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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

girls
#1,939
42 births · 1 in 34,719 girls
boys
#61
4,785 births · 1 in 326 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,939Frank42

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #61Frank4,785
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 34,719 of them was named Frank, which outranked 80.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frank
  1. #1,913Shelita43
  2. #1,913Tonisha43
  3. #1,913Willow43
  4. #1,939Frank42
  5. #1,939Aliza42
  6. #1,939Ariel42
  7. #1,939Astrid42
  8. #1,979Amparo41
  9. #1,979Candis41
  10. #1,979Cathie41

Tied with 39 names at #1,939; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 326 of them was named Frank, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frank
  1. #58Brandon5,065
  2. #59Troy5,064
  3. #60Raymond4,831
  4. #61Frank4,785
  5. #62Bradley4,748
  6. #63Nathan4,734
  7. #64Jeffery4,407
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →