Franklin
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #7,967 · #359 for boys in 2025, 909 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 5,363 births
- Debut · boys
- 120 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 141,728since 1880
Franklin 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 | — | #359 | 909 | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #388 | 841 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #408 | 784 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #407 | 788 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #395 | 801 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #414 | 718 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #422 | 739 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #436 | 693 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #437 | 710 |
| 2016 | — | #423 | 745 | |
| 2015 | — | #444 | 690 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #449 | 664 |
| 2013 | — | #497 | 551 | |
| 2012 | — | #529 | 495 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #499 | 520 |
| 2010 | — | #505 | 510 | |
| 2009 | — | #529 | 511 | |
| 2008 | — | #469 | 589 | |
| 2007 | — | #469 | 580 | |
| 2006 | — | #438 | 622 | |
| 2005 | — | #451 | 567 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #487 | 508 |
| 2003 | — | #466 | 539 | |
| 2002 | — | #470 | 507 | |
| 2001 | — | #452 | 534 | |
| 2000 | — | #447 | 530 | |
| 1999 | — | #411 | 573 | |
| 1998 | — | #389 | 636 | |
| 1997 | — | #398 | 590 | |
| 1996 | — | #351 | 694 | |
| 1995 | — | #363 | 662 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #350 | 702 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #345 | 703 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #310 | 849 |
| 1991 | — | #298 | 860 | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #296 | 852 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #277 | 898 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #280 | 831 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #270 | 808 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #272 | 786 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #264 | 812 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #262 | 797 |
| 1983 | — | #278 | 742 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #258 | 857 |
| 1981 | — | #267 | 814 | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #253 | 879 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #248 | 857 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #247 | 837 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #240 | 860 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #247 | 804 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #238 | 864 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #229 | 913 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #227 | 944 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #231 | 928 |
| 1971 | — | #208 | 1,126 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #208 | 1,219 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #204 | 1,224 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #198 | 1,182 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #194 | 1,200 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #188 | 1,304 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #185 | 1,368 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #189 | 1,498 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #195 | 1,522 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #199 | 1,530 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #195 | 1,527 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #194 | 1,537 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #190 | 1,553 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #182 | 1,587 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #180 | 1,688 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #167 | 1,793 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #163 | 1,764 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #157 | 1,822 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #158 | 1,759 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #159 | 1,722 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #152 | 1,695 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #153 | 1,624 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #155 | 1,621 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #159 | 1,551 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #152 | 1,772 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #140 | 1,721 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #119 | 1,896 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #121 | 1,817 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #119 | 1,973 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #103 | 2,365 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #98 | 2,205 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #87 | 2,391 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #106 | 1,856 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #100 | 2,021 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | #77 | 2,514 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #64 | 2,939 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #71 | 2,611 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #46 | 4,156 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | #33 | 5,363 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #66 | 2,754 |
| 1931 | — | #148 | 1,089 | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #149 | 1,078 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #148 | 1,061 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #146 | 1,103 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #144 | 1,183 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #142 | 1,202 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #134 | 1,294 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #134 | 1,284 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #132 | 1,264 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #126 | 1,317 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #126 | 1,350 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #119 | 1,451 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #129 | 1,206 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #129 | 1,275 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #124 | 1,194 |
| 1916 | — | #130 | 1,073 | |
| 1915 | — | #132 | 1,001 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #134 | 770 |
| 1913 | — | #132 | 593 | |
| 1912 | — | #129 | 497 | |
| 1911 | — | #152 | 220 | |
| 1910 | — | #170 | 176 | |
| 1909 | — | #150 | 168 | |
| 1908 | — | #171 | 133 | |
| 1907 | — | #177 | 122 | |
| 1906 | — | #156 | 125 | |
| 1905 | — | #186 | 98 | |
| 1904 | — | #169 | 108 | |
| 1903 | — | #154 | 116 | |
| 1902 | — | #175 | 97 | |
| 1901 | — | #163 | 92 | |
| 1900 | — | #151 | 137 | |
| 1899 | — | #138 | 116 | |
| 1898 | — | #151 | 112 | |
| 1897 | — | #207 | 68 | |
| 1896 | — | #164 | 96 | |
| 1895 | — | #150 | 103 | |
| 1894 | — | #179 | 84 | |
| 1893 | — | #150 | 99 | |
| 1892 | — | #147 | 109 | |
| 1891 | — | #125 | 109 | |
| 1890 | — | #156 | 90 | |
| 1889 | — | #148 | 100 | |
| 1888 | — | #123 | 129 | |
| 1887 | — | #143 | 89 | |
| 1886 | — | #116 | 127 | |
| 1885 | — | #118 | 117 | |
| 1884 | — | #147 | 93 | |
| 1883 | — | #131 | 94 | |
| 1882 | — | #125 | 112 | |
| 1881 | — | #107 | 117 | |
| 1880 | — | #112 | 120 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Franklin was already there! It came in at #112, and was given to 120 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1897, when fewer than 97 boys a year got the name.
See more about Franklin
- 29 spots since 2024 (#388 → #359)
- 55 spots since 2020 (#414 → #359)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#444 → #359)
- Biggest jump: 82 spots in 1932 (#148 → #66)
- Biggest drop: 60 spots in 2009 (#469 → #529)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1933 at #33 (5,363 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1932–1938
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 185 boys born in 1933 were named Franklin (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,879 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Franklin (26,381) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,098 | #107 (1881) | #127 |
| 1890s | 986 | #125 (1891) | #157 |
| 1900s | 1,196 | #150 (1909) | #165 |
| 1910s | 8,005 | #124 (1917) | #136 |
| 1920s | 12,509 | #119 (1920) | #135 |
| 1930s | 26,381 | #33 (1933) | #86 |
| 1940s | 19,312 | #87 (1940) | #125 |
| 1950s | 17,007 | #152 (1951) | #166 |
| 1960s | 13,892 | #185 (1965) | #194 |
| 1970s | 9,352 | #208 (1970) | #232 |
| 1980s | 8,224 | #253 (1980) | #268 |
| 1990s | 7,121 | #296 (1990) | #351 |
| 2000s | 5,487 | #438 (2006) | #468 |
| 2010s | 6,317 | #422 (2019) | #464 |
| 2020s | 4,841 | #359 (2025) | #395 |
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.
Franklin in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 241,002 of them was named Franklin, which outranked 31.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,456Yvonda8
- #5,456Zan8
- #5,456Zorina8
- #5,974Franklin7
- #5,974Abril7
- #5,974Adah7
- #5,974Adalia7
- #6,617Abagail6
- #6,617Acquanetta6
- #6,617Adaline6
Tied with 642 names at #5,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 1,461 of them was named Franklin, which outranked 96.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.