Frank · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Frank.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 119 recorded years as a table

Frank, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	143
1881	98
1882	102
1883	151
1884	163
1885	135
1886	152
1887	130
1888	118
1889	95
1890	179
1891	119
1892	118
1893	94
1894	85
1895	116
1896	71
1897	73
1898	73
1899	90
1900	63
1901	88
1902	64
1903	69
1904	80
1905	75
1906	51
1907	63
1908	66
1909	52
1910	53
1911	69
1912	52
1913	58
1914	60
1915	63
1916	80
1917	91
1918	61
1919	74
1920	54
1921	72
1922	64
1923	71
1924	75
1925	81
1926	78
1927	91
1928	92
1929	116
1930	78
1931	79
1932	64
1933	72
1934	52
1935	52
1936	49
1937	49
1938	34
1939	49
1940	31
1941	27
1942	32
1943	33
1944	30
1945	23
1946	32
1947	27
1948	18
1949	25
1950	18
1951	24
1952	15
1953	14
1954	20
1955	12
1956	22
1957	20
1958	27
1959	24
1960	18
1961	17
1962	21
1963	23
1964	16
1965	17
1966	17
1967	26
1968	29
1969	27
1970	28
1971	22
1972	28
1973	29
1974	30
1975	25
1976	20
1977	21
1978	20
1979	20
1980	16
1981	17
1982	17
1983	16
1984	17
1985	16
1986	19
1987	16
1988	10
1989	12
1990	7
1991	6
1992	4
1993	10
1994	7
1995	10
1996	5
1997	5
2007	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Frank isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Frank

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007: 5
Rank in 2007: #17,636
How rare: 1 in 384,523 girls
Since 1880: 4,611

Frank was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1890, at 179 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Frank doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.