Franklin

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English Frankeleyn, coming from the Anglo-Norman fraunclein. Its meaning is landowner of free but not noble origin.

From Wikipedia

Franklin first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1933 with 5,363 babies (rank #33 that year). In 2024 it was given to 840 boys (rank #385). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Franklin

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

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.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.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

141,588

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

5,363

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Franklin

Franklin Delano Rooseveltstatesperson · b. 1882
Franklin Piercestatesperson · b. 1804
Franklin J. Schaffnertrade unionist · b. 1921
Franklin Chang-Díazphysicist · b. 1950

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	120	#112
1881	117	#107
1882	112	#125
1883	94	#131
1884	93	#147
1885	117	#118
1886	127	#117
1887	89	#143
1888	129	#123
1889	100	#148
1890	90	#157
1891	109	#125
1892	109	#147
1893	99	#150
1894	84	#180
1895	103	#150
1896	96	#167
1897	68	#208
1898	112	#152
1899	116	#138
1900	137	#151
1901	92	#163
1902	97	#176
1903	116	#155
1904	108	#169
1905	98	#187
1906	125	#156
1907	122	#177
1908	133	#171
1909	168	#150
1910	176	#170
1911	220	#152
1912	497	#129
1913	593	#132
1914	770	#134
1915	1,001	#132
1916	1,073	#130
1917	1,194	#124
1918	1,275	#129
1919	1,206	#129
1920	1,451	#119
1921	1,350	#126
1922	1,317	#126
1923	1,264	#132
1924	1,284	#134
1925	1,294	#134
1926	1,202	#142
1927	1,183	#144
1928	1,103	#146
1929	1,061	#148
1930	1,078	#149
1931	1,089	#148
1932	2,754	#66
1933	5,363	#33
1934	4,155	#46
1935	2,611	#71
1936	2,939	#64
1937	2,514	#77
1938	2,021	#100
1939	1,856	#106
1940	2,391	#87
1941	2,205	#98
1942	2,365	#103
1943	1,973	#119
1944	1,817	#121
1945	1,895	#119
1946	1,721	#141
1947	1,772	#152
1948	1,551	#159
1949	1,621	#155
1950	1,625	#153
1951	1,695	#152
1952	1,722	#159
1953	1,761	#158
1954	1,822	#157
1955	1,764	#163
1956	1,793	#167
1957	1,688	#180
1958	1,587	#182
1959	1,555	#190
1960	1,535	#195
1961	1,526	#195
1962	1,530	#199
1963	1,521	#195
1964	1,500	#188
1965	1,368	#185
1966	1,304	#188
1967	1,200	#194
1968	1,182	#198
1969	1,224	#204
1970	1,220	#208
1971	1,126	#208
1972	928	#231
1973	944	#227
1974	913	#229
1975	864	#238
1976	804	#247
1977	860	#240
1978	837	#248
1979	858	#248
1980	879	#253
1981	814	#268
1982	857	#258
1983	742	#278
1984	796	#263
1985	812	#264
1986	786	#272
1987	808	#270
1988	831	#280
1989	898	#277
1990	852	#296
1991	860	#298
1992	849	#310
1993	704	#345
1994	702	#350
1995	662	#363
1996	694	#351
1997	590	#398
1998	636	#389
1999	573	#411
2000	530	#448
2001	533	#453
2002	507	#470
2003	539	#466
2004	507	#489
2005	567	#451
2006	622	#438
2007	580	#469
2008	589	#469
2009	511	#529
2010	510	#505
2011	520	#500
2012	495	#529
2013	550	#497
2014	663	#449
2015	690	#445
2016	745	#423
2017	710	#437
2018	693	#436
2019	739	#422
2020	716	#415
2021	801	#395
2022	787	#408
2023	780	#410
2024	840	#385