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
1945 · 578 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #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 1918

girls
#292
474 births · 1 in 2,442 girls
boys
#761
72 births · 1 in 14,076 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #292Frankie474

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #761Frankie72
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,442 of them was named Frankie, which outranked 94.8% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frankie
  1. #288Nadine484
  2. #290Arline482
  3. #291Berniece476
  4. #292Frankie474
  5. #293Letha473
  6. #294Zelma471
  7. #295Myra468
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 14,076 of them was named Frankie, which outranked 84.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Frankie
  1. #753Theadore73
  2. #753Thurston73
  3. #753Vester73
  4. #761Frankie72
  5. #761Allie72
  6. #761Benjiman72
  7. #761Claudie72
  8. #773Arvel71
  9. #773Carmelo71
  10. #773Estel71

Tied with 11 names at #761; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918