first name
FRANKIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,157 people named Frankie, 50% reported their origin as White, 22.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.4% as Black. 60.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Frankie peaked in 1959, when 1,198 babies got the name.
At least 79,430 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Frankie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #381. The largest share of babies named Frankie, 25.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Frankie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Frankie has been most common in Mississippi (3.4×), Arkansas (3.2×), and Oklahoma (2.9×), and least common in Minnesota (0.12×).
67,704 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Frankie
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Frankie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Frankie ranks #56,084 of 156,621, with 394 people. See Frankie as a last name
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