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

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Peak · boys
1933 · 133 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,097
since 1885

Franklyn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Franklyn has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #486, 1933boys
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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#8,86011#4,39623
2024#12,1617#6,83212
2023#15,1945#5,47017
2022#10,3839#4,18425
2021#15,2515#4,24724
2020#12,1427#3,73428
2019#7,71614#4,00326
2018#8,61712#3,37333
2017#10,6899#4,33123
2016#10,8599#4,32723
2015#14,4826#4,29523
2014#4,70220
2013#4,62120
2012#3,45031
2011#4,11024
2010#2,68245
2009#3,55130
2008#2,37454
2007#2,92040
2006#2,65944
2005#2,70140
2004#2,74138
2003#2,78035
2002#2,88232
2001#2,48939
2000#2,42539
1999#2,19942
1998#1,87152
1997#1,77354
1996#2,14539
1995#1,75850
1994#1,77349
1993#1,74149
1992#1,88443
1991#1,50258
1990#1,39564
1989#1,25874
1988#1,42754
1987#1,31656
1986#1,66238
1985#1,72435
1984#1,38247
1983#1,37546
1982#1,65436
1981#1,52040
1980#1,61936
1979#1,75332
1978#1,59635
1977#1,57135
1976#1,41140
1975#1,83526
1974#1,52033
1973#1,37637
1972#1,34839
1971#1,37838
1970#1,17050
1969#98261
1968#1,14743
1967#1,21538
1966#1,17840
1965#1,06448
1964#1,14745
1963#1,10048
1962#1,14745
1961#1,17945
1960#1,11549
1959#1,14146
1958#1,04953
1957#1,02954
1956#93464
1955#89369
1954#90866
1953#97554
1952#98153
1951#94954
1950#89958
1949#80872
1948#80271
1947#85466
1946#92552
1945#69277
1944#97444
1943#80367
1942#67791
1941#76266
1940#67680
1939#67577
1938#71573
1937#70672
1936#67577
1935#59395
1934#65784
1933#486133
1932#4,4115#69778
1931#85855
1930#73075
1929#73473
1928#83562
1927#78071
1926#69982
1925#67889
1924#81768
1923#65795
1922#65795
1921#66894
1920#75476
1919#67784
1918#67984
1917#62989
1916#82457
1915#69870
1914#68755
1913#73440
1912#93523
1911#85615
1910#78215
1909#1,1557
1908#82511
1907#86610
1906#1,1116
1905#9198
1904#1,2055
1903#7839
1902#1,1375
1901#8587
1900
1899
1898#70110
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893#9076
1892#8617
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1933 at #486 (133 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,455
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 13.4% of all boys named Franklyn (819) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#836 (1885)#934
1890s28#701 (1898)#886
1900s68#783 (1903)#984
1910s532#629 (1917)#750
1920s805#657 (1922)#728
1930s819#486 (1933)#679
1940s686#676 (1940)#797
1950s571#893 (1955)#976
1960s462#982 (1969)#1,127
1970s365#1,170 (1970)#1,496
1980s462#1,258 (1989)#1,494
1990s500#1,395 (1990)#1,804
2000s391#2,374 (2008)#2,752
2010s268#2,682 (2010)#3,989
2020s129#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 1970

boys
#1,170
50 births · 1 in 37,165 boys

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #1,170Franklyn50
More about 1970

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 37,165 of them was named Franklyn, which outranked 78.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Franklyn
  1. #1,159Tye51
  2. #1,159Tyronne51
  3. #1,159Vernell51
  4. #1,170Franklyn50
  5. #1,170Caesar50
  6. #1,170Gaylon50
  7. #1,170Jarred50
  8. #1,178Anthoney49
  9. #1,178Arnoldo49
  10. #1,178Benson49

Tied with 7 names at #1,170; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 3,783Jermaine#4,404#621
  2. 1,000Dax#1,861#861
  3. 842Jeramy#1,810#968
  4. 639Branden#1,570#931
  5. 407Braden#1,396#989
Fallers
  1. 593Jemal#549#1,142
  2. 307Karen#885#1,192
  3. 307Merlin#885#1,192
  4. 302Dennie#920#1,222
  5. 276Luciano#931#1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970