Franklyn — #6820 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Franklyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,073 babies named Franklyn between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Franklyn currently holds the #6820 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 133 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Franklyn performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 819 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Franklyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,487 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Franklyn in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Franklyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,073 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.