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Franklin name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Franklin ranks #359 in male records (909 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#359 · 909 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 68 male records (841 to 909); rank moved from #388 to #359.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 108 male records (801 to 909); rank moved from #395 to #359.
Peak year in available data
2025: 909 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Franklin becoming more popular?

Franklin's reported male count increased by 68 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #388 to #359. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Franklin. That is not a count of zero.

Franklin in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for FranklinFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.9090201620252017: 7 female records2018: 8 female records2019: 11 female records2020: 8 female records2021: 6 female records2022: 10 female records2023: 6 female records2024: 13 female records2016: 745 male records2017: 710 male records2018: 693 male records2019: 739 male records2020: 718 male records2021: 801 male records2022: 788 male records2023: 784 male records2024: 841 male records2025: 909 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——909359
2024138,117841388
2023614,014784408
2022109,938788407
2021614,063801395
2020811,437718414
2019119,331739422
2018811,778693436
2017713,184710437
2016——745423

Questions about Franklin’s popularity

How common is Franklin in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Franklin ranks #359 in male records (909 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Franklin?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Franklin only.

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