Unisex name · since 1946
Franki
1,136 babies named Franki in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,136
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,136 babies have been named Franki since 1946, making it today's #5953 unisex name.
Franki has 1,136 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5953 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #6,861 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,953 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,136 born since 1946
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franki ranks #6,861 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,953 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,136 born since 1946, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,136
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Franki's 1,136 recorded births place it above 90.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Franki compares
1,136 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Franki's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Franki | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,136 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Franki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Franki splits its recorded history at 1990: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Franki popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Franki popularity over time - boys
84 total births recorded since 1984 (Franki as boys' name)
Franki by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (248 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Franki's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Franki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 50
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 82
1960s
82 births
- 1970s 89
1970s
89 births
- 1980s
1980s
103 births
- 1990s
1990s
248 births
- 2000s
2000s
173 births
- 2010s
2010s
247 births
- 2020s
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 248 births (22% of all-time use).
How Franki compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Franki's total volume
Franki by state
Where Franki concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 62 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
62 of 1,136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Franki's data
- Franki's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (248 total births) through the 2020s (128) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Frankis (62 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Franki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Franki 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.