Frankie
Frankie is given to both girls and boys: 549 girls and 256 boys were given it in 2025 (#552 among girls’ names and #922 among boys’, #795 among all names counting both); 79,430 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Frankie every year since 2015.
An estimated 49,100 Americans named Frankie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 25 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Frankie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Frankie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Frankie is “a diminutive of the male given names Frank, Francisco, Francis, and Franklin.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francesca.”
From Frank + -ie.
/ˈfɹæŋ.ki/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Frankie?
#922 among boys’ names, 2025
Frankie rose from #987 in 2015 to #922 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.11 to 0.15 per 1,000.
1,198 babies in 1959, the peak
Frankie peaked in 1959, when 1,198 babies were given it (875 boys, #268 among boys’ names). The 805 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 67% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 549 | #552 | 256 | #922 |
| 2024 | 512 | #590 | 193 | #1,110 |
| 2023 | 562 | #539 | 217 | #1,014 |
| 2022 | 566 | #545 | 210 | #1,049 |
| 2021 | 507 | #590 | 202 | #1,062 |
| 2020 | 495 | #588 | 221 | #973 |
| 2019 | 384 | #739 | 200 | #1,035 |
| 2018 | 338 | #805 | 195 | #1,041 |
| 2017 | 323 | #843 | 238 | #902 |
| 2016 | 284 | #956 | 204 | #1,000 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 274 | #987 | 209 | #987 |
| 2014 | 216 | #1,152 | 227 | #932 |
| 2013 | 148 | #1,498 | 265 | #818 |
| 2012 | 173 | #1,353 | 243 | #870 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,607 | 246 | #860 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,802 | 273 | #797 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,707 | 322 | #728 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,082 | 292 | #761 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,683 | 345 | #689 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,923 | 354 | #652 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,841 | 283 | #717 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,762 | 251 | #743 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,171 | 215 | #811 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,871 | 232 | #748 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,904 | 224 | #767 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,831 | 235 | #728 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,483 | 265 | #650 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,533 | 250 | #682 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,400 | 268 | #632 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,467 | 276 | #626 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,391 | 284 | #608 |
| 1994 | 134 | #1,270 | 298 | #601 |
| 1993 | 163 | #1,103 | 345 | #547 |
| 1992 | 171 | #1,063 | 336 | #556 |
| 1991 | 138 | #1,232 | 365 | #526 |
| 1990 | 111 | #1,425 | 385 | #496 |
| 1989 | 119 | #1,313 | 370 | #497 |
| 1988 | 96 | #1,438 | 374 | #475 |
| 1987 | 82 | #1,547 | 415 | #432 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,577 | 332 | #475 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,636 | 325 | #482 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,871 | 364 | #442 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,634 | 346 | #447 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,927 | 363 | #445 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,534 | 370 | #432 |
| 1980 | 96 | #1,321 | 398 | #408 |
| 1979 | 93 | #1,332 | 400 | #397 |
| 1978 | 104 | #1,204 | 404 | #387 |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,103 | 401 | #394 |
| 1976 | 120 | #1,033 | 414 | #377 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,078 | 441 | #371 |
| 1974 | 128 | #964 | 461 | #358 |
| 1973 | 123 | #966 | 471 | #353 |
| 1972 | 148 | #869 | 494 | #347 |
| 1971 | 169 | #823 | 572 | #327 |
| 1970 | 166 | #828 | 598 | #322 |
| 1969 | 176 | #764 | 587 | #317 |
| 1968 | 201 | #686 | 599 | #307 |
| 1967 | 205 | #672 | 631 | #288 |
| 1966 | 223 | #642 | 657 | #292 |
| 1965 | 280 | #573 | 679 | #288 |
| 1964 | 237 | #664 | 743 | #284 |
| 1963 | 282 | #593 | 733 | #285 |
| 1962 | 272 | #607 | 698 | #293 |
| 1961 | 295 | #589 | 806 | #276 |
| 1960 | 321 | #539 | 813 | #280 |
| 1959 | 323 | #543 | 875 | #268 |
| 1958 | 353 | #514 | 751 | #281 |
| 1957 | 378 | #490 | 746 | #277 |
| 1956 | 394 | #470 | 764 | #262 |
| 1955 | 394 | #456 | 709 | #266 |
| 1954 | 423 | #425 | 697 | #267 |
| 1953 | 416 | #425 | 646 | #274 |
| 1952 | 428 | #403 | 653 | #270 |
| 1951 | 429 | #394 | 647 | #265 |
| 1950 | 435 | #388 | 650 | #253 |
| 1949 | 454 | #368 | 576 | #285 |
| 1948 | 502 | #347 | 625 | #259 |
| 1947 | 507 | #358 | 586 | #285 |
| 1946 | 455 | #356 | 590 | #257 |
| 1945 | 509 | #304 | 578 | #232 |
| 1944 | 544 | #291 | 519 | #258 |
| 1943 | 597 | #284 | 492 | #276 |
| 1942 | 533 | #295 | 489 | #270 |
| 1941 | 486 | #295 | 414 | #283 |
