Franklyn
Franklyn is given to both girls and boys: 11 girls and 23 boys were given it in 2025 (#9,054 among girls’ names and #4,440 among boys’, #7,322 among all names counting both); 6,196 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,260 Americans named Franklyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 25 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Franklyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Franklyn?
#4,440 among boys’ names, 2025
Franklyn fell from #4,334 in 2015 to #4,440 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 12.0 to 13.5 per million.
133 babies in 1933, the peak
Franklyn peaked in 1933, when 133 boys were given it, #486 among boys’ names. The 34 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 26% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,440 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,970 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,525 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,209 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,283 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,749 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,040 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,394 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,363 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,368 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,334 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,744 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,678 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,466 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,143 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,696 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,579 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,386 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,942 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,672 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,721 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,756 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,800 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,897 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,498 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,444 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,208 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,880 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,774 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,153 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,757 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,780 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,745 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,885 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,504 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,255 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,670 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,742 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 47 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,635 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,604 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,850 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,353 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,387 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,171 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 61 | #985 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,154 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,221 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,184 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,074 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,152 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,104 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,157 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,186 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,121 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,143 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,054 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,031 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 64 | #936 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 69 | #894 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 66 | #908 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 54 | #982 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 53 | #985 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 54 | #953 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 58 | #900 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 72 | #811 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 71 | #804 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 66 | #854 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 52 | #929 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 77 | #692 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 44 | #976 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 67 | #805 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 91 | #678 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 66 | #765 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 80 | #676 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 77 | #677 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 73 | #716 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 72 | #707 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 77 | #677 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 95 | #593 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 84 | #659 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 133 | #486 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 78 | #697 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 55 | #864 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 75 | #731 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 73 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 62 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 71 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 82 | #703 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 89 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 68 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 95 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 95 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 94 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 76 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 84 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 84 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 89 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 57 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 70 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 55 | #690 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 40 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 23 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 15 | #872 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 15 | #796 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,195 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 11 | #852 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 10 | #894 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,171 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 8 | #952 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,270 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 9 | #813 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,196 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 7 | #890 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 10 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 6 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 7 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1885 | 6 | #870 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Franklyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,196 Americans recorded as Franklyn, 2% are girls and 98% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Franklyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Franklyn, and how old are they?
3,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 53% of the 6,196 Americans ever recorded as Franklyn. The median Franklyn alive today is 42 years old; half are between 25 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 4,343 people named Franklyn (121 women and girls, 4,222 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,466 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 258 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 691 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 554 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 739 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 628 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 388 |
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 Franklyn born?
The states with the most babies named Franklyn are New York, California and New Jersey, with 75% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,487 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| California | 209 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New Jersey | 176 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 102 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 97 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 92 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 81 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 63 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 53 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Carolina | 28 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Franklyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Franklyn is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.9 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 Franklyn with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Franklyn?
Franklyn is a less common spelling of Franklin: SSA has recorded 6,196 Franklyn and 142,506 Franklin since 1880.
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 148,760 babies since 1880, Franklyn is the second most given (4.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 943 babies (3.6%), again the second 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 Franklyn
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 Franklyn and names like it
- Compare Franklyn and FranklinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sFranklyn peaked in 1933.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Franklyn since 1910.
- The top names of 1933The year the most babies were named Franklyn.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Franklyn alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with FMost given first.