Franek

maleStatistical record

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

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

Franek: Recorded every year since 2008, it reached #552 in 2021, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#552highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#3687
2009	#3227
2010	#2400
2011	#3830
2012	#1589
2013	#1617
2014	#1819
2015	#1442
2016	#1704
2017	#1627
2018	#1610
2019	#1745
2020	#1635
2021	#1448
2022	#1879
2023	#2160
2024	#2921

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2024.

In 2021: #552 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1448 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #3687 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2021
Highest recorded position: #552 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2013–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Franek appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 196 births with the name.

Franek across 2 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.

Franek'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	#3687 (2008)	#1442 (2015)	#2921 (2024)	17 of 17	196 (2008–2024)	17 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#711 (2013)	#552 (2021)	#552 (2021)	3 of 9	11 (2013–2021)	5 (2021)

Franek 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 Franek in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	127	10 of 10	13
2020s	60	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Franek 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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #552 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Franek'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	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #552, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 5 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.

Franco · #535, 28y
Francois · #1821, 23y
Frank · #22, 81y
Franki · #790, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Caeden · #550, 18y
Rugile · #550, 16y
Kornelija · #549, 12y
Medeea · #555, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ares · #552, 16y
Caeden · #550, 18y
Rugile · #550, 16y
Kornelija · #549, 12y

Franek was ranked #552 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Franek 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 Franek without appearing here.

Franek moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #4805.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #3987.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Franek

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1860 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1879.

Moved the opposite way to Franek

Garry Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Franek went from #3687 to #2160 while Garry went from #2276 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2008 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Franek went from #3687 to #2160 while Kelly went from #2507 to #3523.
Ole Compare
Between 2008 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Franek went from #3687 to #1879 while Ole went from #1156 to #4789.
Brooke Compare
Between 2008 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Franek went from #3687 to #1635 while Brooke went from #1596 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #552 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Franek

Franek at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Franek across 2 official records

Franek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Franek appears in

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Franek at a glance

Franek across 2 official records

Franek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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