Frankie
Frankie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 192 births. Its best rank was 232nd, in 1945.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1920.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1959874 births
- Best rank
- #232in 1945
- Since 1897
- 78,614people given the name
The story in the numbers
42,007 boys have been named Frankie in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 874 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 113 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Frankie is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are girls (36,607), most of them born around 1943.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Frankie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 60 | |
| 1910s | 431 | |
| 1920s | 1,491 | |
| 1930s | 3,195 | |
| 1940s | 5,263 | |
| 1950s | 7,137 | |
| 1960s | 6,946 | |
| 1970s | 4,656 | |
| 1980s | 3,658 | |
| 1990s | 3,072 | |
| 2000s | 2,753 | |
| 2010s | 2,298 | |
| 2020s | 1,040 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Frankie was the 268th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Frankie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rudypeak 1960
- Johnnypeak 1947
- Derrypeak 1957
- Darelpeak 1956
- Dennypeak 1947
- Mickeypeak 1957
- Kenneypeak 1960
- Davidpeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.