Girl name#654 of girl names
Francine
Pronounced F R AE0 N S IY1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1951
- 125 years in use
How popular is Francine?
Francine is a girls' name, and first appears in 1900. It has been given to 36,373 children — the 654th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1951, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1951, when 1,143 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F R AE0 N S IY1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Francine
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Francine
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Francine?
- Francine ranks 654th among girls' names in US records, with 36,373 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 736.
- Is Francine a unisex name?
- No. Francine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Francine most popular?
- 1951, when 1,143 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.