# Franziska (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/franziska/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 200 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 11,224 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,181 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,237 |
| 2000 | 7 | 12,221 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,381 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,984 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,201 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,492 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,101 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,903 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,589 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,227 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,353 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,950 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,405 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## People named Franziska

- Franziska Preuß, German biathlete
- Franziska Weber, German canoeist
- Franziska Donner, first lady of South Korea (1900-1992)
- Franziska Brauße, German cyclist
- Franziska Hildebrand, German biathlete
- Franziska Gritsch, Austrian alpine ski racer
- Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress
- Franziska Kett, female german association football player
- Franziska Petri, German actress
- Franziska Troegner, German actress
- Franziska Koch, German cyclist
- Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer

## 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.