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 0.014754268 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 0.011620414 21 3459 -99%
1889 2992 0.010354876 17 2975 -99%
1890 3112 0.010325115 34 3078 -98%
1891 2674 0.009327766 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 0.007717797 19 2925 -99%
1899 2571 0.007578862 21 2550 -98%
1900 3496 0.007764386 19 3477 -99%
1901 2423 0.007006697 21 2402 -98%
1902 2773 0.00717034 17 2756 -99%
1903 2662 0.006983174 18 2644 -99%
1904 2821 0.006991586 22 2799 -98%
1905 2859 0.006744117 22 2837 -98%
1906 2813 0.006565512 15 2798 -99%
1907 2963 0.006366676 20 2943 -99%
1908 3168 0.006483141 22 3146 -99%
1909 3262 0.006380765 18 3244 -99%
1910 3789 0.006414293 21 3768 -99%
1911 4343 0.006740869 29 4314 -99%
1912 7941 0.008036962 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 0.007948127 84 15291 -99%
1917 15867 0.007906795 98 15769 -99%
1918 17089 0.007871089 71 17018 -99%
1919 15786 0.007480627 84 15702 -99%
1920 16495 0.007290124 65 16430 -99%
1921 16794 0.007193819 89 16705 -99%
1922 16090 0.007028804 77 16013 -99%
1923 15989 0.006944209 86 15903 -99%
1924 16138 0.006776057 94 16044 -99%
1925 15427 0.006611607 99 15328 -99%
1926 14586 0.006353075 93 14493 -99%
1927 14486 0.006245702 108 14378 -99%
1928 13675 0.006048474 106 13569 -98%
1929 13097 0.005974448 130 12967 -98%
1930 12623 0.005677647 88 12535 -99%
1931 11556 0.005491487 84 11472 -99%
1932 11565 0.005477764 68 11497 -99%
1933 11035 0.005519134 73 10962 -99%
1934 10691 0.005147908 54 10637 -99%
1935 10476 0.005012874 55 10421 -99%
1936 10236 0.004927016 51 10185 -99%
1937 10179 0.004777474 52 10127 -99%
1938 10299 0.004654783 38 10261 -99%
1939 10042 0.004557492 54 9988 -99%
1940 10633 0.004617825 36 10597 -99%
1941 10826 0.00444355 33 10793 -99%
1942 12290 0.004498987 43 12247 -99%
1943 12291 0.004354641 46 12245 -99%
1944 11382 0.004231216 40 11342 -99%
1945 10903 0.004109921 30 10873 -99%
1946 12718 0.003980286 51 12667 -99%
1947 14044 0.003898705 48 13996 -99%
1948 12728 0.003686625 31 12697 -100%
1949 12003 0.003444473 43 11960 -99%
1950 11637 0.003321627 30 11607 -99%
1951 11517 0.003126421 43 11474 -99%
1952 11299 0.00297496 27 11272 -100%
1953 11208 0.002908442 27 11181 -100%
1954 11035 0.002772118 38 10997 -99%
1955 11132 0.002772556 23 11109 -100%
1956 11194 0.002714957 44 11150 -99%
1957 11314 0.002692211 41 11273 -99%
1958 11373 0.002751909 55 11318 -99%
1959 10991 0.002644151 48 10943 -99%
1960 10788 0.002596833 37 10751 -99%
1961 10465 0.002527212 35 10430 -99%
1962 9803 0.002429463 42 9761 -99%
1963 9569 0.002417275 44 9525 -99%
1964 9373 0.002410954 31 9342 -99%
1965 8349 0.002302775 30 8319 -99%
1966 7820 0.002249951 29 7791 -99%
1967 7472 0.002200877 43 7429 -99%
1968 6942 0.002054723 48 6894 -99%
1969 6966 0.002004232 45 6921 -99%
1970 6854 0.001900284 49 6805 -99%
1971 6124 0.001784132 36 6088 -99%
1972 5211 0.001657802 43 5168 -98%
1973 4828 0.001600201 42 4786 -98%
1974 4409 0.001450231 44 4365 -98%
1975 4249 0.001407079 36 4213 -98%
1976 3929 0.00129472 29 3900 -99%
1977 3928 0.001236502 32 3896 -98%
1978 3805 0.001198731 30 3775 -98%
1979 3962 0.001190751 32 3930 -98%
1980 3764 0.001092649 27 3737 -99%
1981 3671 0.001061109 29 3642 -98%
1982 3634 0.001035865 29 3605 -98%
1983 3386 0.000977641 26 3360 -98%
1984 3359 0.000962813 28 3331 -98%
1985 3330 0.000933031 28 3302 -98%
1986 3209 0.000902177 32 3177 -98%
1987 3157 0.000875622 28 3129 -98%
1988 3289 0.00089018 17 3272 -99%
1989 3080 0.000801186 23 3057 -99%
1990 3200 0.000809695 13 3187 -99%
1991 2892 0.000742493 12 2880 -99%
1992 2763 0.000719351 7 2756 -99%
1993 2522 0.000668969 18 2504 -99%
1994 2491 0.0006701 12 2479 -99%
1995 2263 0.000617987 17 2246 -98%
1996 2158 0.000591733 9 2149 -99%
1997 2032 0.00056047 9 2023 -99%
1998 1885 0.000512509 1885 -100%
1999 1855 0.000502218 1855 -100%
2000 1708 0.000451898 1708 -100%
2001 1634 0.000436537 1634 -100%
2002 1587 0.000424582 1587 -100%
2003 1500 0.000394554 1500 -100%
2004 1466 0.000383734 1466 -100%
2005 1480 0.000384999 1480 -100%
2006 1401 0.000354207 1401 -100%
2007 1335 0.00033403 5 1330 -99%
2008 1228 0.000312514 1228 -100%
2009 1138 0.000297998 1138 -100%
2010 1077 0.00029152 1077 -100%
2011 1048 0.000286628 1048 -100%
2012 985 0.000269441 985 -100%
2013 1007 0.000276371 1007 -100%
2014 990 0.000267265 990 -100%
2015 944 0.000255246 944 -100%
2016 957 0.000261057 957 -100%
2017 889 0.000248827 889 -100%
2018 805 0.00022923 805 -100%
2019 773 0.000223035 773 -100%
2020 694 0.00020816 694 -100%
2021 691 0.000204455 691 -100%
2022 704 0.000209406 704 -100%