Meaning not yet researched.
Franklyn: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 23 in 2025. Its best rank was #486 in 1933.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #486 in 1933; #4,441 in 2025. About 68% of babies named Franklyn in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,441 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1933, at #486.
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Franklyn: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 23 boys in 2025. Peak: #486 in 1933 · most boys in one year: 133 (1933).
In 2025, 23 US boys were named Franklyn, making it the 4,441st most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,534 places from #6,975 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 12 boys named Franklyn in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #486, reached in 1933. That year also had the most boys given the name: 133. For comparison, it was #4,336 in 2015 and #901 in 1950.
In 2025, 11 US girls were named Franklyn, making it the 9,056th most common girls’ name of the year, up 3,552 places from #12,608 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 7 girls named Franklyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,658, reached in 1932. The most girls given the name in a single year was 14, in 2019. For comparison, it was #15,129 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Franklyn in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 6 babies. In all, 6,196 US babies have been given the name, 1.6% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 824 babies named Franklyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 234 US boys were named Franklyn; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 33. In 2025 that was about 1 in 74,264 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Franklin (142,506 babies since 1880).
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.
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.
No nicknames listed for Franklyn in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,056 | 23 | #4,441 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,608 | 12 | #6,975 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,981 | 17 | #5,530 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,648 | 25 | #4,213 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,062 | 24 | #4,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,593 | 28 | #3,752 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,872 | 26 | #4,044 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,800 | 33 | #3,398 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,998 | 23 | #4,367 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,164 | 23 | #4,369 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,129 | 23 | #4,336 |
| 2014 | — | — | 20 | #4,748 |
| 2013 | — | — | 20 | #4,681 |
| 2012 | — | — | 31 | #3,469 |
| 2011 | — | — | 24 | #4,145 |
| 2010 | — | — | 45 | #2,697 |
| 2009 | — | — | 30 | #3,581 |
| 2008 | — | — | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2007 | — | — | 40 | #2,944 |
| 2006 | — | — | 44 | #2,673 |
| 2005 | — | — | 40 | #2,725 |
| 2004 | — | — | 38 | #2,760 |
| 2003 | — | — | 35 | #2,804 |
| 2002 | — | — | 32 | #2,901 |
| 2001 | — | — | 39 | #2,503 |
| 2000 | — | — | 39 | #2,448 |
| 1999 | — | — | 42 | #2,211 |
| 1998 | — | — | 52 | #1,883 |
| 1997 | — | — | 54 | #1,777 |
| 1996 | — | — | 39 | #2,158 |
| 1995 | — | — | 50 | #1,762 |
| 1994 | — | — | 49 | #1,785 |
| 1993 | — | — | 49 | #1,750 |
| 1992 | — | — | 43 | #1,890 |
| 1991 | — | — | 58 | #1,510 |
| 1990 | — | — | 64 | #1,399 |
| 1989 | — | — | 74 | #1,260 |
| 1988 | — | — | 54 | #1,434 |
| 1987 | — | — | 56 | #1,322 |
| 1986 | — | — | 38 | #1,671 |
| 1985 | — | — | 35 | #1,743 |
| 1984 | — | — | 47 | #1,386 |
| 1983 | — | — | 46 | #1,385 |
| 1982 | — | — | 36 | #1,660 |
| 1981 | — | — | 40 | #1,527 |
| 1980 | — | — | 36 | #1,635 |
| 1979 | — | — | 32 | #1,762 |
| 1978 | — | — | 35 | #1,604 |
| 1977 | — | — | 35 | #1,582 |
| 1976 | — | — | 40 | #1,415 |
| 1975 | — | — | 26 | #1,851 |
| 1974 | — | — | 33 | #1,524 |
| 1973 | — | — | 37 | #1,386 |
| 1972 | — | — | 39 | #1,353 |
| 1971 | — | — | 38 | #1,387 |
| 1970 | — | — | 50 | #1,171 |
| 1969 | — | — | 61 | #985 |
| 1968 | — | — | 43 | #1,154 |
| 1967 | — | — | 38 | #1,222 |
| 1966 | — | — | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1965 | — | — | 48 | #1,074 |
| 1964 | — | — | 45 | #1,153 |
| 1963 | — | — | 48 | #1,105 |
| 1962 | — | — | 45 | #1,158 |
| 1961 | — | — | 45 | #1,187 |
| 1960 | — | — | 49 | #1,122 |
| 1959 | — | — | 46 | #1,144 |
| 1958 | — | — | 53 | #1,055 |
| 1957 | — | — | 54 | #1,032 |
| 1956 | — | — | 64 | #937 |
| 1955 | — | — | 69 | #895 |
| 1954 | — | — | 66 | #909 |
| 1953 | — | — | 54 | #983 |
| 1952 | — | — | 53 | #986 |
| 1951 | — | — | 54 | #954 |
| 1950 | — | — | 58 | #901 |
| 1949 | — | — | 72 | #812 |
| 1948 | — | — | 71 | #805 |
| 1947 | — | — | 66 | #855 |
| 1946 | — | — | 52 | #929 |
| 1945 | — | — | 77 | #692 |
| 1944 | — | — | 44 | #976 |
| 1943 | — | — | 67 | #805 |
| 1942 | — | — | 91 | #678 |
| 1941 | — | — | 66 | #765 |
| 1940 | — | — | 80 | #676 |
| 1939 | — | — | 77 | #677 |
| 1938 | — | — | 73 | #716 |
| 1937 | — | — | 72 | #707 |
| 1936 | — | — | 77 | #677 |
| 1935 | — | — | 95 | #593 |
| 1934 | — | — | 84 | #659 |
| 1933 | — | — | 133 | #486 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,658 | 78 | #697 |
| 1931 | — | — | 55 | #864 |
| 1930 | — | — | 75 | #731 |
| 1929 | — | — | 73 | #737 |
| 1928 | — | — | 62 | #836 |
| 1927 | — | — | 71 | #783 |
| 1926 | — | — | 82 | #703 |
| 1925 | — | — | 89 | #681 |
| 1924 | — | — | 68 | #820 |
| 1923 | — | — | 95 | #659 |
| 1922 | — | — | 95 | #661 |
| 1921 | — | — | 94 | #670 |
| 1920 | — | — | 76 | #758 |
| 1919 | — | — | 84 | #678 |
| 1918 | — | — | 84 | #681 |
| 1917 | — | — | 89 | #629 |
| 1916 | — | — | 57 | #827 |
| 1915 | — | — | 70 | #702 |
| 1914 | — | — | 55 | #690 |
| 1913 | — | — | 40 | #737 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #949 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #873 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #796 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,195 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #852 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #895 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,172 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #953 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,271 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #813 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,197 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #891 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #712 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,144 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #948 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #887 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #871 |
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).