Franklin
#243 most common boys' name of all time · #532 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#243
Rank overall
#532 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
142,506
Since 2016
7,797
Peak year
1933 #33
Best rank
#33 1933
Girls
Boys
peak 5,387/yr
Franklin is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 909 | 909 | #359 |
| 2024 | 13 | 841 | 854 | #388 |
| 2023 | 6 | 784 | 790 | #408 |
| 2022 | 10 | 788 | 798 | #407 |
| 2021 | 6 | 801 | 807 | #395 |
| 2020 | 8 | 718 | 726 | #414 |
| 2019 | 11 | 739 | 750 | #422 |
| 2018 | 8 | 693 | 701 | #437 |
| 2017 | 7 | 710 | 717 | #437 |
| 2016 | — | 745 | 745 | #423 |
| 2015 | — | 690 | 690 | #444 |
| 2014 | 5 | 664 | 669 | #449 |
| 2013 | — | 551 | 551 | #497 |
| 2012 | — | 495 | 495 | #529 |
| 2011 | 5 | 520 | 525 | #499 |
| 2010 | — | 510 | 510 | #505 |
| 2009 | — | 511 | 511 | #529 |
| 2008 | — | 589 | 589 | #469 |
| 2007 | — | 580 | 580 | #469 |
| 2006 | — | 622 | 622 | #438 |
| 2005 | — | 567 | 567 | #451 |
| 2004 | 5 | 508 | 513 | #487 |
| 2003 | — | 539 | 539 | #466 |
| 2002 | — | 507 | 507 | #470 |
| 2001 | — | 534 | 534 | #452 |
| 2000 | — | 530 | 530 | #447 |
| 1999 | — | 573 | 573 | #411 |
| 1998 | — | 636 | 636 | #389 |
| 1997 | — | 590 | 590 | #398 |
| 1996 | — | 694 | 694 | #351 |
| 1995 | — | 662 | 662 | #363 |
| 1994 | 5 | 702 | 707 | #350 |
| 1993 | 6 | 703 | 709 | #345 |
| 1992 | 5 | 849 | 854 | #310 |
| 1991 | — | 860 | 860 | #298 |
| 1990 | 9 | 852 | 861 | #297 |
| 1989 | 7 | 898 | 905 | #277 |
| 1988 | 9 | 831 | 840 | #280 |
| 1987 | 9 | 808 | 817 | #270 |
| 1986 | 9 | 786 | 795 | #272 |
| 1985 | 8 | 812 | 820 | #264 |
| 1984 | 9 | 797 | 806 | #262 |
| 1983 | — | 742 | 742 | #278 |
| 1982 | 9 | 857 | 866 | #258 |
| 1981 | — | 814 | 814 | #268 |
| 1980 | 11 | 879 | 890 | #253 |
| 1979 | 5 | 857 | 862 | #248 |
| 1978 | 11 | 837 | 848 | #247 |
| 1977 | 12 | 860 | 872 | #240 |
| 1976 | 8 | 804 | 812 | #247 |
| 1975 | 5 | 864 | 869 | #238 |
| 1974 | 5 | 913 | 918 | #229 |
| 1973 | 10 | 944 | 954 | #227 |
| 1972 | 9 | 928 | 937 | #231 |
| 1971 | — | 1,126 | 1,126 | #208 |
| 1970 | 7 | 1,219 | 1,226 | #208 |
| 1969 | 7 | 1,224 | 1,231 | #204 |
| 1968 | 13 | 1,182 | 1,195 | #198 |
| 1967 | 9 | 1,200 | 1,209 | #194 |
| 1966 | 11 | 1,304 | 1,315 | #188 |
| 1965 | 11 | 1,368 | 1,379 | #185 |
| 1964 | 12 | 1,498 | 1,510 | #189 |
| 1963 | 12 | 1,522 | 1,534 | #195 |
| 1962 | 6 | 1,530 | 1,536 | #199 |
| 1961 | 6 | 1,527 | 1,533 | #195 |
| 1960 | 11 | 1,537 | 1,548 | #194 |
| 1959 | 8 | 1,553 | 1,561 | #190 |
| 1958 | 9 | 1,587 | 1,596 | #182 |
| 1957 | 13 | 1,688 | 1,701 | #180 |
| 1956 | 13 | 1,793 | 1,806 | #167 |
