NameTides

Francine

Francine was the #1,844 girls' name in the US in 2025 (108 babies), and #1,668 in Canada.

Francine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Francine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Francine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,844 (108)———#1,668 (14)
2024#2,053 (94)#3,696 (6)——#1,234 (20)
2023#2,269 (81)#4,710 (4)——#1,898 (11)
2022#2,364 (78)#3,971 (5)——#1,482 (15)
2021#2,366 (76)#3,519 (6)——#1,335 (18)
2020#2,659 (63)———#1,557 (14)
2019#2,593 (67)#4,001 (5)——#1,600 (14)
2018#2,905 (57)#3,985 (5)——#1,639 (13)
2017#2,074 (94)#4,763 (4)——#2,374 (8)
2016#2,502 (72)#2,367 (11)——#1,533 (15)
2015#3,059 (55)#2,945 (8)——#1,499 (15)
2014#3,848 (39)#4,003 (5)——#1,786 (12)
2013#3,778 (40)#2,176 (12)——#1,432 (16)
2012#3,464 (46)———#2,338 (8)
2011#3,452 (46)#3,549 (6)——#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1946 at #216.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Francine is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Francine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Francine (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Francine (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FrancineCanadaGirls#1,66814
FrancineEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FrancineIrelandGirls—too few
FrancineNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FrancineScotlandGirls—too few
FrancineUSGirls#1,844108
FrancineUSBoys—too few