Francine
Francine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 93 births. Its best rank was 216th, in 1946.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 930.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19511,143 births
- Best rank
- #216in 1946
- Since 1900
- 36,362people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,362 girls have been named Francine in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 1,143 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 28%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Francine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 75 | |
| 1910s | 345 | |
| 1920s | 933 | |
| 1930s | 2,125 | |
| 1940s | 7,225 | |
| 1950s | 10,203 | |
| 1960s | 7,597 | |
| 1970s | 3,382 | |
| 1980s | 1,943 | |
| 1990s | 1,068 | |
| 2000s | 526 | |
| 2010s | 549 | |
| 2020s | 391 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Francine was the 227th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1951 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Barbara. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Francine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mickiepeak 1949
- Maureenpeak 1957
- Francenepeak 1950
- Conniepeak 1955
- Suzannpeak 1947
- Dremapeak 1959
- Merrypeak 1954
- Lynpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.