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
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 3,459 births
- Debut · boys
- 3,242 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 109 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 915,978since 1880
Frank over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #513 | 584 | |
| 2024 | — | #468 | 658 | |
| 2023 | — | #469 | 650 | |
| 2022 | — | #440 | 708 | |
| 2021 | — | #445 | 691 | |
| 2020 | — | #428 | 694 | |
| 2019 | — | #403 | 773 | |
| 2018 | — | #392 | 807 | |
| 2017 | — | #373 | 890 | |
| 2016 | — | #353 | 957 | |
| 2015 | — | #355 | 945 | |
| 2014 | — | #336 | 991 | |
| 2013 | — | #327 | 1,007 | |
| 2012 | — | #320 | 985 | |
| 2011 | — | #308 | 1,048 | |
| 2010 | — | #302 | 1,077 | |
| 2009 | — | #291 | 1,138 | |
| 2008 | — | #278 | 1,228 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #262 | 1,333 |
| 2006 | — | #246 | 1,401 | |
| 2005 | — | #231 | 1,480 | |
| 2004 | — | #230 | 1,466 | |
| 2003 | — | #230 | 1,500 | |
| 2002 | — | #216 | 1,587 | |
| 2001 | — | #214 | 1,634 | |
| 2000 | — | #209 | 1,708 | |
| 1999 | — | #187 | 1,855 | |
| 1998 | — | #177 | 1,889 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #168 | 2,023 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #162 | 2,149 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #157 | 2,247 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #141 | 2,479 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #134 | 2,503 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #125 | 2,756 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #116 | 2,881 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #109 | 3,188 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #109 | 3,049 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #99 | 3,271 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #97 | 3,123 |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | #91 | 3,178 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | #90 | 3,302 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | #86 | 3,330 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #86 | 3,361 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #81 | 3,604 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #82 | 3,638 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #81 | 3,734 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #78 | 3,928 |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | #77 | 3,775 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | #71 | 3,894 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #68 | 3,899 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | #66 | 4,212 |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 | #65 | 4,365 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | #61 | 4,785 |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 | #56 | 5,165 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | #54 | 6,089 |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 | #48 | 6,805 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #47 | 6,917 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | #49 | 6,897 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 | #45 | 7,426 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #43 | 7,787 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 | #43 | 8,319 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | #41 | 9,333 |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 | #41 | 9,527 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 | #42 | 9,761 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | #41 | 10,433 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #40 | 10,755 |
| 1959 | #1,552 | 49 | #42 | 10,942 |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | #38 | 11,325 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | #38 | 11,268 |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 | #38 | 11,151 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #34 | 11,109 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 | #36 | 10,995 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #33 | 11,180 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | #32 | 11,268 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | #31 | 11,477 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #29 | 11,606 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 43 | #27 | 11,960 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | #25 | 12,698 |
| 1947 | #1,318 | 48 | #23 | 13,994 |
| 1946 | #1,208 | 51 | #22 | 12,667 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | #21 | 10,874 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 | #21 | 11,340 |
| 1943 | #1,197 | 46 | #21 | 12,246 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | #21 | 12,248 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | #21 | 10,795 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | #20 | 10,595 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 | #20 | 9,991 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 | #18 | 10,260 |
| 1937 | #964 | 52 | #18 | 10,127 |
| 1936 | #961 | 51 | #16 | 10,186 |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 | #16 | 10,420 |
| 1934 | #938 | 54 | #16 | 10,640 |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 | #16 | 10,962 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 | #15 | 11,497 |
| 1931 | #733 | 84 | #16 | 11,472 |
| 1930 | #744 | 88 | #13 | 12,535 |
| 1929 | #599 | 130 | #12 | 12,966 |
| 1928 | #679 | 106 | #12 | 13,570 |
| 1927 | #702 | 108 | #12 | 14,377 |
| 1926 | #744 | 93 | #12 | 14,493 |
| 1925 | #743 | 99 | #12 | 15,329 |
| 1924 | #768 | 94 | #12 | 16,044 |
| 1923 | #786 | 86 | #11 | 15,903 |
| 1922 | #835 | 77 | #10 | 16,013 |
| 1921 | #775 | 89 | #9 | 16,705 |
| 1920 | #903 | 65 | #9 | 16,430 |
| 1919 | #765 | 84 | #9 | 15,701 |
| 1918 | #851 | 71 | #9 | 17,018 |
| 1917 | #696 | 98 | #9 | 15,768 |
| 1916 | #737 | 84 | #9 | 15,291 |
| 1915 | #828 | 62 | #9 | 15,006 |
| 1914 | #864 | 46 | #9 | 12,002 |
| 1913 | #881 | 36 | #9 | 9,237 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 | #9 | 7,912 |
| 1911 | #801 | 29 | #8 | 4,314 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | #8 | 3,768 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | #8 | 3,244 |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 | #8 | 3,146 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | #8 | 2,943 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | #8 | 2,798 |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 | #8 | 2,837 |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | #8 | 2,799 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | #8 | 2,644 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 | #8 | 2,756 |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | #8 | 2,402 |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | #8 | 3,477 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 | #8 | 2,550 |
| 1898 | #768 | 19 | #8 | 2,925 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | #7 | 2,726 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | #7 | 2,845 |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 | #6 | 3,012 |
| 1894 | #682 | 19 | #7 | 2,863 |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 | #7 | 2,917 |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | #6 | 3,150 |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 | #6 | 2,652 |
| 1890 | #435 | 34 | #6 | 3,078 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 | #6 | 2,975 |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 | #6 | 3,459 |
| 1887 | #512 | 19 | #6 | 2,883 |
| 1886 | #459 | 22 | #6 | 3,127 |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | #6 | 3,067 |
| 1884 | #438 | 21 | #6 | 3,218 |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | #6 | 2,986 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | #6 | 3,176 |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | #6 | 2,834 |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | #6 | 3,242 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #6 (3,459 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 112 yrs later
- Top 10: 43 yrs · run 1880–1922
- Top 100: 109 yrs · run 1880–1988
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 16.6% of all boys named Frank (151,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30,967 | #6 (1888) | #6 |
| 1890s | 28,718 | #6 (1892) | #7 |
| 1900s | 29,046 | #8 (1900) | #8 |
| 1910s | 116,017 | #8 (1911) | #9 |
| 1920s | 151,830 | #9 (1921) | #11 |
| 1930s | 108,090 | #13 (1930) | #16 |
| 1940s | 119,417 | #20 (1940) | #22 |
| 1950s | 112,321 | #29 (1950) | #35 |
| 1960s | 87,155 | #40 (1960) | #43 |
| 1970s | 46,917 | #48 (1970) | #64 |
| 1980s | 33,590 | #81 (1980) | #90 |
| 1990s | 23,970 | #109 (1990) | #148 |
| 2000s | 14,475 | #209 (2000) | #241 |
| 2010s | 9,480 | #302 (2010) | #347 |
| 2020s | 3,985 | #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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 61,493 of them was named Frank, which outranked 74.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,069Zabrina28
- #3,069Zina28
- #3,069Zulma28
- #3,134Frank27
- #3,134Aishia27
- #3,134Alea27
- #3,134Ambar27
- #3,215Aleesha26
- #3,215Allyssa26
- #3,215Ameerah26
Tied with 80 names at #3,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 478 of them was named Frank, which outranked 98.9% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.