Frankye
Feminine
Frankye is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 266 girls against 6 boys since 1880.
Frankye entered the US charts in 1912, peaked at #2416 in 1942, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Frankye?
Frankye first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Frankye alive today was born around 1937, making them about 88 years old. About 100 people named Frankye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Frankye most popular?
Frankye peaked in 1942, reaching #2416 nationally. See the whole 1942 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 194214 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2416reached in 1942
- Change vs 1959
- −16.7%5 in 1960, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Frankyes among us
people named Frankye are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Frankye sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Frankyes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Frankye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Frankye in 2025?
- Frankye is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Frankye with classmates?
- Frankye will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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