Girls' name · since 1979
Franka
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Franka, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Franka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1979.
Franka has 17 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2008.
- #47,708 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franka ranks #47,708 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Franka's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Franka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Franka splits its recorded history at 2006: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Franka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Franka by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2000s was Franka's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Franka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Franka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Franka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.