| 1955 | 6 | 1,764 | 1,770 | #163 |
| 1954 | 8 | 1,822 | 1,830 | #157 |
| 1953 | 5 | 1,759 | 1,764 | #158 |
| 1952 | 7 | 1,722 | 1,729 | #159 |
| 1951 | 7 | 1,695 | 1,702 | #152 |
| 1950 | 8 | 1,624 | 1,632 | #153 |
| 1949 | 6 | 1,621 | 1,627 | #155 |
| 1948 | 5 | 1,551 | 1,556 | #159 |
| 1947 | 10 | 1,772 | 1,782 | #152 |
| 1946 | 12 | 1,721 | 1,733 | #141 |
| 1945 | 11 | 1,896 | 1,907 | #119 |
| 1944 | 5 | 1,817 | 1,822 | #121 |
| 1943 | 10 | 1,973 | 1,983 | #119 |
| 1942 | 10 | 2,365 | 2,375 | #103 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2,205 | 2,217 | #98 |
| 1940 | 11 | 2,391 | 2,402 | #87 |
| 1939 | 11 | 1,856 | 1,867 | #107 |
| 1938 | 15 | 2,021 | 2,036 | #100 |
| 1937 | 17 | 2,514 | 2,531 | #77 |
| 1936 | 19 | 2,939 | 2,958 | #65 |
| 1935 | 17 | 2,611 | 2,628 | #71 |
| 1934 | 17 | 4,156 | 4,173 | #46 |
| 1933 | 24 | 5,363 | 5,387 | #33 |
| 1932 | 9 | 2,754 | 2,763 | #66 |
| 1931 | — | 1,089 | 1,089 | #148 |
| 1930 | 9 | 1,078 | 1,087 | #149 |
| 1929 | 11 | 1,061 | 1,072 | #148 |
| 1928 | 12 | 1,103 | 1,115 | #146 |
| 1927 | 13 | 1,183 | 1,196 | #144 |
| 1926 | 7 | 1,202 | 1,209 | #142 |
| 1925 | 7 | 1,294 | 1,301 | #134 |
| 1924 | 5 | 1,284 | 1,289 | #134 |
| 1923 | 6 | 1,264 | 1,270 | #132 |
| 1922 | 10 | 1,317 | 1,327 | #126 |
| 1921 | 9 | 1,350 | 1,359 | #126 |
| 1920 | 7 | 1,451 | 1,458 | #119 |
| 1919 | 10 | 1,206 | 1,216 | #129 |
| 1918 | 5 | 1,275 | 1,280 | #129 |
| 1917 | 7 | 1,194 | 1,201 | #124 |
| 1916 | — | 1,073 | 1,073 | #130 |
| 1915 | — | 1,001 | 1,001 | #132 |
| 1914 | 5 | 770 | 775 | #134 |
| 1913 | — | 593 | 593 | #132 |
| 1912 | — | 497 | 497 | #129 |
| 1911 | — | 220 | 220 | #152 |
| 1910 | — | 176 | 176 | #170 |
| 1909 | — | 168 | 168 | #150 |
| 1908 | — | 133 | 133 | #172 |
| 1907 | — | 122 | 122 | #177 |
| 1906 | — | 125 | 125 | #156 |
| 1905 | — | 98 | 98 | #186 |
| 1904 | — | 108 | 108 | #169 |
| 1903 | — | 116 | 116 | #155 |
| 1902 | — | 97 | 97 | #175 |
| 1901 | — | 92 | 92 | #163 |
| 1900 | — | 137 | 137 | #151 |
| 1899 | — | 116 | 116 | #138 |
| 1898 | — | 112 | 112 | #151 |
| 1897 | — | 68 | 68 | #207 |
| 1896 | — | 96 | 96 | #165 |
| 1895 | — | 103 | 103 | #150 |
| 1894 | — | 84 | 84 | #180 |
| 1893 | — | 99 | 99 | #151 |
| 1892 | — | 109 | 109 | #147 |
| 1891 | — | 109 | 109 | #125 |
| 1890 | — | 90 | 90 | #157 |
| 1889 | — | 100 | 100 | #148 |
| 1888 | — | 129 | 129 | #123 |
| 1887 | — | 89 | 89 | #143 |
| 1886 | — | 127 | 127 | #116 |
| 1885 | — | 117 | 117 | #118 |
| 1884 | — | 93 | 93 | #147 |
| 1883 | — | 94 | 94 | #131 |
| 1882 | — | 112 | 112 | #125 |
| 1881 | — | 117 | 117 | #107 |
| 1880 | — | 120 | 120 | #112 |