Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Frank

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Frank
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.1% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

17,018

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

96.1%

2024

656

All-time

915,398

Frank once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 17,018 boys were named Frank.

In 2024, only 656 boys were given the name.

Down 96.1% from its peak.

All told, about 915,398 Americans have been named Frank and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.1% from peak

191817,018 boys named Frank

2024656 boys named Frank

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