Name Trends

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How popular is “Frank” in the USA?

Number of people named “Frank” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Frank” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Frank” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Frank” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Frank” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Frank” by birth year

This chart shows how “Frank” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 3255 0.016155129 13 3242 -99%
1881 2843 0.014754422 9 2834 -99%
1882 3187 0.014386118 11 3176 -99%
1883 3003 0.013842154 17 2986 -99%
1884 3239 0.013303979 21 3218 -99%
1885 3085 0.012808589 18 3067 -99%
1886 3149 0.012333736 22 3127 -99%
1887 2902 0.011730371 19 2883 -99%
1888 3480 0.011620374 21 3459 -99%
1889 2992 0.010354876 17 2975 -99%
1890 3112 0.010325115 34 3078 -98%
1891 2674 0.009327701 22 2652 -98%
1892 3175 0.009495355 25 3150 -98%
1893 2937 0.009030727 20 2917 -99%
1894 2882 0.008509256 19 2863 -99%
1895 3039 0.008657627 27 3012 -98%
1896 2862 0.008005952 17 2845 -99%
1897 2743 0.007905879 17 2726 -99%
1898 2944 0.007717817 19 2925 -99%
1899 2571 0.00757884 21 2550 -98%
1900 3496 0.007764437 19 3477 -99%
1901 2423 0.007006697 21 2402 -98%
1902 2773 0.007170321 17 2756 -99%
1903 2662 0.006983211 18 2644 -99%
1904 2821 0.006991586 22 2799 -98%
1905 2859 0.006744165 22 2837 -98%
1906 2813 0.006565512 15 2798 -99%
1907 2963 0.006366703 20 2943 -99%
1908 3168 0.006483181 22 3146 -99%
1909 3262 0.006380765 18 3244 -99%
1910 3789 0.006414304 21 3768 -99%
1911 4343 0.006740879 29 4314 -99%
1912 7941 0.008036945 29 7912 -99%
1913 9273 0.008154884 36 9237 -99%
1914 12048 0.008506408 46 12002 -99%
1915 15068 0.008222979 62 15006 -99%
1916 15375 0.007948131 84 15291 -99%
1917 15866 0.007906316 98 15768 -99%
1918 17089 0.007871086 71 17018 -99%
1919 15785 0.007480174 84 15701 -99%
1920 16495 0.007290147 65 16430 -99%
1921 16794 0.007193816 89 16705 -99%
1922 16090 0.007028792 77 16013 -99%
1923 15989 0.006944248 86 15903 -99%
1924 16138 0.006776088 94 16044 -99%
1925 15428 0.006612089 99 15329 -99%
1926 14586 0.00635305 93 14493 -99%
1927 14485 0.006245263 108 14377 -99%
1928 13676 0.006048817 106 13570 -98%
1929 13096 0.005974014 130 12966 -98%
1930 12623 0.005677627 88 12535 -99%
1931 11556 0.005491383 84 11472 -99%
1932 11565 0.005477691 68 11497 -99%
1933 11037 0.005520026 73 10964 -99%
1934 10690 0.005147303 54 10636 -99%
1935 10476 0.00501268 55 10421 -99%
1936 10237 0.004927372 51 10186 -99%
1937 10178 0.004776901 52 10126 -99%
1938 10299 0.00465476 38 10261 -99%
1939 10044 0.004558323 54 9990 -99%
1940 10632 0.004617218 36 10596 -99%
1941 10828 0.004444216 33 10795 -99%
1942 12291 0.004499202 43 12248 -99%
1943 12291 0.004354559 46 12245 -99%
1944 11382 0.004231102 40 11342 -99%
1945 10904 0.004110204 30 10874 -99%
1946 12718 0.003980212 51 12667 -99%
1947 14043 0.003898319 48 13995 -99%
1948 12729 0.003686874 31 12698 -100%
1949 12003 0.003444411 43 11960 -99%
1950 11637 0.00332167 30 11607 -99%
1951 11520 0.003127257 43 11477 -99%
1952 11295 0.00297393 27 11268 -100%
1953 11207 0.002908156 27 11180 -100%
1954 11033 0.002771618 38 10995 -99%
1955 11133 0.002772797 24 11109 -100%
1956 11194 0.002714989 44 11150 -99%
1957 11309 0.002691246 41 11268 -99%
1958 11380 0.002752846 54 11326 -99%
1959 10990 0.002643103 49 10941 -99%
1960 10788 0.002597131 37 10751 -99%
1961 10467 0.002526856 35 10432 -99%
1962 9802 0.00242902 42 9760 -99%
1963 9569 0.002417513 44 9525 -99%
1964 9369 0.002409967 31 9338 -99%
1965 8347 0.002302336 30 8317 -99%
1966 7816 0.002248785 29 7787 -99%
1967 7473 0.002201245 43 7430 -99%
1968 6940 0.002054219 48 6892 -99%
1969 6963 0.002003555 45 6918 -99%
1970 6854 0.00190045 49 6805 -99%
1971 6125 0.001784489 36 6089 -99%
1972 5210 0.001657655 43 5167 -98%
1973 4826 0.001599662 42 4784 -98%
1974 4408 0.00145 44 4364 -98%
1975 4247 0.001406574 36 4211 -98%
1976 3928 0.001294533 29 3899 -99%
1977 3927 0.001236269 32 3895 -98%
1978 3806 0.001199167 30 3776 -98%
1979 3962 0.001190863 32 3930 -98%
1980 3762 0.001092174 27 3735 -99%
1981 3669 0.001060596 29 3640 -98%
1982 3634 0.001035929 29 3605 -98%
1983 3388 0.000978247 26 3362 -98%
1984 3359 0.000962808 28 3331 -98%
1985 3331 0.000933286 28 3303 -98%
1986 3210 0.000902426 32 3178 -98%
1987 3152 0.000874192 28 3124 -98%
1988 3288 0.000889841 17 3271 -99%
1989 3077 0.000800375 23 3054 -99%
1990 3200 0.000809619 13 3187 -99%
1991 2893 0.000742697 12 2881 -99%
1992 2762 0.000719032 7 2755 -99%
1993 2522 0.000668916 18 2504 -99%
1994 2491 0.000670046 12 2479 -99%
1995 2264 0.000618215 17 2247 -98%
1996 2158 0.000591688 9 2149 -99%
1997 2032 0.000560436 9 2023 -99%
1998 1887 0.000513022 1887 -100%
1999 1855 0.000502184 1855 -100%
2000 1708 0.000451863 1708 -100%
2001 1634 0.000436503 1634 -100%
2002 1587 0.000424526 1587 -100%
2003 1500 0.000394496 1500 -100%
2004 1466 0.000383677 1466 -100%
2005 1480 0.000384931 1480 -100%
2006 1401 0.000354129 1401 -100%
2007 1338 0.000334694 5 1333 -99%
2008 1228 0.000312415 1228 -100%
2009 1138 0.000297892 1138 -100%
2010 1077 0.000291417 1077 -100%
2011 1048 0.000286512 1048 -100%
2012 985 0.000269319 985 -100%
2013 1007 0.000276218 1007 -100%
2014 991 0.000267377 991 -100%
2015 944 0.000255072 944 -100%
2016 957 0.000260855 957 -100%
2017 890 0.000248868 890 -100%
2018 807 0.000229529 807 -100%
2019 773 0.000222707 773 -100%
2020 694 0.000207749 694 -100%
2021 691 0.000203958 691 -100%
2022 708 0.000209273 708 -100%
2023 648 0.0001957 648 -100%
2024 656 0.000197086 656 -100%