293 0.000088067 287 6 96%
1980 252 0.00007316 252 100%
1981 269 0.00007776 269 100%
1982 278 0.000079248 278 100%
1983 302 0.000087199 302 100%
1984 360 0.000103189 353 7 96%
1985 414 0.000115995 408 6 97%
1986 605 0.000170083 605 100%
1987 569 0.000157809 569 100%
1988 606 0.000164004 600 6 98%
1989 466 0.000121214 458 8 97%
1990 530 0.000134093 530 100%
1991 562 0.000144278 562 100%
1992 683 0.000177806 683 100%
1993 635 0.000168423 635 100%
1994 709 0.000190712 709 100%
1995 725 0.000197971 725 100%
1996 786 0.000215508 786 100%
1997 770 0.00021237 770 100%
1998 755 0.000205263 755 100%
1999 755 0.000204393 755 100%
2000 701 0.000185454 701 100%
2001 723 0.00019314 723 100%
2002 716 0.000191531 716 100%
2003 715 0.000188043 715 100%
2004 711 0.000186081 711 100%
2005 714 0.000185703 714 100%
2006 747 0.000188818 747 100%
2007 680 0.000170099 680 100%
2008 646 0.000164349 646 100%
2009 666 0.000174338 666 100%
2010 605 0.000163702 605 100%
2011 594 0.000162393 594 100%
2012 635 0.000173622 635 100%
2013 721 0.000197769 721 100%
2014 753 0.000203163 753 100%
2015 744 0.000201032 744 100%
2016 767 0.000209066 767 100%
2017 740 0.000206924 740 100%
2018 674 0.000191701 674 100%
2019 641 0.000184677 641 100%
2020 678 0.000202959 678 100%
2021 742 0.000219012 742 100%
2022 811 0.000239718 811 100%
2023 822 0.000248249 822 100%
2024 975 0.000292925 975 100%

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