Meaning not yet researched.
Frank: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 584 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 1895.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 1895; #514 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Frank in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#514 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1895, at #6.
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Frank: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 584 boys in 2025. Peak: #6 in 1895 · most boys in one year: 17,018 (1918).
In 2025, 584 US boys were named Frank, making it the 514th most common boys’ name of the year, down 45 places from #469 in 2024. That is 74 fewer than the 658 boys named Frank in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #6, reached in 1895. The most boys given the name in a single year was 17,018, in 1918. For comparison, it was #355 in 2015 and #29 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Frank in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 3,255 babies with the name. In all, 920,589 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 152,777 babies named Frank.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,412 US boys were named Frank; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 957. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,925 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Frank ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #217 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Francis (320,322 babies since 1880), Francisco (143,146 babies since 1880), Franklin (142,506 babies since 1880) and Franco (9,107 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Franz, France and Frantz are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Frankie and Franky.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Franz (2,864), France (1,538), Frantz (1,103), Franko (329), Franck (174), Frans (150), Franciszek (138), Franke (67), Ferenc (37), Francesc (29), Franc (26), Francisc (8), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 6 | #217 | — |
| New Jersey | 39 | #246 | #210 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #255 | #190 |
| Nevada | 10 | #308 | #341 |
| New York | 58 | #314 | #207 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #346 | #373 |
| Florida | 50 | #385 | #320 |
| Illinois | 27 | #405 | #313 |
| Arizona | 17 | #435 | #444 |
| Michigan | 17 | #496 | #370 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #503 | #340 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #512 | #347 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #526 | #242 |
| Utah | 8 | #531 | #705 |
| California | 58 | #533 | #258 |
| Virginia | 14 | #534 | #520 |
| Oregon | 6 | #553 | #584 |
| Missouri | 10 | #572 | #413 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #583 | #337 |
| Maryland | 8 | #595 | #380 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #610 | #487 |
| Texas | 50 | #617 | #361 |
| Ohio | 15 | #633 | #521 |
| Georgia | 15 | #657 | #482 |
| North Carolina | 13 | #692 | #533 |
| Colorado | 7 | #706 | #401 |
| Washington | 8 | #753 | #476 |
| Alabama | 5 | #799 | #587 |
| Indiana | 5 | #988 | #551 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 584 | #514 |
| 2024 | — | — | 658 | #469 |
| 2023 | — | — | 650 | #469 |
| 2022 | — | — | 708 | #440 |
| 2021 | — | — | 691 | #445 |
| 2020 | — | — | 694 | #428 |
| 2019 | — | — | 773 | #403 |
| 2018 | — | — | 807 | #392 |
| 2017 | — | — | 890 | #373 |
| 2016 | — | — | 957 | #353 |
| 2015 | — | — | 945 | #355 |
| 2014 | — | — | 991 | #336 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,007 | #327 |
| 2012 | — | — | 985 | #320 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,048 | #308 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,077 | #302 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,138 | #291 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,228 | #278 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,555 | 1,333 | #262 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,401 | #246 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,480 | #231 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,466 | #230 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,500 | #230 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,587 | #216 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,634 | #214 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,708 | #209 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,855 | #187 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,889 | #177 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,281 | 2,023 | #168 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,044 | 2,149 | #162 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,514 | 2,247 | #157 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,257 | 2,479 | #141 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,280 | 2,503 | #134 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,855 | 2,756 | #125 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,106 | 2,881 | #116 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,592 | 3,188 | #109 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,157 | 3,049 | #109 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,911 | 3,271 | #99 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,278 | 3,123 | #97 