EveryBabyNames

Franklin

4 countries#359 in United States, 2025
US
#359
in United States, 2025
FR
#4603
in France, 2022
SCOT
17
total births, Scotland
NI
9
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
143,366
Peak year (United States)
1933
Peak-year count
5,387
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Franklin was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

142,506 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #359 · peaked in 1933 with 5,387 births

Most common in: New York, Pennsylvania, California, North Carolina, Ohio

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

834 births recorded 1900–2022 · currently #4603 · peaked in 1945 with 36 births

Most common in: Paris, Nord, Guadeloupe, La Réunion, Rhône

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

17 births recorded 2014–2022 · peaked in 2019 with 5 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

9 births recorded 2014–2021 · peaked in 2014 with 3 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Franklin’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#438
2007#469↓31
2008#469
2009#529↓60
2010#505↑24
2011#499↑6
2012#529↓30
2013#497↑32
2014#449↑48
2015#444↑5
2016#423↑21
2017#437↓14
2018#436↑1
2019#422↑14
2020#414↑8
2021#395↑19
2022#407↓12
2023#408↓1
2024#388↑20
2025#359↑29

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