Franklyn
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 133 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,097since 1885
Franklyn over time
Rank among boys' names. Franklyn has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #8,860 | 11 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | — | #4,702 | 20 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,450 | 31 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,682 | 45 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,374 | 54 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,920 | 40 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,659 | 44 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,701 | 40 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,741 | 38 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,489 | 39 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,425 | 39 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,871 | 52 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,773 | 54 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,145 | 39 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,758 | 50 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,773 | 49 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,741 | 49 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,502 | 58 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,395 | 64 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,258 | 74 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,427 | 54 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,316 | 56 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,724 | 35 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,375 | 46 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,654 | 36 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,520 | 40 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,753 | 32 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,596 | 35 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,571 | 35 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,411 | 40 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,835 | 26 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,376 | 37 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,170 | 50 | |
| 1969 | — | #982 | 61 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,147 | 43 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,215 | 38 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,178 | 40 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,064 | 48 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,115 | 49 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,141 | 46 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,049 | 53 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,029 | 54 | |
| 1956 | — | #934 | 64 | |
| 1955 | — | #893 | 69 | |
| 1954 | — | #908 | 66 | |
| 1953 | — | #975 | 54 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #949 | 54 | |
| 1950 | — | #899 | 58 | |
| 1949 | — | #808 | 72 | |
| 1948 | — | #802 | 71 | |
| 1947 | — | #854 | 66 | |
| 1946 | — | #925 | 52 | |
| 1945 | — | #692 | 77 | |
| 1944 | — | #974 | 44 | |
| 1943 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1942 | — | #677 | 91 | |
| 1941 | — | #762 | 66 | |
| 1940 | — | #676 | 80 | |
| 1939 | — | #675 | 77 | |
| 1938 | — | #715 | 73 | |
| 1937 | — | #706 | 72 | |
| 1936 | — | #675 | 77 | |
| 1935 | — | #593 | 95 | |
| 1934 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1933 | — | #486 | 133 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #697 | 78 |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #730 | 75 | |
| 1929 | — | #734 | 73 | |
| 1928 | — | #835 | 62 | |
| 1927 | — | #780 | 71 | |
| 1926 | — | #699 | 82 | |
| 1925 | — | #678 | 89 | |
| 1924 | — | #817 | 68 | |
| 1923 | — | #657 | 95 | |
| 1922 | — | #657 | 95 | |
| 1921 | — | #668 | 94 | |
| 1920 | — | #754 | 76 | |
| 1919 | — | #677 | 84 | |
| 1918 | — | #679 | 84 | |
| 1917 | — | #629 | 89 | |
| 1916 | — | #824 | 57 | |
| 1915 | — | #698 | 70 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #734 | 40 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Franklyn! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Franklyn
- 2,436 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #4,396)
- 662 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #4,396)
- 101 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #4,396)
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1910 (#1,155 → #782)
- Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1904 (#783 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1933 at #486 (133 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1956
- Highest: 1 in 7,455 boys born in 1933 were named Franklyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.4% of all boys named Franklyn (819) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 (1885) | #934 |
| 1890s | 28 | #701 (1898) | #886 |
| 1900s | 68 | #783 (1903) | #984 |
| 1910s | 532 | #629 (1917) | #750 |
| 1920s | 805 | #657 (1922) | #728 |
| 1930s | 819 | #486 (1933) | #679 |
| 1940s | 686 | #676 (1940) | #797 |
| 1950s | 571 | #893 (1955) | #976 |
| 1960s | 462 | #982 (1969) | #1,127 |
| 1970s | 365 | #1,170 (1970) | #1,496 |
| 1980s | 462 | #1,258 (1989) | #1,494 |
| 1990s | 500 | #1,395 (1990) | #1,804 |
| 2000s | 391 | #2,374 (2008) | #2,752 |
| 2010s | 268 | #2,682 (2010) | #3,989 |
| 2020s | 129 | #3,734 (2020) | #4,811 |
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.
Franklyn in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Franklyn, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 13,387 of them was named Franklyn, which outranked 83.7% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).