Meaning not yet researched.
Frankie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 549 in 2025. Its best rank was #231 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #231 in 1888; #552 in 2025. About 68% of babies named Frankie in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#552 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #231.
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Frankie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 549 girls in 2025. Peak: #231 in 1888 · most girls in one year: 597 (1943).
In 2025, 549 US girls were named Frankie, making it the 552nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 38 places from #590 in 2024. That is 37 more than the 512 girls named Frankie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #231, reached in 1888. The most girls given the name in a single year was 597, in 1943. For comparison, it was #987 in 2015 and #389 in 1950.
In 2025, 256 US boys were named Frankie, making it the 922nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 188 places from #1,110 in 2024. That is 63 more than the 193 boys named Frankie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #232, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 875, in 1959. For comparison, it was #987 in 2015 and #253 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Frankie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 79,430 US babies have been given the name, 47% of them girls and 53% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 11,111 babies named Frankie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,520 US girls were named Frankie; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 566. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,928 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Frankie ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #234 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Franky (3,144 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Francie, Franki and Frankee are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Francis and Frank.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Francie (1,905), Franki (1,220), Frankee (301), Frankye (272), Frankey (144).
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 girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 20 | #234 | #580 |
| Oregon | 13 | #280 | #540 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #293 | #433 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #307 | — |
| Missouri | 19 | #317 | — |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #329 | #645 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #341 | — |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #382 | — |
| Indiana | 18 | #384 | #798 |
| Washington | 18 | #397 | #792 |
| Michigan | 21 | #415 | #852 |
| Kansas | 8 | #419 | — |
| Ohio | 27 | #420 | #711 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #443 | — |
| Iowa | 7 | #459 | #636 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #462 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #473 | #898 |
| Colorado | 11 | #512 | #644 |
| California | 64 | #520 | #622 |
| Illinois | 19 | #527 | #1,207 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #557 | — |
| Arizona | 11 | #599 | #1,006 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #634 | — |
| Alabama | 7 | #660 | — |
| Tennessee | 11 | #667 | #1,121 |
| Georgia | 15 | #690 | — |
| New York | 21 | #770 | #1,033 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #802 | #1,292 |
| Texas | 37 | #810 | #1,967 |
| Florida | 19 | #838 | #1,924 |
| Virginia | 7 | #975 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 549 | #552 | 256 | #922 |
| 2024 | 512 | #590 | 193 | #1,110 |
| 2023 | 562 | #539 | 217 | #1,014 |
| 2022 | 566 | #545 | 210 | #1,049 |
| 2021 | 507 | #590 | 202 | #1,062 |
| 2020 | 495 | #588 | 221 | #973 |
| 2019 | 384 | #739 | 200 | #1,035 |
| 2018 | 338 | #805 | 195 | #1,041 |
| 2017 | 323 | #843 | 238 | #902 |
| 2016 | 284 | #956 | 204 | #1,000 |
| 2015 | 274 | #987 | 209 | #987 |
| 2014 | 216 | #1,152 | 227 | #932 |
| 2013 | 148 | #1,498 | 265 | #818 |
| 2012 | 173 | #1,353 | 243 | #870 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,607 | 246 | #860 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,802 | 273 | #797 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,707 | 322 | #728 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,082 | 292 | #761 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,683 | 345 | #689 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,923 | 354 | #652 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,842 | 283 | #717 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,763 | 251 | #743 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,174 | 215 | #812 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,873 | 232 | #748 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,908 | 224 | #768 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,835 | 235 | #729 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,485 | 265 | #652 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,535 | 250 | #682 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,402 | 268 | #632 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,469 | 276 | #626 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,394 | 284 | #609 |
