Frank

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Frank is a masculine given name. While Frank has been a European name in its own right, the given name in the English-speaking United States arose in the 20th century as a short form of the traditional common English variant Francis.

From Wikipedia

Frank first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 20 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 122 babies (rank #83 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Frank

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Frank yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,298

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

122

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Frank Zhang — son of Mars
In Succession: Frank Vernon — old Waystar lieutenant

Famous people named Frank

Frank Lloyd Wrightprint collector · b. 1867
Frank Zapparock guitarist · b. 1940
Frank Lampardassociation football player · b. 1978
Frank Caprafilm screenwriter · b. 1897
Frank Gehrydraftsperson · b. 1929

More popular boys' names

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	73	#85
1953	65	#92
1954	71	#84
1955	68	#87
1956	70	#86
1957	85	#80
1958	84	#81
1959	101	#74
1960	122	#83
1961	74	#97
1962	114	#88
1963	68	#94
1964	90	#90
1965	63	#100
1966	62	#97
1967	73	#94
2014	6	#242
2015	1	#1,272
2016	5	#300
2017	3	#428