NameTides

Franklyn

Franklyn was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales.

Franklyn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Franklyn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Franklyn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,396 (23)#1,613 (16)—
2024#6,832 (12)#2,444 (9)—
2023#5,470 (17)#1,610 (15)—
2022#4,184 (25)#1,143 (24)—
2021#4,247 (24)#2,125 (10)—
2020#3,734 (28)#1,085 (25)—
2019#4,003 (26)#908 (32)—
2018#3,373 (33)#1,235 (21)#2,176 (7)
2017#4,331 (23)#1,178 (23)—
2016#4,327 (23)#1,319 (20)—
2015#4,295 (23)#833 (37)—
2014#4,702 (20)#1,560 (15)—
2013#4,621 (20)#1,183 (21)#2,606 (5)
2012#3,450 (31)#1,313 (19)—
2011#4,110 (24)#1,398 (17)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1933 at #486.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.
  • In 2025, 32% of US babies named Franklyn were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Franklyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 63,000 to 1 in 210,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Franklyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Franklyn (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FranklynCanadaBoys—too few
FranklynEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FranklynEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
FranklynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FranklynUSGirls#8,86011
FranklynUSBoys#4,39623