In 2024, 975 girls in the United States were named Francesca, making it the 314th most popular girl's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 425th a decade earlier.
2024 is its busiest year on record.
Records for Francesca go back to 1895, and 34,370 babies have been given the name since.
An Italian feminine form of Francis meaning "Frenchman" or "free one". Its romantic sound has a sophisticated, international quality.
Francesca is of Italian origin, described as elegant in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 975 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
An Italian feminine form of Francis meaning "Frenchman" or "free one". Its romantic sound has a sophisticated, international quality.
Francesca is of Italian origin, and is usually described as elegant in style.
In 2024, 975 girls in the United States were named Francesca, making it the 314th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 975 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Frances is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Francesca.