| 1994 | 134 | #1,273 | 298 | #602 |
| 1993 | 163 | #1,105 | 345 | #547 |
| 1992 | 171 | #1,065 | 336 | #556 |
| 1991 | 138 | #1,236 | 365 | #526 |
| 1990 | 111 | #1,429 | 385 | #497 |
| 1989 | 119 | #1,316 | 370 | #498 |
| 1988 | 96 | #1,439 | 374 | #475 |
| 1987 | 82 | #1,548 | 415 | #432 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,578 | 332 | #475 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,637 | 325 | #482 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,871 | 364 | #442 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,634 | 346 | #447 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,927 | 363 | #445 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,534 | 370 | #432 |
| 1980 | 96 | #1,321 | 398 | #408 |
| 1979 | 93 | #1,332 | 400 | #397 |
| 1978 | 104 | #1,204 | 404 | #387 |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,103 | 401 | #394 |
| 1976 | 120 | #1,033 | 414 | #377 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,078 | 441 | #371 |
| 1974 | 128 | #964 | 461 | #358 |
| 1973 | 123 | #966 | 471 | #353 |
| 1972 | 148 | #869 | 494 | #347 |
| 1971 | 169 | #823 | 572 | #327 |
| 1970 | 166 | #828 | 598 | #322 |
| 1969 | 176 | #764 | 587 | #317 |
| 1968 | 201 | #686 | 599 | #307 |
| 1967 | 205 | #672 | 631 | #288 |
| 1966 | 223 | #642 | 657 | #292 |
| 1965 | 280 | #573 | 679 | #288 |
| 1964 | 237 | #664 | 743 | #284 |
| 1963 | 282 | #593 | 733 | #285 |
| 1962 | 272 | #607 | 698 | #293 |
| 1961 | 295 | #589 | 806 | #276 |
| 1960 | 321 | #539 | 813 | #280 |
| 1959 | 323 | #543 | 875 | #268 |
| 1958 | 353 | #514 | 751 | #281 |
| 1957 | 378 | #490 | 746 | #277 |
| 1956 | 394 | #471 | 764 | #262 |
| 1955 | 394 | #457 | 709 | #266 |
| 1954 | 423 | #426 | 697 | #267 |
| 1953 | 416 | #426 | 646 | #274 |
| 1952 | 428 | #404 | 653 | #270 |
| 1951 | 429 | #395 | 647 | #265 |
| 1950 | 435 | #389 | 650 | #253 |
| 1949 | 454 | #368 | 576 | #285 |
| 1948 | 502 | #347 | 625 | #259 |
| 1947 | 507 | #358 | 586 | #285 |
| 1946 | 455 | #356 | 590 | #257 |
| 1945 | 509 | #304 | 578 | #232 |
| 1944 | 544 | #291 | 519 | #258 |
| 1943 | 597 | #284 | 492 | #276 |
| 1942 | 533 | #295 | 489 | #270 |
| 1941 | 486 | #295 | 414 | #283 |
| 1940 | 515 | #276 | 394 | #282 |
| 1939 | 483 | #283 | 333 | #304 |
| 1938 | 527 | #277 | 370 | #287 |
| 1937 | 570 | #259 | 383 | #278 |
| 1936 | 570 | #256 | 343 | #291 |
| 1935 | 541 | #264 | 291 | #317 |
| 1934 | 590 | #256 | 340 | #292 |
| 1933 | 569 | #255 | 299 | #310 |
| 1932 | 559 | #266 | 300 | #317 |
| 1931 | 526 | #271 | 279 | #329 |
| 1930 | 545 | #275 | 257 | #358 |
| 1929 | 476 | #307 | 224 | #384 |
| 1928 | 510 | #293 | 191 | #432 |
| 1927 | 508 | #297 | 188 | #447 |
| 1926 | 524 | #293 | 157 | #480 |
| 1925 | 556 | #284 | 137 | #525 |
| 1924 | 532 | #286 | 145 | #524 |
| 1923 | 456 | #302 | 131 | #532 |
| 1922 | 452 | #305 | 116 | #600 |
| 1921 | 450 | #308 | 93 | #672 |
| 1920 | 454 | #306 | 109 | #602 |
| 1919 | 469 | #296 | 85 | #675 |
| 1918 | 474 | #292 | 72 | #767 |
| 1917 | 370 | #318 | 53 | #877 |
| 1916 | 382 | #309 | 64 | #765 |
| 1915 | 338 | #327 | 45 | #929 |
| 1914 | 282 | #313 | 33 | #972 |
| 1913 | 237 | #308 | 24 | #1,032 |
| 1912 | 207 | #318 | 28 | #842 |
| 1911 | 170 | #304 | 14 | #907 |
| 1910 | 166 | #301 | 13 | #887 |
| 1909 | 128 | #320 | 14 | #773 |
| 1908 | 148 | #290 | 13 | #761 |
| 1907 | 89 | #374 | 9 | #953 |
| 1906 | 110 | #318 | — | — |
| 1905 | 128 | #295 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1904 | 92 | #339 | 6 | #1,116 |
| 1903 | 81 | #353 | 5 | #1,187 |
| 1902 | 88 | #335 | — | — |
| 1901 | 59 | #384 | 7 | #890 |
| 1900 | 71 | #392 | — | — |
| 1899 | 76 | #343 | — | — |
| 1898 | 66 | #382 | — | — |
| 1897 | 60 | #374 | 7 | #882 |
| 1896 | 58 | #373 | — | — |
| 1895 | 62 | #353 | — | — |
| 1894 | 68 | #339 | — | — |
| 1893 | 90 | #278 | — | — |
| 1892 | 72 | #316 | — | — |
| 1891 | 63 | #317 | — | — |
| 1890 | 67 | #309 | — | — |
| 1889 | 64 | #302 | — | — |
| 1888 | 100 | #231 | — | — |
| 1887 | 48 | #308 | — | — |
| 1886 | 57 | #276 | — | — |
| 1885 | 35 | #340 | — | — |
| 1884 | 42 | #297 | — | — |
| 1883 | 31 | #320 | — | — |
| 1882 | 21 | #392 | — | — |
| 1881 | 24 | #328 | — | — |
| 1880 | 17 | #411 | — | — |
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).