Frankie

Girl · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.1 to 1)

  • #551in 2025
  • 1 in 2,927girls in 2025
  • +123%last ten years
  • 3.5×in Nebraska

Most popular in 1934, and up 123% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Frankie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880187
1881261
1882195
1883276
1884326
1885263
1886394
1887329
1888560
1889359
1890352
1891340
1892339
1893423
1894305
1895265
1896244
1897256
1898255
1899326
1900237
1901247
1902333
1903309
1904334
1905439
1906373
1907279
1908443
1909369
1910419
1911406
1912371
1913379
1914370
1915344
1916366
1917342
1918409
1919415
1920379
1921365
1922376
1923378
1924426
1925457
1926442
1927426
1928442
1929426
1930484
1931494
1932524
1933565
1934565
1935516
1936548
1937536
1938478
1939440
1940450
1941402
1942395
1943428
1944410
1945389
1946290
1947286
1948296
1949265
1950254
1951238
1952231
1953221
1954218
1955202
1956196
1957185
1958175
1959160
1960159
1961146
1962138
1963146
1964125
1965159
1966132
1967124
1968123
1969104
197095
1971102
197297
197384
197487
197575
197682
197776
197868
197958
198058
198147
198232
198341
198434
198542
198644
198747
198854
198965
199058
199174
199293
199390
199475
199567
199664
199769
199862
199965
200052
200151
200253
200344
200459
200557
200655
200768
200852
200971
201064
201177
201298
201384
2014121
2015153
2016160
2017187
2018199
2019229
2020306
2021309
2022345
2023350
2024316
2025342

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Nebraska 3.5×
  2. Iowa 3.1×
  3. Oregon 3.1×
  4. Utah 2.5×
  5. Oklahoma 2.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
549
Rank in 2025
#551
How rare
1 in 2,927 girls
Since 1880
37,162

Most popular in 1934, at 565 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 123% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Nebraska3.5×25
Iowa3.1×37
Oregon3.1×40
Utah2.5×42
Oklahoma2.3×34

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