Franklin
Franklin is ranked 385th among boys in 2024 (840 births). Its best rank was 33rd, in 1933.
- Rank in 2024
- #385up 25 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8400.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19335,363 births
- Best rank
- #33in 1933
- Since 1880
- 140,810people given the name
The story in the numbers
140,810 boys have been named Franklin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1933, with 5,363 births — 0.54% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 449 → 385).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1930s alone account for 19%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 9 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Franklin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,098 | |
| 1890s | 986 | |
| 1900s | 1,196 | |
| 1910s | 8,005 | |
| 1920s | 12,509 | |
| 1930s | 26,380 | |
| 1940s | 19,311 | |
| 1950s | 17,012 | |
| 1960s | 13,890 | |
| 1970s | 9,354 | |
| 1980s | 8,223 | |
| 1990s | 7,122 | |
| 2000s | 5,485 | |
| 2010s | 6,315 | |
| 2020s | 3,924 |
In 1933, its biggest year
Franklin was the 33rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1933 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1933.
Names that rose and fell with Franklin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Myronpeak 1930
- Marvinpeak 1928
- Gilbertpeak 1930
- Jimmiepeak 1934
- Lorenpeak 1955
- Robertpeak 1947
- Daviepeak 1955
- Marlinpeak 1935
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.