Frankye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Frankye

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Frankye between 1912 and 1960, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Frankye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Frankye performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Frankye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Frankye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Frankye 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 266 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.