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 0.013842218 17 2986 -99%
1884 3239 0.013303979 21 3218 -99%
1885 3085 0.012808589 18 3067 -99%
1886 3149 0.012333687 22 3127 -99%
1887 2902 0.011730324 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 0.009327734 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 0.008657602 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 0.00776442 19 3477 -99%
1901 2423 0.007006697 21 2402 -98%
1902 2773 0.007170321 17 2756 -99%
1903 2662 0.006983174 18 2644 -99%
1904 2821 0.006991586 22 2799 -98%
1905 2859 0.006744133 22 2837 -98%
1906 2813 0.006565512 15 2798 -99%
1907 2963 0.00636669 20 2943 -99%
1908 3168 0.006483168 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 0.008036953 29 7912 -99%
1913 9273 0.008154877 36 9237 -99%
1914 12048 0.008506396 46 12002 -99%
1915 15068 0.008222961 62 15006 -99%
1916 15375 0.00794814 84 15291 -99%
1917 15866 0.007906316 98 15768 -99%
1918 17089 0.007871082 71 17018 -99%
1919 15785 0.007480167 84 15701 -99%
1920 16495 0.007290147 65 16430 -99%
1921 16794 0.007193822 89 16705 -99%
1922 16090 0.007028794 77 16013 -99%
1923 15989 0.006944239 86 15903 -99%
1924 16138 0.00677608 94 16044 -99%
1925 15427 0.006611652 99 15328 -99%
1926 14586 0.006353072 93 14493 -99%
1927 14485 0.006245255 108 14377 -99%
1928 13676 0.006048857 106 13570 -98%
1929 13097 0.005974494 130 12967 -98%
1930 12623 0.005677627 88 12535 -99%
1931 11555 0.005490962 84 11471 -99%
1932 11565 0.005477725 68 11497 -99%
1933 11035 0.005519067 73 10962 -99%
1934 10691 0.005147818 54 10637 -99%
1935 10476 0.005012747 55 10421 -99%
1936 10236 0.004926931 51 10185 -99%
1937 10177 0.004776517 52 10125 -99%
1938 10301 0.004655668 38 10263 -99%
1939 10042 0.004557453 54 9988 -99%
1940 10633 0.004617749 36 10597 -99%
1941 10828 0.004444302 33 10795 -99%
1942 12292 0.004499666 43 12249 -99%
1943 12292 0.004354918 46 12246 -99%
1944 11381 0.004230767 40 11341 -99%
1945 10903 0.00410989 30 10873 -99%
1946 12717 0.003979938 51 12666 -99%
1947 14044 0.003898664 48 13996 -99%
1948 12728 0.003686598 31 12697 -100%
1949 12004 0.003444734 43 11961 -99%
1950 11637 0.003321661 30 11607 -99%
1951 11518 0.00312673 43 11475 -99%
1952 11297 0.002974455 27 11270 -100%
1953 11208 0.00290844 27 11181 -100%
1954 11033 0.002771634 38 10995 -99%
1955 11133 0.00277283 24 11109 -100%
1956 11192 0.002714503 44 11148 -99%
1957 11310 0.002691536 41 11269 -99%
1958 11382 0.0027531 54 11328 -99%
1959 10989 0.00264367 49 10940 -99%
1960 10785 0.002596342 37 10748 -99%
1961 10469 0.002527552 35 10434 -99%
1962 9800 0.002428856 42 9758 -99%
1963 9569 0.002417432 44 9525 -99%
1964 9372 0.002410764 31 9341 -99%
1965 8347 0.002302315 30 8317 -99%
1966 7817 0.002249127 29 7788 -99%
1967 7473 0.002201254 43 7430 -99%
1968 6940 0.002054249 48 6892 -99%
1969 6966 0.002004403 45 6921 -99%
1970 6854 0.001900456 49 6805 -99%
1971 6125 0.001784526 36 6089 -99%
1972 5211 0.001657961 43 5168 -98%
1973 4826 0.001599681 42 4784 -98%
1974 4408 0.00145 44 4364 -98%
1975 4247 0.001406583 36 4211 -98%
1976 3927 0.001294198 29 3898 -99%
1977 3927 0.001236301 32 3895 -98%
1978 3807 0.001199501 30 3777 -98%
1979 3961 0.001190576 32 3929 -98%
1980 3762 0.001092179 27 3735 -99%
1981 3670 0.001060898 29 3641 -98%
1982 3634 0.001035935 29 3605 -98%
1983 3386 0.000977687 26 3360 -98%
1984 3359 0.000962835 28 3331 -98%
1985 3330 0.000933041 28 3302 -98%
1986 3209 0.000902178 32 3177 -98%
1987 3151 0.000873945 28 3123 -98%
1988 3288 0.000889885 17 3271 -99%
1989 3078 0.000800659 23 3055 -99%
1990 3200 0.000809666 13 3187 -99%
1991 2892 0.000742474 12 2880 -99%
1992 2763 0.000719329 7 2756 -99%
1993 2522 0.000668942 18 2504 -99%
1994 2491 0.000670077 12 2479 -99%
1995 2263 0.000617965 17 2246 -98%
1996 2158 0.000591712 9 2149 -99%
1997 2032 0.000560454 9 2023 -99%
1998 1886 0.000512766 1886 -100%
1999 1855 0.0005022 1855 -100%
2000 1708 0.000451877 1708 -100%
2001 1634 0.000436517 1634 -100%
2002 1587 0.000424543 1587 -100%
2003 1500 0.000394528 1500 -100%
2004 1466 0.000383706 1466 -100%
2005 1480 0.000384961 1480 -100%
2006 1401 0.000354164 1401 -100%
2007 1335 0.000333979 5 1330 -99%
2008 1228 0.00031246 1228 -100%
2009 1138 0.000297945 1138 -100%
2010 1077 0.000291463 1077 -100%
2011 1048 0.000286562 1048 -100%
2012 985 0.000269372 985 -100%
2013 1007 0.000276284 1007 -100%
2014 991 0.000267446 991 -100%
2015 944 0.000255146 944 -100%
2016 957 0.000260939 957 -100%
2017 889 0.000248691 889 -100%
2018 807 0.000229643 807 -100%
2019 773 0.000222844 773 -100%
2020 694 0.000207919 694 -100%
2021 691 0.000204155 691 -100%
2022 707 0.000209258 707 -100%
2023 646 0.000195921 646 -100%