Frankie

#551 for girls in 2025, 549 births · #920 for boys in 2025, 256 births
Given to boys 53.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#232
1945 · 578 births
Debut · boys
1897
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
42,268
since 1897

Frankie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #231, 1888peak #232, 1945girlsboys
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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#551549#920256
2024#590512#1,108193
2023#539562#1,014217
2022#545566#1,049210
2021#590507#1,060202
2020#587495#972221
2019#738384#1,034200
2018#805338#1,040195
2017#843323#901238
2016#955284#999204
2015#985274#987209
2014#1,151216#932227
2013#1,496148#818265
2012#1,351173#868243
2011#1,598135#860246
2010#1,794114#793273
2009#1,704130#728322
2008#2,07898#761292
2007#1,679131#689345
2006#1,918105#652354
2005#1,838106#717283
2004#1,756109#743251
2003#2,16780#809215
2002#1,86695#746232
2001#1,90191#766224
2000#1,82794#729235
1999#1,482116#652265
1998#1,533109#682250
1997#1,400120#632268
1996#1,466112#626276
1995#1,392118#609284
1994#1,269134#602298
1993#1,104163#547345
1992#1,065171#556336
1991#1,233138#526365
1990#1,424111#497385
1989#1,315119#498370
1988#1,43996#473374
1987#1,54582#431415
1986#1,57276#475332
1985#1,63272#482325
1984#1,86657#441364
1983#1,62968#447346
1982#1,92255#445363
1981#1,52878#432370
1980#1,31896#407398
1979#1,33293#397400
1978#1,202104#387404
1977#1,102117#394401
1976#1,032120#377414
1975#1,074109#371441
1974#964128#358461
1973#963123#353471
1972#869148#347494
1971#822169#327572
1970#827166#322598
1969#763176#317587
1968#686201#307599
1967#671205#288631
1966#641223#292657
1965#572280#288679
1964#664237#284743
1963#592282#285733
1962#606272#293698
1961#589295#276806
1960#538321#280813
1959#542323#268875
1958#514353#280751
1957#490378#277746
1956#470394#262764
1955#457394#266709
1954#424423#266697
1953#426416#273646
1952#404428#270653
1951#395429#265647
1950#389435#253650
1949#368454#285576
1948#347502#259625
1947#358507#285586
1946#356455#257590
1945#304509#232578
1944#291544#258519
1943#284597#275492
1942#295533#270489
1941#295486#283414
1940#276515#282394
1939#283483#304333
1938#277527#286370
1937#259570#278383
1936#256570#291343
1935#264541#317291
1934#256590#292340
1933#255569#310299
1932#266559#317300
1931#271526#328279
1930#275545#357257
1929#307476#384224
1928#293510#431191
1927#297508#447188
1926#292524#480157
1925#284556#525137
1924#286532#524145
1923#302456#531131
1922#305452#600116
1921#308450#67293
1920#306454#602109
1919#296469#67385
1918#292474#76172
1917#318370#87653
1916#309382#76364
1915#327338#92545
1914#312282#96733
1913#308237#1,02324
1912#318207#83528
1911#303170#89614
1910#300166#85913
1909#320128#75614
1908#290148#74413
1907#37289#9309
1906#317110—
1905#294128#1,0916
1904#33992#1,0646
1903#35381#1,1305
1902#33588—
1901#38359#8587
1900#39271—
1899#34276—
1898#38066—
1897#37460#8527
1896#37358—
1895#35362—
1894#33868—
1893#27890—
1892#31472—
1891#31763—
1890#30967—
1889#30164—
1888#231100—
1887#30848—
1886#27657—
1885#33735—
1884#29542—
1883#32031—
1882#38921—
1881#32524—
1880#40317—
First appearance
1897

The first year at least five boys were named Frankie! It came in at #852, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1898–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Frankie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 188 spots since 2024 (#1,108 → #920)
  • 52 spots since 2020 (#972 → #920)
  • 67 spots since 2015 (#987 → #920)
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 2025 (#1,108 → #920)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1913 (#835 → #1,023)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1945 at #232 (578 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 114 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1914–2017
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,328
  • Highest: 1 in 2,328 boys born in 1945 were named Frankie (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,672 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.9% of all boys named Frankie (7,138) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#852 (1897)#852
1900s60#744 (1908)#939
1910s431#673 (1919)#858
1920s1,491#384 (1929)#520
1930s3,195#278 (1937)#308
1940s5,263#232 (1945)#269
1950s7,138#253 (1950)#268
1960s6,946#276 (1961)#291
1970s4,656#322 (1970)#363
1980s3,657#407 (1980)#453
1990s3,072#497 (1990)#593
2000s2,753#652 (2006)#734
2010s2,300#793 (2010)#923
2020s1,299#920 (2025)#1,021

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.

Frankie in 1903

girls
#353
81 births · 1 in 3,234 girls
boys
#1,130
5 births · 1 in 23,846 boys

Top girls' names in 1903

  1. #1Mary14,275
  2. #2Helen6,129
  3. #3Anna5,098
  4. #4Margaret5,045
  5. #5Ruth4,517
  6. #6Elizabeth3,724
  7. #7Marie3,469
  8. #8Florence3,468
  9. #9Ethel3,257
  10. #10Mildred3,088
  11. #353Frankie81

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #1,130Frankie5
More about 1903

girls

261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 3,234 of them was named Frankie, which outranked 83.1% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frankie
  1. #346Zora83
  2. #351Clarice82
  3. #351Leota82
  4. #353Frankie81
  5. #354Leora80
  6. #355Era79
  7. #355Fanny79
Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,004Rafaela#1,793 → #789
  2. ↑ 957Evia#1,793 → #836
  3. ↑ 862Euphemia#1,793 → #931
  4. ↑ 758Janette#1,594 → #836
  5. ↑ 758Louis#1,594 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 889Littie#903 → #1,792
  2. ↓ 889Samantha#903 → #1,792
  3. ↓ 820Marianna#972 → #1,792
  4. ↓ 689Classie#903 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 667Venus#773 → #1,440

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

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 23,846 of them was named Frankie, which outranked 13.5% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frankie
  1. #1,009Wong6
  2. #1,009Woodie6
  3. #1,009Zelma6
  4. #1,130Frankie5
  5. #1,130Adelard5
  6. #1,130Adelbert5
  7. #1,130Adolf5

Tied with 176 names at #1,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 610Garnett#1,137 → #527
  2. ↑ 562Jordan#1,013 → #451
  3. ↑ 561Reynold#1,137 → #576
  4. ↑ 542Artis#1,137 → #595
  5. ↑ 518Josiah#1,137 → #619
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Hunter#556 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 547Audrey#583 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 479Hayes#651 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 479Hezekiah#651 → #1,130
  5. ↓ 479Oakley#651 → #1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903 →