Frankie

Where Frankie comes from

From Frank + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Frankie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #852 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Frankie Avalon born
    American actor and singer
  3. 1945
    Peak, #232
    578 babies named Frankie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1949
    Frankie Faison born
    American actor
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #609.
  6. 2015
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Frank, Francisco, Francis, and Franklin.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francesca.
  • A diminutive of the surname Frankenstein, used as a given name for a similar monster or mad scientist.
Namesakes
  • Frankie Avalon · American actor and singer, born 1940
  • Frankie Faison · American actor, born 1949
  • Frankie Manning · American dancer and choreographer, 1914–2009
  • Frankie Edgar · American mixed martial artist, born 1981
  • Frankie Hejduk · American soccer player, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.