Boys' name · since 1933
Franklen
58 babies named Franklen in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1933. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,111 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
Franklen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 58 have been recorded since 1933.
Social Security Administration records show Franklen recorded 58 times among boys since 1933, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1989.
- #21,111 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 1933
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Franklen ranks #21,111 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1933, peaking in the 1930s.
- #21,111 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
Franklen's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Franklen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Franklen splits its recorded history at 1940: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1933 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Franklen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1989
- Peak year (1933)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Franklen by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (32 births, 55% of the file).
1930s was Franklen's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Franklen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 32 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Franklen's decade-level peak was the 1930s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1933–1989 (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 Franklen 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.