Frankie

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Frankie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Frankie: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #33 in 2020, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
152times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Frankie's record

England and Wales registered 1,118 births with the name in 2019, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
3 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#686
1997	#545
1998	#619
1999	#594
2000	#804
2001	#796
2002	#689
2003	#450
2004	#381
2005	#250
2006	#267
2007	#299
2008	#306
2009	#289
2010	#191
2011	#156
2012	#173
2013	#195
2014	#162
2015	#147
2016	#132
2017	#132
2018	#132
2019	#128
2020	#141
2021	#111
2022	#112
2023	#106
2024	#101

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #58 among boys in England and Wales, #74 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #93 among boys in Northern Ireland, #98 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #686 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2015–2023
Highest recorded position: #33 among girls in New Zealand, in 2020 (recorded 2015–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #74 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Frankie appears in 8 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 17,528 births with the name.

Frankie across 8 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Frankie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#248 (1996)	#57 (2015)	#58 (2024)	29 of 29	17,528 (1996–2024)	1,118 (2019)
England and Wales · Girls	#686 (1996)	#101 (2024)	#101 (2024)	29 of 29	6,977 (1996–2024)	463 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#393 (2002)	#63 (2025)	#63 (2025)	23 of 24	971 (2002–2025)	87 (2025)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#124 (2025)	#124 (2025)	18 of 20	329 (2006–2025)	38 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#257 (2006)	#92 (2021)	#93 (2024)	19 of 19	285 (2006–2024)	31 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#268 (2012)	#171 (2023)	#192 (2024)	12 of 13	84 (2012–2024)	11 (2019)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#73 (2015)	#37 (2019)	#74 (2025)	11 of 11	1,453 (2015–2025)	176 (2021)
New Zealand · Girls	#74 (2015)	#33 (2020)	#37 (2023)	9 of 9	722 (2015–2023)	100 (2022)

Frankie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Frankie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	415	4 of 10	104
2000s	2,917	10 of 10	292
2010sbusiest	9,779	10 of 10	978
2020s	4,417	5 of 10	883

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 978 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 290, from 756 to 1,046.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Frankie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in New Zealand in 2022.

Frankie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#101	463	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#58	911	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#106	446	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#69	810	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#112	452	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#73	766	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#111	460	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#65	920	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#141	363	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#61	1,010	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#128	398	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#58	1,118	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#132	393	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#63	1,013	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#132	409	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#60	1,055	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#132	430	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#63	1,029	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#147	376	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#57	1,112	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#162	344	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#64	1,030	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#195	273	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#62	1,024	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#173	298	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#66	1,046	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#156	337	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#84	756	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#191	266	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#108	596	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#289	165	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#121	486	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#306	153	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#137	415	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#299	157	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#134	404	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#267	174	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#143	376	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#250	180	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#150	314	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#381	101	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#156	292	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#450	76	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#185	208	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#689	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#210	160	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#796	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#222	137	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#804	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#237	125	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#594	44	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#272	102	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#619	41	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#273	100	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#545	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#281	98	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#686	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#248	115	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#37	80	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#33	100	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#37	94	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#33	90	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#46	83	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#41	80	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#48	76	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#73	59	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#74	60	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#93	25	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#171	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#132	18	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#115	22	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#92	31	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#96	28	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#116	22	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#100	27	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#209	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#191	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	38	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	87	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	29	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	79	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	32	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	78	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	25	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	86	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	35	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	86	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	85	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	80	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	31	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	67	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	19	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	48	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	60	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	39	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	43	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	29	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	33	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	18	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#117	38	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#98	53	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,118 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

3 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Frank · #22, 81y
Franki · #790, 26y
Frankie-James · #2052, 14y
Frankie-Joe · #2458, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Billie · #33, 35y
Lincoln · #33, 30y
Mackenzie · #33, 30y
Archer · #32, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lincoln · #33, 30y
Mackenzie · #33, 30y
Archer · #32, 27y
Delilah · #32, 30y

Frankie was ranked #33 in New Zealand · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Frankie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Frankie without appearing here.

Frankie moved ahead of

Luca Compare
In 2016 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #249 and #873.
Elaine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #747 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #316 and #896.
Yvonne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #316 and #896.
Tina Compare
In 2002 they stood at #689 and #667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #450 and #1026.

Moved ahead of Frankie

Nina Compare
In 2012 they stood at #268 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #440 and #167.
Thea Compare
In 2012 they stood at #268 and #451 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #440 and #178.
Alfie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #393 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #506 and #299.
Theo Compare
In 2006 they stood at #257 and #282 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #357 and #179.

Moved the opposite way to Frankie

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Frankie went from #248 to #58 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frankie went from #686 to #101 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Frankie went from #248 to #58 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frankie went from #686 to #101 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Frankie

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Frankie went from #686 to #101 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Frankie went from #248 to #58 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Frankie went from #248 to #58 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Frankie went from #248 to #58 and Alfred from #218 to #81.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in New Zealand in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Frankie

Frankie at a glance

What stands out in Frankie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Frankie across 8 official records

Frankie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Frankie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Frankie

Frankie and the names beside it

Frankie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frankie

Moved the opposite way to Frankie

Moved the same way as Frankie

Frankie at a glance

What stands out in Frankie's record

Frankie across 8 official records

Frankie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Frankie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Frankie

Frankie and the names beside it

Frankie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Frankie

Moved the opposite way to Frankie

Moved the same way as Frankie