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,927 | 3,178 | #91 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,184 | 3,302 | #90 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,103 | 3,330 | #86 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,178 | 3,361 | #86 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,041 | 3,604 | #81 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,012 | 3,638 | #82 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,151 | 3,734 | #81 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,744 | 3,928 | #78 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,760 | 3,775 | #77 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,627 | 3,894 | #71 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,678 | 3,899 | #68 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,287 | 4,212 | #66 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,940 | 4,365 | #65 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,951 | 4,785 | #61 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,931 | 5,165 | #56 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,219 | 6,089 | #54 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,810 | 6,805 | #48 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,847 | 6,917 | #47 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,688 | 6,897 | #49 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,764 | 7,426 | #45 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,211 | 7,787 | #43 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,167 | 8,319 | #43 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,163 | 9,333 | #41 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,740 | 9,527 | #41 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,765 | 9,761 | #42 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,968 | 10,433 | #41 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,860 | 10,755 | #40 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,559 | 10,942 | #42 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,454 | 11,325 | #38 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,690 | 11,268 | #38 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,603 | 11,151 | #38 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,238 | 11,109 | #34 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,653 | 10,995 | #36 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,982 | 11,180 | #33 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,953 | 11,268 | #32 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,442 | 11,477 | #31 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,737 | 11,606 | #29 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,412 | 11,960 | #27 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,684 | 12,698 | #25 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,322 | 13,994 | #23 |
| 1946 | 51 | #1,212 | 12,667 | #22 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,491 | 10,874 | #21 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,261 | 11,340 | #21 |
| 1943 | 46 | #1,200 | 12,246 | #21 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,214 | 12,248 | #21 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,344 | 10,795 | #21 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,227 | 10,595 | #20 |
| 1939 | 54 | #965 | 9,991 | #20 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,190 | 10,260 | #18 |
| 1937 | 52 | #968 | 10,127 | #18 |
| 1936 | 51 | #963 | 10,186 | #16 |
| 1935 | 55 | #942 | 10,420 | #16 |
| 1934 | 54 | #942 | 10,640 | #16 |
| 1933 | 73 | #773 | 10,962 | #16 |
| 1932 | 68 | #835 | 11,497 | #15 |
| 1931 | 84 | #738 | 11,472 | #16 |
| 1930 | 88 | #746 | 12,535 | #13 |
| 1929 | 130 | #600 | 12,966 | #12 |
| 1928 | 106 | #681 | 13,570 | #12 |
| 1927 | 108 | #702 | 14,377 | #12 |
| 1926 | 93 | #744 | 14,493 | #12 |
| 1925 | 99 | #746 | 15,329 | #12 |
| 1924 | 94 | #768 | 16,044 | #12 |
| 1923 | 86 | #788 | 15,903 | #11 |
| 1922 | 77 | #837 | 16,013 | #10 |
| 1921 | 89 | #777 | 16,705 | #9 |
| 1920 | 65 | #907 | 16,430 | #9 |
| 1919 | 84 | #768 | 15,701 | #9 |
| 1918 | 71 | #856 | 17,018 | #9 |
| 1917 | 98 | #696 | 15,768 | #9 |
| 1916 | 84 | #738 | 15,291 | #9 |
| 1915 | 62 | #828 | 15,006 | #9 |
| 1914 | 46 | #868 | 12,002 | #9 |
| 1913 | 36 | #888 | 9,237 | #9 |
| 1912 | 29 | #948 | 7,912 | #9 |
| 1911 | 29 | #805 | 4,314 | #8 |
| 1910 | 21 | #954 | 3,768 | #8 |
| 1909 | 18 | #975 | 3,244 | #8 |
| 1908 | 22 | #840 | 3,146 | #8 |
| 1907 | 20 | #853 | 2,943 | #8 |
| 1906 | 15 | #976 | 2,798 | #8 |
| 1905 | 22 | #787 | 2,837 | #8 |
| 1904 | 22 | #761 | 2,799 | #8 |
| 1903 | 18 | #819 | 2,644 | #8 |
| 1902 | 17 | #854 | 2,756 | #8 |
| 1901 | 21 | #708 | 2,402 | #8 |
| 1900 | 19 | #871 | 3,477 | #8 |
| 1899 | 21 | #688 | 2,550 | #8 |
| 1898 | 19 | #776 | 2,925 | #8 |
| 1897 | 17 | #772 | 2,726 | #7 |
| 1896 | 17 | #798 | 2,845 | #7 |
| 1895 | 27 | #581 | 3,012 | #6 |
| 1894 | 19 | #690 | 2,863 | #7 |
| 1893 | 20 | #647 | 2,917 | #7 |
| 1892 | 25 | #557 | 3,150 | #6 |
| 1891 | 22 | #563 | 2,652 | #6 |
| 1890 | 34 | #436 | 3,078 | #6 |
| 1889 | 17 | #626 | 2,975 | #6 |
| 1888 | 21 | #556 | 3,459 | #6 |
| 1887 | 19 | #515 | 2,883 | #6 |
| 1886 | 22 | #467 | 3,127 | #6 |
| 1885 | 18 | #509 | 3,067 | #6 |
| 1884 | 21 | #440 | 3,218 | #6 |
| 1883 | 17 | #469 | 2,986 | #6 |
| 1882 | 11 | #579 | 3,176 | #6 |
| 1881 | 9 | #596 | 2,834 | #6 |
| 1880 | 13 | #479 | 3,242 | #6 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).