# Franklyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/franklyn/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,196 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,097 / 99 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 430, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 5 | 4,658 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,129 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,164 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,998 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,800 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,872 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,593 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,062 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,648 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,981 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,608 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,056 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,145 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,469 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,681 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,748 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,336 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,369 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,367 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,398 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,044 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,752 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,287 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,213 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,530 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,975 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,441 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 37 | 833 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Franklyn

- Franklyn Farnum, American actor (1878-1961)
- Franklyn Ajaye, American actor and comedian
- John Franklyn Mars, American businessman
- Franklyn Seales, American actor (1952–1990)

## 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.