Frankie
#551 for girls in 2025, 549 births · #920 for boys in 2025, 256 births
Given to boys 53.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 578 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 42,268since 1897
Frankie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #551 | 549 | #920 | 256 |
| 2024 | #590 | 512 | #1,108 | 193 |
| 2023 | #539 | 562 | #1,014 | 217 |
| 2022 | #545 | 566 | #1,049 | 210 |
| 2021 | #590 | 507 | #1,060 | 202 |
| 2020 | #587 | 495 | #972 | 221 |
| 2019 | #738 | 384 | #1,034 | 200 |
| 2018 | #805 | 338 | #1,040 | 195 |
| 2017 | #843 | 323 | #901 | 238 |
| 2016 | #955 | 284 | #999 | 204 |
| 2015 | #985 | 274 | #987 | 209 |
| 2014 | #1,151 | 216 | #932 | 227 |
| 2013 | #1,496 | 148 | #818 | 265 |
| 2012 | #1,351 | 173 | #868 | 243 |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 | #860 | 246 |
| 2010 | #1,794 | 114 | #793 | 273 |
| 2009 | #1,704 | 130 | #728 | 322 |
| 2008 | #2,078 | 98 | #761 | 292 |
| 2007 | #1,679 | 131 | #689 | 345 |
| 2006 | #1,918 | 105 | #652 | 354 |
| 2005 | #1,838 | 106 | #717 | 283 |
| 2004 | #1,756 | 109 | #743 | 251 |
| 2003 | #2,167 | 80 | #809 | 215 |
| 2002 | #1,866 | 95 | #746 | 232 |
| 2001 | #1,901 | 91 | #766 | 224 |
| 2000 | #1,827 | 94 | #729 | 235 |
| 1999 | #1,482 | 116 | #652 | 265 |
| 1998 | #1,533 | 109 | #682 | 250 |
| 1997 | #1,400 | 120 | #632 | 268 |
| 1996 | #1,466 | 112 | #626 | 276 |
| 1995 | #1,392 | 118 | #609 | 284 |
| 1994 | #1,269 | 134 | #602 | 298 |
| 1993 | #1,104 | 163 | #547 | 345 |
| 1992 | #1,065 | 171 | #556 | 336 |
| 1991 | #1,233 | 138 | #526 | 365 |
| 1990 | #1,424 | 111 | #497 | 385 |
| 1989 | #1,315 | 119 | #498 | 370 |
| 1988 | #1,439 | 96 | #473 | 374 |
| 1987 | #1,545 | 82 | #431 | 415 |
| 1986 | #1,572 | 76 | #475 | 332 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | #482 | 325 |
| 1984 | #1,866 | 57 | #441 | 364 |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | #447 | 346 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | #445 | 363 |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 | #432 | 370 |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 | #407 | 398 |
| 1979 | #1,332 | 93 | #397 | 400 |
| 1978 | #1,202 | 104 | #387 | 404 |
| 1977 | #1,102 | 117 | #394 | 401 |
| 1976 | #1,032 | 120 | #377 | 414 |
| 1975 | #1,074 | 109 | #371 | 441 |
| 1974 | #964 | 128 | #358 | 461 |
| 1973 | #963 | 123 | #353 | 471 |
| 1972 | #869 | 148 | #347 | 494 |
| 1971 | #822 | 169 | #327 | 572 |
| 1970 | #827 | 166 | #322 | 598 |
| 1969 | #763 | 176 | #317 | 587 |
| 1968 | #686 | 201 | #307 | 599 |
| 1967 | #671 | 205 | #288 | 631 |
| 1966 | #641 | 223 | #292 | 657 |
| 1965 | #572 | 280 | #288 | 679 |
| 1964 | #664 | 237 | #284 | 743 |
| 1963 | #592 | 282 | #285 | 733 |
| 1962 | #606 | 272 | #293 | 698 |
| 1961 | #589 | 295 | #276 | 806 |
| 1960 | #538 | 321 | #280 | 813 |
| 1959 | #542 | 323 | #268 | 875 |
| 1958 | #514 | 353 | #280 | 751 |
| 1957 | #490 | 378 | #277 | 746 |
| 1956 | #470 | 394 | #262 | 764 |
| 1955 | #457 | 394 | #266 | 709 |
| 1954 | #424 | 423 | #266 | 697 |
| 1953 | #426 | 416 | #273 | 646 |
| 1952 | #404 | 428 | #270 | 653 |
| 1951 | #395 | 429 | #265 | 647 |
| 1950 | #389 | 435 | #253 | 650 |
| 1949 | #368 | 454 | #285 | 576 |
| 1948 | #347 | 502 | #259 | 625 |
| 1947 | #358 | 507 | #285 | 586 |
| 1946 | #356 | 455 | #257 | 590 |
| 1945 | #304 | 509 | #232 | 578 |
| 1944 | #291 | 544 | #258 | 519 |
| 1943 | #284 | 597 | #275 | 492 |
| 1942 | #295 | 533 | #270 | 489 |
| 1941 | #295 | 486 | #283 | 414 |
| 1940 | #276 | 515 | #282 | 394 |
| 1939 | #283 | 483 | #304 | 333 |
| 1938 | #277 | 527 | #286 | 370 |
| 1937 | #259 | 570 | #278 | 383 |
| 1936 | #256 | 570 | #291 | 343 |
| 1935 | #264 | 541 | #317 | 291 |
| 1934 | #256 | 590 | #292 | 340 |
| 1933 | #255 | 569 | #310 | 299 |
| 1932 | #266 | 559 | #317 | 300 |
| 1931 | #271 | 526 | #328 | 279 |
| 1930 | #275 | 545 | #357 | 257 |
| 1929 | #307 | 476 | #384 | 224 |
| 1928 | #293 | 510 | #431 | 191 |
| 1927 | #297 | 508 | #447 | 188 |
| 1926 | #292 | 524 | #480 | 157 |
| 1925 | #284 | 556 | #525 | 137 |
| 1924 | #286 | 532 | #524 | 145 |
| 1923 | #302 | 456 | #531 | 131 |
| 1922 | #305 | 452 | #600 | 116 |
| 1921 | #308 | 450 | #672 | 93 |
| 1920 | #306 | 454 | #602 | 109 |
| 1919 | #296 | 469 | #673 | 85 |
| 1918 | #292 | 474 | #761 | 72 |
| 1917 | #318 | 370 | #876 | 53 |
