# Frankie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frankie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹæŋ.ki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Franky |
| US babies named this | 79,430 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42,268 / 37,162 (47% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25,854, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Frank + -ie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 135 | 1,607 |
| 2012 | 173 | 1,353 |
| 2013 | 148 | 1,498 |
| 2014 | 216 | 1,152 |
| 2015 | 274 | 987 |
| 2016 | 284 | 956 |
| 2017 | 323 | 843 |
| 2018 | 338 | 805 |
| 2019 | 384 | 739 |
| 2020 | 495 | 588 |
| 2021 | 507 | 590 |
| 2022 | 566 | 545 |
| 2023 | 562 | 539 |
| 2024 | 512 | 590 |
| 2025 | 549 | 552 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 246 | 860 |
| 2012 | 243 | 870 |
| 2013 | 265 | 818 |
| 2014 | 227 | 932 |
| 2015 | 209 | 987 |
| 2016 | 204 | 1,000 |
| 2017 | 238 | 902 |
| 2018 | 195 | 1,041 |
| 2019 | 200 | 1,035 |
| 2020 | 221 | 973 |
| 2021 | 202 | 1,062 |
| 2022 | 210 | 1,049 |
| 2023 | 217 | 1,014 |
| 2024 | 193 | 1,110 |
| 2025 | 256 | 922 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 337 | 156 |
| 2012 | 298 | 173 |
| 2013 | 273 | 195 |
| 2014 | 344 | 162 |
| 2015 | 376 | 147 |
| 2016 | 430 | 132 |
| 2017 | 409 | 132 |
| 2018 | 393 | 132 |
| 2019 | 398 | 128 |
| 2020 | 363 | 141 |
| 2021 | 460 | 111 |
| 2022 | 452 | 112 |
| 2023 | 446 | 106 |
| 2024 | 463 | 101 |
| 2025 | 462 | 100 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 756 | 84 |
| 2012 | 1,046 | 66 |
| 2013 | 1,024 | 62 |
| 2014 | 1,030 | 64 |
| 2015 | 1,112 | 57 |
| 2016 | 1,029 | 63 |
| 2017 | 1,055 | 60 |
| 2018 | 1,013 | 63 |
| 2019 | 1,118 | 58 |
| 2020 | 1,010 | 61 |
| 2021 | 920 | 65 |
| 2022 | 766 | 73 |
| 2023 | 810 | 69 |
| 2024 | 911 | 58 |
| 2025 | 887 | 56 |

## People named Frankie

- Frankie Avalon, American actor and singer
- Frankie Faison, American actor
- Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)
- Frankie Edgar, American mixed martial artist (born 1981)
- Frankie Hejduk, American soccer player
- Frankie Shaw, American actress, writer, directress and comedian
- Frankie Lymon, American singer (1942–1968)
- Frankie Kazarian, American professional wrestler
- Frankie Darro, actor (1917-1976)
- Frankie Howerd, British actor (1917–1992)
- Frankie Sandford, English singer and TV presenter (born 1989)
- Frankie Boyle, British comedian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.