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.
Where Franklyn is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#528 · 1 in 12,939
Best ever in a state: #157 in Connecticut, 1926.
Show every state
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| New York | #528 | 14 | 1 in 12,939 |
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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 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 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 39,949 of them was named Franklyn, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,022Rudolfo55
- #1,022Vernell55
- #1,022Walton55
- #1,029Franklyn54
- #1,029Davy54
- #1,029Edsel54
- #1,029Eldridge54
- #1,041Adan53
- #1,041Dario53
- #1,041Diane53
Tied with 11 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.