Francesca
455
Babies in 2024
-30%
10-year change
1998
Peak · 1.05k
+9%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Francesca
Francesca peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (1,052 babies in 1998) and has remained in active use — 455 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Francesca reached its peak in 1998, when 1,052 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #53 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 455 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 18,752 girls have been officially registered with the name Francesca in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 5,816 girls were registered with the name, starting from 646 in 2014 and ending at 455 in 2024.