Girls' name · peaked in 1946
Francine name popularity since 1925
35,669 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Francine. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Francine is about 69 years old in 2026. Francine peaked in 1946 as the #216 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 35,669
- Named Francine, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,850 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 35,658 girls · 11 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 4.07× its national share
Peak year is the year Francine made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Francine births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1951. Measured as a share of all babies, Francine peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1940 and 1945, Francine became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 3,820 baby girls to 1 in 1,750.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 7,070.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Francine's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Francine.
Decade by decade
Babies named Francine in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 541 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 2,125 | 0 | #420 |
| 1940s | 7,225 | 0 | #245 |
| 1950s | 10,203 | 0 | #258 |
| 1960s | 7,596 | 11 | #350 |
| 1970s | 3,382 | 0 | #573 |
| 1980s | 1,943 | 0 | #777 |
| 1990s | 1,068 | 0 | #1,642 |
| 2000s | 526 | 0 | #2,910 |
| 2010s | 549 | 0 | #3,069 |
| 2020–25 | 500 | 0 | #1,850 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.6% of babies named Francine from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Francine is most popular
The index compares Francine's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Francine.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 4.07× | 403 |
| New York | 3.73× | 8,961 |
| District of Columbia | 2.82× | 412 |
| New Jersey | 2.36× | 2,060 |
| New Mexico | 1.92× | 336 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Francine and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Francine (this page) | 35,658 | 1946 |
| Francene | 1,690 | 1950 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Francine's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Francine.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Francine (1946).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data