| 1916 | #309 | 382 | #763 | 64 |
| 1915 | #327 | 338 | #925 | 45 |
| 1914 | #312 | 282 | #967 | 33 |
| 1913 | #308 | 237 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | #318 | 207 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #303 | 170 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #300 | 166 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #320 | 128 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #290 | 148 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #372 | 89 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #317 | 110 | — | |
| 1905 | #294 | 128 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #339 | 92 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #353 | 81 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #335 | 88 | — | |
| 1901 | #383 | 59 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #392 | 71 | — | |
| 1899 | #342 | 76 | — | |
| 1898 | #380 | 66 | — | |
| 1897 | #374 | 60 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #373 | 58 | — | |
| 1895 | #353 | 62 | — | |
| 1894 | #338 | 68 | — | |
| 1893 | #278 | 90 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #317 | 63 | — | |
| 1890 | #309 | 67 | — | |
| 1889 | #301 | 64 | — | |
| 1888 | #231 | 100 | — | |
| 1887 | #308 | 48 | — | |
| 1886 | #276 | 57 | — | |
| 1885 | #337 | 35 | — | |
| 1884 | #295 | 42 | — | |
| 1883 | #320 | 31 | — | |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | — | |
| 1881 | #325 | 24 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
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.
Where Frankie is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#184 · 1 in 932
- West Virginia#204 · 1 in 1,985
- Kansas#265 · 1 in 2,404
- Mississippi#268 · 1 in 1,720
- Kentucky#282 · 1 in 3,128
Best ever in a state: #82 in New Mexico, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #184 | 11 | 1 in 932 |
| West Virginia | #204 | 7 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Kansas | #265 | 7 | 1 in 2,404 |
| Mississippi | #268 | 11 | 1 in 1,720 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 9 | 1 in 3,128 |
| Connecticut | #285 | 6 | 1 in 2,884 |
| Alabama | #286 | 11 | 1 in 2,454 |
| North Carolina | #287 | 15 | 1 in 2,504 |
| South Carolina | #292 | 10 | 1 in 2,106 |
| Arizona | #309 | 9 | 1 in 2,325 |
| New York | #309 | 41 | 1 in 2,708 |
| California | #310 | 76 | 1 in 2,365 |
| Tennessee | #315 | 11 | 1 in 2,987 |
| Indiana | #320 | 11 | 1 in 3,733 |
| Virginia | #336 | 10 | 1 in 3,327 |
| Arkansas | #354 | 5 | 1 in 3,187 |
| New Jersey | #364 | 11 | 1 in 3,858 |
| Florida | #365 | 17 | 1 in 3,220 |
| Georgia | #375 | 11 | 1 in 3,571 |
| Texas | #421 | 34 | 1 in 3,627 |
| Illinois | #475 | 15 | 1 in 5,583 |
| Pennsylvania | #478 | 9 | 1 in 8,452 |
| Michigan | #489 | 9 | 1 in 7,448 |
| Louisiana | #526 | 7 | 1 in 4,985 |
| Ohio | #534 | 8 | 1 in 10,049 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Frankie
- 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)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1945 at #232 (578 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 50 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1914–2017
- 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%)
- 16.9% of all boys named Frankie (7,138) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #852 (1897) | #852 |
| 1900s | 60 | #744 (1908) | #939 |
| 1910s | 431 | #673 (1919) | #858 |
| 1920s | 1,491 | #384 (1929) | #520 |
| 1930s | 3,195 | #278 (1937) | #308 |
| 1940s | 5,263 | #232 (1945) | #269 |
| 1950s | 7,138 | #253 (1950) | #268 |
| 1960s | 6,946 | #276 (1961) | #291 |
| 1970s | 4,656 | #322 (1970) | #363 |
| 1980s | 3,657 | #407 (1980) | #453 |
| 1990s | 3,072 | #497 (1990) | #593 |
| 2000s | 2,753 | #652 (2006) | #734 |
| 2010s | 2,300 | #793 (2010) | #923 |
| 2020s | 1,299 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 17,261 of them was named Frankie, which outranked 88.9% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,323Mechelle94
- #1,323Misha94
- #1,323Nichelle94
- #1,332Frankie93
- #1,332Hallie93
- #1,332Micaela93
- #1,332Shalanda93
- #1,338Devan92
- #1,338Ebonie92
- #1,338Eryn92
Tied with 5 names at #1,332; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 4,304 of them was named Frankie, which outranked 94.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.