# Francine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/francine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36,481 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 36,470 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 222, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Francine.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 3,466 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,485 |
| 2013 | 40 | 3,807 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,869 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,069 |
| 2016 | 72 | 2,507 |
| 2017 | 94 | 2,078 |
| 2018 | 57 | 2,920 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,610 |
| 2020 | 63 | 2,667 |
| 2021 | 76 | 2,370 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,369 |
| 2023 | 81 | 2,276 |
| 2024 | 94 | 2,057 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,850 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6 | 3,794 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,252 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## People named Francine

- Francine Niyonsaba, Burundian distance runner
- Francine York, American actress, showgirl (1936–2017)
- Francine Prose, American writer (born 1947)
- Francine Shapiro, American psychologist (1948–2019)
- Francine Houben, Dutch architect (born 1955)
- Francine Rivers, American writer
- Francine Zouga, Cameroonian footballer
- Francine Fox, Canoe racer
- Francine Niyonizigiye, Burundian long-distance runner (* 1988)
- Francine Muyumba, DR Congolese politician
- Francine Bergé, French actress
- Francine Everett, American actress (1915-1999)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.