Meaning not yet researched.
Franklin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 909 in 2025. Its best rank was #33 in 1933.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #33 in 1933; #359 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Franklin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#359 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1933, at #33.
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Franklin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 909 boys in 2025. Peak: #33 in 1933 · most boys in one year: 5,363 (1933).
In 2025, 909 US boys were named Franklin, making it the 359th most common boys’ name of the year, up 29 places from #388 in 2024. That is 68 more than the 841 boys named Franklin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #33, reached in 1933. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,363. For comparison, it was #445 in 2015 and #153 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Franklin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 120 babies with the name. In all, 142,506 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 26,519 babies named Franklin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,728 US boys were named Franklin; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 909. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,879 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Franklin ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #157 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Frank (920,589 babies since 1880), Francis (320,322 babies since 1880), Francisco (143,146 babies since 1880) and Franco (9,107 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Franklen, Franklynn and Francklin are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Fran 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: Franklen (58), Franklynn (48), Francklin (6), Frankline (5), Franclin (5).
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 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 9 | #157 | — |
| Wisconsin | 32 | #194 | #304 |
| Oregon | 21 | #203 | #368 |
| Minnesota | 32 | #205 | #236 |
| Tennessee | 38 | #233 | #503 |
| Missouri | 31 | #234 | #312 |
| Michigan | 43 | #235 | #434 |
| Maine | 5 | #244 | — |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #250 | #417 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #253 | #300 |
| Ohio | 50 | #255 | #339 |
| Maryland | 21 | #260 | #462 |
| Iowa | 15 | #265 | #472 |
| Colorado | 23 | #281 | #447 |
| Illinois | 39 | #283 | #476 |
| Idaho | 9 | #287 | — |
| North Carolina | 43 | #290 | #379 |
| Washington | 25 | #302 | #355 |
| Indiana | 23 | #327 | #364 |
| Virginia | 23 | #355 | #374 |
| Kansas | 10 | #364 | #482 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #372 | #821 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #384 | #393 |
| Utah | 12 | #389 | #326 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #418 | #455 |
| New York | 40 | #430 | #445 |
| California | 70 | #455 | #411 |
| Alabama | 11 | #461 | #741 |
| Nevada | 6 | #468 | #410 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #481 | #487 |
| Georgia | 21 | #506 | #464 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #507 | #451 |
| Texas | 63 | #524 | #587 |
| Florida | 32 | #547 | #499 |
| Arizona | 12 | #571 | #502 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #620 | #636 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #820 | #554 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 909 | #359 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,117 | 841 | #388 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,014 | 784 | #408 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,938 | 788 | #407 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,063 | 801 | #395 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,437 | 718 | #414 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,331 | 739 | #422 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,778 | 693 | #436 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,184 | 710 | #437 |
| 2016 | — | — | 745 | #423 |
| 2015 | — | — | 690 | #445 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,413 | 664 | #449 |
| 2013 | — | — | 551 | #497 |
| 2012 | — | — | 495 | #529 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,671 | 520 | #500 |
| 2010 | — | — | 510 | #505 |
| 2009 | — | — | 511 | #529 |
| 2008 | — | — | 589 | #469 |
| 2007 | — | — | 580 | #469 |
| 2006 | — | — | 622 | #438 |
| 2005 | — | — | 567 | #451 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,977 | 508 | #488 |
| 2003 | — | — | 539 | #466 |
| 2002 | — | — | 507 | #470 |
| 2001 | — | — | 534 | #452 |
| 2000 | — | — | 530 | #448 |
| 1999 | — | — | 573 | #411 |
| 1998 | — | — | 636 | #389 |
| 1997 | — | — | 590 | #398 |
| 1996 | — | — | 694 | #351 |
| 1995 | — | — | 662 | #363 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,162 | 702 | #350 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,295 | 703 | #345 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,000 | 849 | #310 |
| 1991 | — | — | 860 | #298 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,716 | 852 | #296 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,053 | 898 | #277 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,916 | 831 | #280 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,565 | 808 | #270 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,316 | 786 | #272 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,802 | 812 | #264 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,983 | 797 | #262 |
| 1983 | — | — | 742 | #278 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,057 | 857 | #258 |
