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Franklin
Pronounced /ˈfɹæŋklɪn/
Rank in 2024
#388
Born in 2024
840
Peak year
1933 · #33
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 840 boys were named Franklin, about 1 in every 2,042.
- It peaked in 1933 with 5,363 babies, ranked #33.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 140,810 boys have been named Franklin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Franklin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.2Greatest1901–27
- 2.0Silent1928–45
- 0.8Boomers1946–64
- 0.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 19,409 babies, 1.16 per 1,000. Silent: 41,190 babies, 1.99 per 1,000. Boomers: 31,289 babies, 0.83 per 1,000. Gen X: 16,511 babies, 0.61 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,667 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,809 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,714 babies, 0.40 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈfɹæŋklɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Franklin, CC BY-SA 4.0.