first name
FRANKLYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,343 people named Franklyn, 35.9% reported their origin as White, 35.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 23.4% as Black. 97.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Franklyn peaked in 1933, when 133 babies got the name.
At least 6,196 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.
Franklyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,375. The largest share of babies named Franklyn, 22.3%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
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 Franklyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Franklyn has been most common in New York (7.6×), New Jersey (2.5×), and Florida (1.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.65×).
2,493 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 Franklyn
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Franklyn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Franklyn ranks #29,114 of 156,621, with 867 people. See Franklyn as a last name
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