Franklyn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Franklyn: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #833 in 2015, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#833highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2022	#5669

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #833 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Franklyn 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 Franklyn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	223	10 of 10	22
2020s	83	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Franklyn appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #833 in England and Wales in 2015.

Franklyn'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #833, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
37births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 births →

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.

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Frans · #193, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Efan · #833, 27y
Manav · #833, 27y
Niam · #833, 29y
Hayat · #832, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Efan · #833, 27y
Manav · #833, 27y
Niam · #833, 29y
Aiya · #834, 23y

Franklyn was ranked #833 in England and Wales · Boys in 2015. 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.

Franklyn 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 Franklyn without appearing here.

Franklyn moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1344 and #4678.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #4432.
Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Franklyn

Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #926.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #924.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1160.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #1460.

Moved the opposite way to Franklyn

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklyn went from #1505 to #2443 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklyn went from #1505 to #2443 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklyn went from #1505 to #2443 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklyn went from #1505 to #2443 while Leif went from #2943 to #814.

Moved the same way as Franklyn

Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklyn went from #1703 to #2443 and Robyn from #3036 to #4270.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Franklyn went from #1322 to #2443 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #833 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Franklyn

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Franklyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Franklyn at a glance

Franklyn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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