Franklin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Franklin: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #260 in 2021, and it stood at #346 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#260highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#755
1997	#874
1998	#850
1999	#575
2000	#673
2001	#602
2002	#848
2003	#945
2004	#790
2005	#747
2006	#885
2007	#742
2008	#789
2009	#760
2010	#635
2011	#444
2012	#450
2013	#342
2014	#328
2015	#341
2016	#291
2017	#287
2018	#303
2019	#303
2020	#277
2021	#260
2022	#277
2023	#336
2024	#346

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 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #346 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #755 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #260 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #346 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Franklin appears in 3 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 2,441 births with the name.

Franklin across 3 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.

Franklin'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	#755 (1996)	#260 (2021)	#346 (2024)	29 of 29	2,441 (1996–2024)	184 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#500 (2003)	#785 (2024)	5 of 22	16 (2003–2024)	4 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2014)	#398 (2014)	#433 (2021)	3 of 8	9 (2014–2021)	3 (2014)

Franklin 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 Franklin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	87	4 of 10	22
2000s	297	10 of 10	30
2010s	1,287	10 of 10	129
2020sbusiest	770	5 of 10	154

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 154 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 35, from 136 to 171.

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

Franklin 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #260 in England and Wales in 2021.

Franklin'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	#346	126	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#336	127	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#277	162	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#260	184	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#277	171	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#303	161	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#303	160	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#287	175	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#291	171	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#341	136	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#328	139	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#342	121	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#450	88	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#444	85	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#635	51	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#760	38	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#789	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#742	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#747	33	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#848	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#602	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#575	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #260, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 184 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 18 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.

Frankie-Rae · #2643, 12y
Frankie-Rose · #2547, 12y
Franklyn · #833, 28y
Franky · #489, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Fleur · #260, 33y
Cassius · #263, 29y
Karolis · #257, 30y
Keziah · #263, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ocean · #260, 30y
Dafydd · #261, 28y
Dayle · #261, 7y
Blossom · #262, 30y

Franklin was ranked #260 in England and Wales · 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.

Franklin 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 Franklin without appearing here.

Franklin moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #790 and #1347.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #874 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #850 and #1367.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #850 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #575 and #1082.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #850 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #575 and #973.

Moved ahead of Franklin

Arlo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #747 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #885 and #582.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #444 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #450 and #238.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #790 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #747 and #615.
Albie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #602 and #728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #848 and #722.

Moved the opposite way to Franklin

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Franklin

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklin went from #755 to #346 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #260 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Franklin

Franklin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Franklin across 3 official records

Franklin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Franklin appears in

Popularity data

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Franklin at a glance

Franklin across 3 official records

Franklin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Franklin

Franklin and the names beside it

Franklin moved ahead of

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