Mostly boys · peaked in 1945
Frankie name popularity since 1925
70,784 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Frankie (41.8% girls, 58.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Frankie is about 65 years old in 2026. Frankie peaked in 1945 as the #232 name for boys, and it ranked #922 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 70,784
- Named Frankie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #922
- for boys in 2025 (256 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 58.2% boys
- 29,608 girls · 41,176 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 3.42× its national share
Peak year is the year Frankie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Frankie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1959. Measured as a share of all babies, Frankie peaked in 1945.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Frankie became 1.9× more common.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Frankie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Frankie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Frankie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,574 | 897 | – |
| 1930s | 5,480 | 3,195 | #317 |
| 1940s | 5,102 | 5,263 | #232 |
| 1950s | 3,973 | 7,138 | #266 |
| 1960s | 2,492 | 6,946 | #288 |
| 1970s | 1,277 | 4,656 | #371 |
| 1980s | 799 | 3,657 | #482 |
| 1990s | 1,292 | 3,072 | #609 |
| 2000s | 1,039 | 2,753 | #717 |
| 2010s | 2,389 | 2,300 | #987 |
| 2020–25 | 3,191 | 1,299 | #922 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
29.1% of babies named Frankie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Frankie is most popular
The index compares Frankie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Frankie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3.42× | 2,610 |
| Arkansas | 3.04× | 1,970 |
| Oklahoma | 2.73× | 2,240 |
| New Mexico | 2.68× | 932 |
| South Carolina | 2.68× | 2,366 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Frankie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Frankie (this page) | 41,176 | 1945 |
| Franky | 3,074 | 2007 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Frankie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Frankie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Frankie (1945).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data