# Francisca (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/francisca/  
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 | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,643 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 61 / 12,582 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 204, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Portuguese and Spanish Francisca, from Latin Francisca. Doublet of Frances and Francesca.

## 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 | 35 | 4,171 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,486 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,191 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,201 |
| 2015 | 43 | 3,618 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,839 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,719 |
| 2018 | 44 | 3,528 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,137 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,416 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,045 |
| 2022 | 53 | 3,090 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,947 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,730 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,969 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 6 | 3,706 |
| 1920 | 6 | 3,992 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3,578 |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,963 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,590 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,765 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,743 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,081 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,688 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,060 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |

## People named Francisca

- Francisca Lara, Chilean footballer
- Francisca Celsa dos Santos, Brazilian supercentenarian
- Francisca Valenzuela, Chilean-American singer
- Francisca Reyes-Aquino, Filipino dancer (1899–1983)
- Francisca Praguer Fróes, Brazilian physician and activist
- Francisca Senhorinha da Motta Diniz, Brazilian writer
- Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress and model (born 1982)
- Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Dutch princess; third daughter of Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard (born 194
- Luisa de Guzmán, Duchess of Braganza; Queen consort of Portugal (1613-1666)
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, British princess (1872–1956)
- Raquel Meller, (1888-1962) Spanish singer
- Clara Nunes, Brazilian recording artist, singer (1943–1983)

## 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.