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 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 882 babies (rank #34 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

24,594

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

882

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

Other boys' names starting with F

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1955	268	#72
1956	294	#69
1957	386	#58
1958	429	#57
1959	435	#59
1960	439	#57
1961	467	#58
1962	583	#44
1963	642	#41
1964	642	#44
1965	697	#39
1966	737	#40
1967	838	#35
1968	714	#42
1969	882	#34
1970	766	#39
1971	642	#47
1972	603	#45
1973	543	#38
1974	531	#37
1975	498	#38
1976	465	#46
1977	465	#42
1978	496	#40
1979	524	#34
1980	495	#36
1981	585	#28
1982	560	#27
1983	587	#27
1984	650	#23
1985	690	#24
1986	711	#19
1987	659	#24
1988	621	#26
1989	598	#28
1990	475	#39
1991	465	#40
1992	413	#43
1993	357	#52
1994	355	#55
1995	330	#56
1996	303	#63
1997	249	#77
1998	222	#89
1999	215	#90
2000	168	#127
2001	159	#133
2002	127	#160
2003	109	#178
2004	91	#200
2005	79	#219
2006	55	#285
2007	50	#283
2008	40	#342
2009	40	#330
2010	38	#333
2011	32	#366
2012	30	#356
2013	25	#395
2014	25	#395