| 1940 | 515 | #276 | 394 | #282 |
| 1939 | 483 | #283 | 333 | #304 |
| 1938 | 527 | #277 | 370 | #287 |
| 1937 | 570 | #259 | 383 | #278 |
| 1936 | 570 | #256 | 343 | #291 |
| 1935 | 541 | #264 | 291 | #317 |
| 1934 | 590 | #256 | 340 | #292 |
| 1933 | 569 | #255 | 299 | #310 |
| 1932 | 559 | #266 | 300 | #317 |
| 1931 | 526 | #271 | 279 | #329 |
| 1930 | 545 | #275 | 257 | #358 |
| 1929 | 476 | #307 | 224 | #384 |
| 1928 | 510 | #293 | 191 | #432 |
| 1927 | 508 | #297 | 188 | #447 |
| 1926 | 524 | #293 | 157 | #480 |
| 1925 | 556 | #284 | 137 | #525 |
| 1924 | 532 | #286 | 145 | #524 |
| 1923 | 456 | #302 | 131 | #532 |
| 1922 | 452 | #305 | 116 | #600 |
| 1921 | 450 | #308 | 93 | #672 |
| 1920 | 454 | #306 | 109 | #602 |
| 1919 | 469 | #296 | 85 | #675 |
| 1918 | 474 | #292 | 72 | #767 |
| 1917 | 370 | #318 | 53 | #877 |
| 1916 | 382 | #309 | 64 | #765 |
| 1915 | 338 | #327 | 45 | #929 |
| 1914 | 282 | #313 | 33 | #972 |
| 1913 | 237 | #308 | 24 | #1,032 |
| 1912 | 207 | #318 | 28 | #842 |
| 1911 | 170 | #304 | 14 | #906 |
| 1910 | 166 | #301 | 13 | #887 |
| 1909 | 128 | #320 | 14 | #773 |
| 1908 | 148 | #290 | 13 | #761 |
| 1907 | 89 | #374 | 9 | #952 |
| 1906 | 110 | #318 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 128 | #295 | 6 | #1,145 |
| 1904 | 92 | #339 | 6 | #1,115 |
| 1903 | 81 | #353 | 5 | #1,185 |
| 1902 | 88 | #335 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 59 | #384 | 7 | #889 |
| 1900 | 71 | #392 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 76 | #343 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 66 | #382 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 60 | #374 | 7 | #881 |
| 1896 | 58 | #373 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 62 | #353 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 68 | #339 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 90 | #278 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 72 | #316 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 63 | #317 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 67 | #309 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 64 | #302 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 100 | #231 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 48 | #308 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 57 | #276 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 35 | #340 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 42 | #297 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 31 | #320 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 21 | #392 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 24 | #328 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 17 | #411 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Frankie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 79,430 Americans recorded as Frankie, 47% are girls and 53% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Frankie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Frankie, and how old are they?
49,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 79,430 Americans ever recorded as Frankie. The median Frankie alive today is 53 years old; half are between 25 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 40,157 people named Frankie (16,028 women and girls, 24,129 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 50,138 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,350 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,450 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,870 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,940 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Frankie born?
The states with the most babies named Frankie are Texas, California and Georgia, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8,351 | #1,079 | 1.6× |
| California | 7,438 | #618 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 4,148 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| North Carolina | 3,862 | #1,067 | 1.6× |
| New York | 3,592 | #726 | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 3,148 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Tennessee | 3,119 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Mississippi | 2,978 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Florida | 2,742 | #927 | 1.2× |
| Oklahoma | 2,702 | not ranked | 2.2× |
Where Frankie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Frankie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Frankie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 83,114 babies since 1880, Frankie is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 805 of their 847 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Frankie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Frankie and names like it
- Compare Frankie and FrankyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sFrankie peaked in 1959.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Frankie since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Frankie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Frankie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.