Frank

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #513 for boys in 2025, 584 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#6
1888 · 3,459 births
Debut · boys
1880
3,242 births
In top 100 · boys
109 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
915,978
since 1880

Frank over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #6, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#513584
2024—#468658
2023—#469650
2022—#440708
2021—#445691
2020—#428694
2019—#403773
2018—#392807
2017—#373890
2016—#353957
2015—#355945
2014—#336991
2013—#3271,007
2012—#320985
2011—#3081,048
2010—#3021,077
2009—#2911,138
2008—#2781,228
2007#17,6365#2621,333
2006—#2461,401
2005—#2311,480
2004—#2301,466
2003—#2301,500
2002—#2161,587
2001—#2141,634
2000—#2091,708
1999—#1871,855
1998—#1771,889
1997#9,0179#1682,023
1996#8,8129#1622,149
1995#5,43917#1572,247
1994#7,09712#1412,479
1993#5,20618#1342,503
1992#10,4797#1252,756
1991#6,97612#1162,881
1990#6,46513#1093,188
1989#4,12123#1093,049
1988#4,84017#993,271
1987#3,25728#973,123
1986#2,90332#913,178
1985#3,17028#903,302
1984#3,06928#863,330
1983#3,15126#863,361
1982#3,01729#813,604
1981#2,98629#823,638
1980#3,13427#813,734
1979#2,72432#783,928
1978#2,74130#773,775
1977#2,60632#713,894
1976#2,66429#683,899
1975#2,27836#664,212
1974#1,93744#654,365
1973#1,93942#614,785
1972#1,92043#565,165
1971#2,21236#546,089
1970#1,80449#486,805
1969#1,83545#476,917
1968#1,67848#496,897
1967#1,75143#457,426
1966#2,19129#437,787
1965#2,15430#438,319
1964#2,15131#419,333
1963#1,73844#419,527
1962#1,75742#429,761
1961#1,95535#4110,433
1960#1,85537#4010,755
1959#1,55249#4210,942
1958#1,44854#3811,325
1957#1,68141#3811,268
1956#1,59844#3811,151
1955#2,22224#3411,109
1954#1,64838#3610,995
1953#1,97327#3311,180
1952#1,93427#3211,268
1951#1,43443#3111,477
1950#1,72030#2911,606
1949#1,40943#2711,960
1948#1,66931#2512,698
1947#1,31848#2313,994
1946#1,20851#2212,667
1945#1,48230#2110,874
1944#1,25540#2111,340
1943#1,19746#2112,246
1942#1,20643#2112,248
1941#1,33533#2110,795
1940#1,21836#2010,595
1939#96054#209,991
1938#1,18238#1810,260
1937#96452#1810,127
1936#96151#1610,186
1935#93755#1610,420
1934#93854#1610,640
1933#76973#1610,962
1932#83068#1511,497
1931#73384#1611,472
1930#74488#1312,535
1929#599130#1212,966
1928#679106#1213,570
1927#702108#1214,377
1926#74493#1214,493
1925#74399#1215,329
1924#76894#1216,044
1923#78686#1115,903
1922#83577#1016,013
1921#77589#916,705
1920#90365#916,430
1919#76584#915,701
1918#85171#917,018
1917#69698#915,768
1916#73784#915,291
1915#82862#915,006
1914#86446#912,002
1913#88136#99,237
1912#93829#97,912
1911#80129#84,314
1910#94121#83,768
1909#96118#83,244
1908#82922#83,146
1907#84020#82,943
1906#96515#82,798
1905#77722#82,837
1904#75522#82,799
1903#81318#82,644
1902#84917#82,756
1901#69921#82,402
1900#86019#83,477
1899#68021#82,550
1898#76819#82,925
1897#76117#72,726
1896#79017#72,845
1895#57827#63,012
1894#68219#72,863
1893#64420#72,917
1892#55425#63,150
1891#55922#62,652
1890#43534#63,078
1889#62017#62,975
1888#54821#63,459
1887#51219#62,883
1886#45922#63,127
1885#50018#63,067
1884#43821#63,218
1883#46517#62,986
1882#56011#63,176
1881#5829#62,834
1880#46613#63,242
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Frank was already there! It came in at #6, and was given to 3,242 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 810 boys a year got the name.

See more about Frank
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#468 → #513)
  • 85 spots since 2020 (#428 → #513)
  • 158 spots since 2015 (#355 → #513)
  • Biggest jump: 5 spots in 2022 (#445 → #440)
  • Biggest drop: 45 spots in 2025 (#468 → #513)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #6 (3,459 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 112 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: 43 yrs · run 1880–1922
  • Top 100: 109 yrs · run 1880–1988
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34
  • Highest: 1 in 34 boys born in 1880 were named Frank (2.9%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,925 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #6 in 1888, was only 1 in 35 (2.9%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.6% of all boys named Frank (151,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30,967#6 (1888)#6
1890s28,718#6 (1892)#7
1900s29,046#8 (1900)#8
1910s116,017#8 (1911)#9
1920s151,830#9 (1921)#11
1930s108,090#13 (1930)#16
1940s119,417#20 (1940)#22
1950s112,321#29 (1950)#35
1960s87,155#40 (1960)#43
1970s46,917#48 (1970)#64
1980s33,590#81 (1980)#90
1990s23,970#109 (1990)#148
2000s14,475#209 (2000)#241
2010s9,480#302 (2010)#347
2020s3,985#428 (2020)#461

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Frank in 1945

girls
#1,482
30 births · 1 in 43,570 girls
boys
#21
10,874 births · 1 in 124 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #1,482Frank30

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #21Frank10,874
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 43,570 of them was named Frank, which outranked 71.7% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frank
  1. #1,450Trinidad31
  2. #1,450Valorie31
  3. #1,450Vernita31
  4. #1,482Frank30
  5. #1,482Anastasia30
  6. #1,482Ardell30
  7. #1,482Bernie30
  8. #1,514Aloma29
  9. #1,514Amparo29
  10. #1,514Belia29

Tied with 31 names at #1,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 124 of them was named Frank, which outranked 99.4% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frank
  1. #18Edward15,870
  2. #19Dennis14,990
  3. #20Jerry14,704
  4. #21Frank10,874
  5. #22Roger10,571
  6. #23Raymond9,858
  7. #24Daniel9,708
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1945 →