Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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