# Franky (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/franky/  
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 | 3,144 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,074 / 70 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 956, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 5 | 5,081 |
| 1953 | 7 | 4,729 |
| 1965 | 6 | 6,029 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,468 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,229 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,293 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,065 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,756 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,414 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,720 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,716 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,047 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 2,558 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,789 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,573 |
| 2014 | 48 | 2,555 |
| 2015 | 31 | 3,543 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,312 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,728 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,399 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,444 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,156 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,148 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,360 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,369 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,350 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,207 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 662 |
| 2012 | 47 | 704 |
| 2013 | 55 | 621 |
| 2014 | 80 | 489 |
| 2015 | 62 | 597 |
| 2016 | 54 | 647 |
| 2017 | 50 | 701 |
| 2018 | 64 | 580 |
| 2019 | 48 | 694 |
| 2020 | 51 | 668 |
| 2021 | 48 | 719 |
| 2022 | 49 | 688 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## People named Franky

- Franky Van der Elst, Belgian footballer
- Franky Vandendriessche, Belgian association football player
- Franky Zapata, French jetski racer
- Franky Gee, German musician (1962-2005)

## 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.