| 1981 | — | — | 814 | #268 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,037 | 879 | #253 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,698 | 857 | #248 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,675 | 837 | #248 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,301 | 860 | #240 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,811 | 804 | #247 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,529 | 864 | #238 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,198 | 913 | #229 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,296 | 944 | #227 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,624 | 928 | #231 |
| 1971 | — | — | 1,126 | #208 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,559 | 1,219 | #208 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,158 | 1,224 | #204 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,853 | 1,182 | #198 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,730 | 1,200 | #194 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,037 | 1,304 | #188 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,028 | 1,368 | #185 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,944 | 1,498 | #189 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,868 | 1,522 | #195 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,098 | 1,530 | #199 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,060 | 1,527 | #195 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,993 | 1,537 | #194 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,757 | 1,553 | #190 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,289 | 1,587 | #182 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,373 | 1,688 | #180 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,401 | 1,793 | #167 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,411 | 1,764 | #163 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,398 | 1,822 | #157 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,958 | 1,759 | #158 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,623 | 1,722 | #159 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,518 | 1,695 | #152 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,073 | 1,624 | #153 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,874 | 1,621 | #155 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,516 | 1,551 | #159 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,537 | 1,772 | #152 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,933 | 1,721 | #140 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,796 | 1,896 | #119 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,800 | 1,817 | #121 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,115 | 1,973 | #119 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,060 | 2,365 | #103 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,578 | 2,205 | #98 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,624 | 2,391 | #87 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,646 | 1,856 | #106 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,151 | 2,021 | #100 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,949 | 2,514 | #77 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,757 | 2,939 | #64 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,951 | 2,611 | #71 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,947 | 4,156 | #46 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,524 | 5,363 | #33 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,133 | 2,754 | #66 |
| 1931 | — | — | 1,089 | #148 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,153 | 1,078 | #149 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,800 | 1,061 | #148 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,672 | 1,103 | #146 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,608 | 1,183 | #144 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,027 | 1,202 | #142 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,167 | 1,294 | #134 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,373 | 1,284 | #134 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,597 | 1,264 | #132 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,235 | 1,317 | #126 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,510 | 1,350 | #126 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,136 | 1,451 | #119 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,087 | 1,206 | #129 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,098 | 1,275 | #129 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,860 | 1,194 | #124 |
| 1916 | — | — | 1,073 | #130 |
| 1915 | — | — | 1,001 | #132 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,845 | 770 | #134 |
| 1913 | — | — | 593 | #132 |
| 1912 | — | — | 497 | #129 |
| 1911 | — | — | 220 | #152 |
| 1910 | — | — | 176 | #170 |
| 1909 | — | — | 168 | #150 |
| 1908 | — | — | 133 | #171 |
| 1907 | — | — | 122 | #177 |
| 1906 | — | — | 125 | #156 |
| 1905 | — | — | 98 | #187 |
| 1904 | — | — | 108 | #169 |
| 1903 | — | — | 116 | #155 |
| 1902 | — | — | 97 | #176 |
| 1901 | — | — | 92 | #163 |
| 1900 | — | — | 137 | #151 |
| 1899 | — | — | 116 | #138 |
| 1898 | — | — | 112 | #152 |
| 1897 | — | — | 68 | #208 |
| 1896 | — | — | 96 | #167 |
| 1895 | — | — | 103 | #150 |
| 1894 | — | — | 84 | #180 |
| 1893 | — | — | 99 | #150 |
| 1892 | — | — | 109 | #147 |
| 1891 | — | — | 109 | #125 |
| 1890 | — | — | 90 | #157 |
| 1889 | — | — | 100 | #148 |
| 1888 | — | — | 129 | #123 |
| 1887 | — | — | 89 | #143 |
| 1886 | — | — | 127 | #117 |
| 1885 | — | — | 117 | #118 |
| 1884 | — | — | 93 | #147 |
| 1883 | — | — | 94 | #131 |
| 1882 | — | — | 112 | #125 |
| 1881 | — | — | 117 | #107 |
| 1880 | — | — | 120 | #112 |
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).